APF Magazine

The Art of Applied Fireproofing

Electrical power is important part of our day-to-day life that’s sometime taken for granted. Almost…

Aspects of Foam Need Careful Consideration – Part 1

There is much discussion about which options are best for future decision-making for Class B…

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…

After Years of Complacency, Reform has Arrived

Times certainly have changed. It wasn’t so long ago the notion that governments would take…

Embrace the Younger Generation

No matter what age you are there is always a younger generation behind you. Too…

The map centric (shared map) user interface of Burnology | Unite. Any user logged into the system can add to/change this map with these changes visible to all users in real time. This enables the spatial collaboration between geographically separated teams and individuals.
Are Field Based Incident Management Systems the Death of Radio?

Combating emergency incidents requires extensive information transfer and collaboration between office based incident managers and…

Super Vac

Super Vac continues to innovate their PPVs in order to make them more user-friendly. The…

The Bullard Eclipse® LDX Thermal Imager offers the newest state-of-the-art infrared engine technology with the highest image quality and performance for the fire service. Image courtesy of Bullard.
Thermal Imagers – Seeing through the Smoke

There is little doubt that thermal imagers (TIs) save lives. Lifting the veil of thick…

Emergency Operations Center at the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Centre (AHA Centre) displaying the Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS), which is based on PDC’s DisasterAWARE platform designed to support early warning, multi hazard monitoring, and decision support.
Applying Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction

For nearly 20 years, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has envisioned and helped to foster a…

Rubble blocks a Christchurch street. Image courtesy of John McCombe, New Zealand Fire Service.
Risk Reduction Gulf: The two sides of Earthquake Disasters

With the tragedy that played out after Nepal’s earthquakes this year, there were stories of…

ADPC helps communities in Asia to better prepare for future disasters and effectively respond when a disaster strikes. Image courtesy of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center.
The story of ADPC: Holding a mirror to disaster risk reduction in Asia

When we think of climate change today, inevitably we draw linkages to global warming. Over…

Old hard-hat type helmets are being used for Bushfire fighting, when AS/NZS 1801 Type 3 specification helmets have been available for 20 years. Image courtesy of Pacific Helmets.
Not all PPE is born equal!

In the world of PPE for structural and bushland firefighting, I am not yet aware…

Investing In Your Protection and Protecting Your Investment

The importance of correct purchasing considerations and the associated dynamics for firefighters Personal Protective Equipment/Personal…

Unsung Heroes in Fire Safety

Often we don’t sit back and think about our industry, what journey have we been…

Standards Australia with 2015 Standards Awards winners: Chairman Richard Brooks, Chief Executive Officer Dr Bronwyn Evans, Robyn Williams, Enzo Alfonsetti, Dr Anthony Kachenko, Petra Hansen and Russell Shephard. Image courtesy of Standards Australia.
Developing standards in the Asia-Pacific region

Standards Australia is the independent and not-for-profit developer of internationally-aligned Australian Standards. In this column,…

Ferno

Ferno developed the first one-man stretcher over 50 years ago and we’ve been bringing you…

The Tipping Point – Positive Changes Necessary to Restore Confidence

In The Prince Machiavelli wrote: “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more…

CFPA-Asia executive members left to right Peter Petrus Indonesia, Steven Ooi Malaysia, Joe J K Kwok China/HongKong.
The Confederation of Fire Protection Associations – Asia

The Confederation of Fire Protection Associations – Asia (CFPA-Asia), represents fire protection organizations from the…