DuPont launches Nomex Xtreme Performance
DuPont Personal Protection has announced the launch of Nomex Xtreme Performance, a new premier protection and performance solutions category for emergency responders. Nomex Xtreme Performance provides superior thermal protection and moisture management, along with protection from heat and flame, chemicals,…
FlamePro successfully delivers vital PPE to Farnborough Airport
FlamePro, a manufacturing specialist of life-saving garments for firefighters, was awarded and has successfully delivered a contract by Farnborough Airport to provide firefighting PPE to the Airports Fire Officers for the next decade. The competitive tender saw three different providers…
Technical innovation drives performance in firefighting PPE

It’s unlikely that there are any serving firefighters who remember responding to incidents in the traditional wool jackets and PVC leggings that were still in use up until the early nineties. That’s because the watershed moment for development of technology…

Webinar: Hainsworth Protective Fabrics presents PPE Standards in the Fire Industry
On Tuesday, 14 September, Hainsworth Protective Fabrics hosted their latest webinar titled ‘PPE Standards in the Fire Industry’, led by two of the industry’s most respected experts in the field. AFAC’s Director of Standards and Strategic Procurement, Russell Shephard, and…
The best garments for tackling wildland fires
Wildland fires are perceived as an increasing risk in the UK, having been added to the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in 2012. High risk and difficult to manage, wildland fires create a set of very particular circumstances, meaning…
Let’s get personal

A key factor when choosing a personal flashlight for firefighting is versatility – from brightness and runtime to multiple operating modes – as leading provider of professional lighting tools, Streamlight® Inc. explains. The ‘intended use’ of a flashlight can vary…

Creating and maintaining quality PPE

Good firefighter PPE offers excellent protection from heat, flame, flashovers, particulates, water ingress and blood-borne pathogens, but how is it made and how can fire services ensure it remains fit for purpose throughout its lifetime? MSA Bristol has a proven…

Hand protection that is up to the task

The modern firefighter needs gloves that are made for the job they are tasked to perform, but, with recent changes to the rules covering PPE, are the gloves currently issued to firefighters compliant and fit for purpose?  Ask any firefighter…

Hainsworth Protective Fabrics and Sir Ken Knight discuss the past, present and future of firefighter PPE
On 27 May, Hainsworth Protective Fabrics invited leading delegates from the fire industry to their first webinar, ‘The Past, Present and Future of Firefighter PPE’. Hosted on Zoom, this exclusive event featured a talk from influential industry advisor Sir Ken…
MSA Bristol: expert protection from head to toe

The new year marked a new era for two of the most respected and well-established brands in the firefighter PPE industry. MSA Safety, a global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products that protect people and facility…