Thatcham Research recently welcomed Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) to its Berkshire HQ to enhance its crews’ incident response approach to modern vehicles. The Thatcham Research crash team provided and prepared a modern vehicle, previously used for research…
How is the new 11m trigger for fire sprinklers in residential developments working out?
What is the 11m trigger and why was it introduced? The commercial market has always overshadowed the residential market for sprinklers, despite the reflective real-estate markets being the other way around. Fire sprinklers have been around since the early 1800s.…
Operation Orphan: firefighters on the front lines
You’re halfway into a full night’s sleep when the sirens start up again. An incoming barrage slams into the city. Most of the kids at the hospital are getting through, but not all of them. Donning a plate carrier in…
Life-saving inventor commends firefighting heroes
Roger Carr, managing director of the British patent-holding manufacturer Britannia Fire Ltd – and the inventor of the world-leading P50 fire extinguisher – donated a £10,000 cheque, on behalf of The Fire Fighters Charity, to Emyr Gough, group manager of…
Federation calls for a national fire strategy
The Fire Sector Federation (FSF) has published a white paper calling for a wider discussion to create a national fire-safety strategy that goes beyond current legislative proposals. The ‘Developing a National Strategy for Fire Safety’ document sets out a possible…
Firefighting is now officially a cancer-causing occupation
Although post-fire contaminants with a proven link to firefighter cancer are minute in size, measured in micrometres, the recent declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the profession is now officially cancer causing is (in stark contrast) vast, in…
Maintaining undisturbed spaces through automatic testing
One of the issues associated with the maintenance of fire-safety systems is the potential impact on day-to-day operations. This is particularly true of public buildings such as hospitals or hotels, where the sound of alarms, flashing lights and the disruption…
Wildfires – a time for change
Increasingly frequent hot summers in the United Kingdom and fewer fire and rescue service resources are beginning to have an impact we couldn’t imagine a couple of decades ago. For those of us who work in the world of regulatory…
Rosenbauer’s vision for a sustainable electric future
The future is electric, sustainable and ready to happen – right now. With protecting the environment an issue that’s on everyone’s global agenda, Interschutz 2022 gave Rosenbauer the platform to showcase a raft of appliances and equipment that unmistakably positions…
The importance of cultural change within the industry
Marking the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire On 14 June 2017, a fire started in the kitchen of a fourth-floor flat in West London. Within minutes, the fire spread via the exterior of the building, reaching all four…