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Rescuers search for missing in China landslide
At least 91 people were missing after a huge mound of mud and construction waste…
Strengthening Early Warning Systems for Disasters
It is clear that Southeast Asia is highly prone to natural disasters such as floods,…
A Fire Service Tradition
A fire helmet to a firefighter represents the tradition and spirit of the fire service.…
Helping Hands, Hurting Hooves: Large Animal Rescue
Large animal rescue occurs during the response phase to a natural or anthropogenic disaster, emergency…
Building Product Compliance – Get Ready for Positive Changes
In recent times Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia) has advocated strongly for changes to…
Risk to our Cities from Catastrophic Volcanic Eruption
The small but persistent eruption of Raung Volcano, Java, had severe economic consequences throughout July…
Taking the Heat Out of Ship Fires
On-board a commercial ship, fire can swiftly lead to catastrophic consequences for the lives aboard,…
What if a Large Earthquake Hit?
Earthquakes pose a major risk across Asia and recent events have demonstrated their power to…
The Art of Applied Fireproofing
Electrical power is important part of our day-to-day life that’s sometime taken for granted. Almost…
10 Tanker Air Carrier
Buying several DC-10 passenger aircraft and converting them to aerial fire fighting jets is not…
Fire Australia and HazMat 2016
Fire Australia & HazMat 2016 is the premier event for the fire protection and hazardous…
Tyco Fire Protection Products – Advanced Technology to Transform the ANZ Fire Detection Landscape
Tyco Fire Protection Products, a division of Tyco, the world’s largest dedicated fire protection and…
WATERAX – Helping Firefighters Move Water since the 1920s
WATERAX’s mission is to design, manufacture and supply innovative portable fire pumps and water-handling equipment…
TLX Technologies – Next Generation Actuators Provide System Intelligence and Protection
Protection of life and property has always been the primary purpose of fire suppression equipment…
Clean-up underway in Kurnell after ‘unprecedented’ storm delivers 213kph winds
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the destructive winds hit around 10:30am (AEDT) on 16th December,…
New Zealand’s northern most fire, started by stupidity.
The fire that started on the northern most tip of New Zealand’s northern island put…
Santa Commanders continue preparations for Santa’s visit
Airservices preparations for Santa’s visit to Australia on 24 December—one of the busiest nights of…
Coroner finds AusNet Services could have prevented one of the 2009 Australian fires.
In handing down his findings into the 2009 Marysville fire, where 40 people were killed,…
Phoenix software to assist in bushfire modelling
A computer program (called Phoenix) that predicts the movement of bushfires is set to help…
Fighting the toxic environment of fire with ISO standards
There are few events as traumatic as a fire. This is especially true if someone…
Firefighter recruits ready for their next chapter at airports
Eighteen new aviation rescue firefighters will start work next week at airports around the country…