Fire Destroyed Tracts of Indian Attappadi Reserve Forest.
Hundreds of acres of forests have been damaged or destroyed in fires that raged across parts of Attappadi Reserve Forest, an extensive mountain valley and a protected area of the Attappadi block…
Solberg Receives THINC! Innovation Award Company Recognized for RE-HEALING™ Foam Product Innovation
Green Bay, Wisconsin – The Solberg Company, the world’s foremost innovator of firefighting foam concentrates and systems hardware, announced the company was one of five Northeast Wisconsin regional companies and organizations named winners of the first Insight Innovation Awards at…
Solberg Appoints New Manager for Global Product Development Industry Veteran Mitch Hubert Joins Organization
Green Bay, Wisconsin – The Solberg Company, the world’s foremost innovator of firefighting foam concentrates and systems hardware announced today the appointment of Mitch Hubert as Vice President, Global Product Development. Mr. Hubert entered the fire protection business in 1978…
Australian Bushfire Research Available Online.
As part of the final phase of the Bushfire CRC, a number of documentary-style videos will be produced and online forums held to stimulate discussion and raise awareness of the various projects and their outcomes. The forums began in May,…
MDM Publishing – There’s an App for that!!!
To meet today’s ever changing market place, MDM Publishing has launched an App to run alongside IFP Magazine, APF Magazine and IFF Magazine. In the App’s you will find a complete archive of each title along with the current issue.…
Solberg Appoints New General Manager for Asia-Pacific Business Operation
The Solberg Company, the world’s foremost innovator of firefighting foam concentrates and systems hardware announced today the appointment of John Boyer as General Manager, Asia-Pacific Region. Mr. Boyer entered the fire protection business in 2004 serving in various sales, business…
IAFSS Launches Federated Search Tool for Fire Research
The website of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) now features a federated online search tool, “Fire ReSearch Engine”. In just a single search this specialized search tool queries 32 major fire research collections around the world. The…
Japanese Petrochemical Fires and Explosions.
Japan has experienced a number of petrochemical fires in the first few months of this year, including one at the TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK oil refining plant in the city of Kawasaki, between Tokyo and Yokohama, and one at the Mitsubishi…
PPE Innovations Update
The past year has seen a bumper crop of new pieces of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) come onto the market. There have been significant developments in new fabrics, along with new helmets, gloves and boots, so it is a good…
Blaze Destroys Second Historic Australian Hotel
The Buchan Caves Hotel at Buchan in East Gippsland, 350 kilometres east of Melbourne, was recently burnt to the ground in an overnight blaze. This was the second hotel fire in Gippsland this year. In February, the historic Port Albert…
Australian Cement Works Fire
A blaze at the Boral cement works at Maldon, near the small town of Picton in New South Wales, Australia brought work at the plant to a standstill. The fire broke out in a conveyor motor on the fourth floor…
Cutters Edge Introduces H2 Series Rotary Rescue Saws
April, 2014 – Cutters Edge introduced the new H² Series Rotary Rescue Saws at FDIC that feature more power, improved air filtration, a Full-wrap handle and a new EZ-Drag base design. According to Tom Ruzich, president of Cutters Edge: “The…
New Zealand Earthquake Search & Rescue Response was “Inadequate”.
One of the key findings of a New Zealand coronial report is that more lives might have been saved in the aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch three years ago if the search effort had been better resourced and more…
Chinese Road Tunnel Fire Death Toll.
At least 31 people are now known to have died, and nine others remain missing, after an explosion and fire engulfed dozens of vehicles in the Yanhou Tunnel on a highway linking Shanxi’ Province’s Jincheng City and Jiyuan City in…