The prevalence of fire-related incidents in Australian mines means it is high time we take…
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Lessons from Black Summer: how people experienced the 2019/20 NSW fire season
More than 1,200 people shared their experiences of the worst fire season in New South…
Flame detector selection: Part 2 – detection technologies
Part One of our flame detection guide provided some pointers for the selection of flame…
Use of foam for firefighting in tank farms of the oil and petrochemical industry – Part 2
Part One of this article described the typical incident scenarios at tank farm fires and…
Selecting and using a thermal imaging camera for wildfire – Part 2
A thermal imaging camera (TIC) like any other item of firefighting equipment has limitations. This…
MSA Bristol to the rescue
This feature looks at the changing role of firefighters and how fire and rescue services…
Standards to support fire safety
I stepped into the Engagement Manager role in April. I’m excited to be working with…
Sitting in the driver’s seat of a fire truck, you need all the help you can get
The one person that makes or breaks the success of a rescue and/or fire attack…
Testing times and the shift to product certification
The Fire Australia Conference and Tradeshow was held recently in Sydney. It was great to…
Recommendations to reduce fire fatalities
From the previous phase of this work a number of recommendations were made to reduce…
Uncovering the cause: Fire Forensics investigates Australian house fires
Our team at Fire Forensics are leading experts in fire and explosion investigation in Australia…
NIOSH releases fact sheet on odorant fade
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a fact sheet on odorant…
Insights we gained from Fire Australia 2021
After a brief hiatus due to the year that was, Fire Australia 2021 came back…
Centurion Fire Rescue Equipment – Reliable, world-class equipment for emergency services
For more than two decades, Centurion Fire Rescue Equipment has been providing fire and rescue…
Bushfire-fighting future state – how do we get to artificial intelligence, data and cloud?
In 1955, General Electric invented GERT. GERT was a computer and at the time the…
Illuminating the scene
One of the easiest tasks to overlook at emergency incidents is providing adequate scene lighting.…
Babcock Australasia – An independent capability partner for critical and complex assets
Trusted, innovative and collaborative, Babcock Australasia is continuing its growth as a defence, aviation and…
Hose Master – Revolutionizing the maintenance of fire hoses
Hose Master is the world’s most modern automatic hose-care equipment for fire hoses. It washes,…
Fire safety engineering approaches to bushfire evacuation
Since the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, Australian emergency officials have emphasised evacuation planning and…
GORE-TEX – Why GORE-TEX products offer proven protection
Firefighters around the world continue to benefit from the trusted protection of GORE-TEX products 30…
What you need to know about automatic fire sprinkler systems
In the event of a fire in a building, active fire suppression systems can have…
Are we destroying our ability to be professional?
When I was a young firefighter back in the 1970s there was only one means…