Last week I visited Hong Kong to look over the new Hong Kong Fire and Ambulance Services Academy. A full day at this magnificent establishment was not enough to give it justice, a combination of traditional training tools and some…
China (Kunming) Southeast Asia and South Asia Fire Safety and Emergency Rescue Technology Expo
To make Yunnan a pivot of China’s fire information opening-up to South and Southeast Asia has become a major strategic task of the new era. With execution of the Communist of China (CPC) policies,China (Kunming) Southeast Asia & South Asia…
Rescuers pull 15 out from China landslide, 32 missing
BEIJING (Reuters) – Rescuers have pulled 15 people alive from a landslide that slammed into a village in China’s eastern Zhejiang province after a typhoon but 32 people are still missing there and in another nearby village, state media said…
Typhoon kills at least 11 in China and Taiwan; another on the way
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The world’s strongest storm this year killed at last 10 people in China when it hit the southeast coast, the government said on Friday, as rescuers scoured flooded streets and work crews struggled to restore power to…
So far this year’s Chinese monsoon floods are the second-costliest
Chinas torrential monsoon rainfall have led to the worst flooding China has experienced in modern history. It is now the second-costliest flooding on record in China and the fifth-most destructive weather-related disaster for non-U.S.A countries. At least 93 people have…
Taiwan bus bursts into flames, killing 26, including 24 tourists from China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwan tour bus carrying tourists from China crashed into a highway railing en route to the airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing all 26 on board, Taiwanese authorities said. The bus was carrying 24…
Typhoon Nepartak makes landfall in Taiwan then goes on to China
Typhoon Nepartak has wreaked havoc across Taiwan and China. More than 15,000 people have been moved from their homes which were prone to landslides or flooding and about 3,600 of them were in shelters near Tainan City in Taiwan. The…
HRES announce new distributor for China and Hong Kong
High Rise Escape Systems (HRES) in Florida USA, has appointed Bob Adams as distributor for mainland China and Hong Kong. Bob has lived in China for over 12 years. With the huge increase in numbers of high rise buildings in…
Fire Services of Macao SAR, China
Macao consists of Macao Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island. It became a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China on 20th December 1999. It covers an area of about 30 square kilometers with a population of 646,800…
Chinese firefighters use blowers on grass fire.
An 80 kilometre grass fire which stared on the Mongolian side of the China-Mongolia boarder is now being fought by Chinese firefighters. Over 50 Chinese firefighting specialists have worked hard to get a wildfire on grassland under control before putting…
UL-approved Portalevel™ MAX – Chinese Version Available Now
Coltraco Ultrasonics is pleased to announce the release of the Portalevel® Max now available with dual language controls in English and Chinese. China is an exciting market, and Coltraco Ultrasonics values greatly the hard work of our partners in this…
Asia gripped by big chill
A big chill is sweeping across North and South Asia and even parts of Southeast Asia. From India to Japan, the mercury is plummeting, in some places to its lowest in decades. Hong Kong has the lowest temperatures in six…
Rescuers search for missing in China landslide
At least 91 people were missing after a huge mound of mud and construction waste collapsed at a business park in southern China and buried 33 buildings in the country’s latest industrial disaster. Premier Li Keqiang has ordered an official…
Tianjin Explosion last Wednesday
Over the past four days many words have been written about the massive explosion in Tianjin on Wednesday. Tianjin is about 140 kilometres southeast of Beijing and is one of China’s biggest cities with a population of nearly 15 million…
Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 44, firefighters missing
By Joseph Campbell and Sui-Lee Wee TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 44 people, including at…
BREAKING NEWS: Huge explosions rock Tianjin in northeast China, killing seven
LONDON (Reuters) – Huge explosions hit an industrial area of the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and triggering a blast wave felt kilometres (miles) away, Chinese media reported. State-run news agency…
Typhoon Soudelor hits China
14 dead in China as Typhoon Soudelor lashes coastal provinces A typhoon that lashed Taiwan battered the mainland with heavy rain and winds on Sunday, leaving 14 people dead and four missing, levelling homes and cutting power to more than…
FFE Appoints New China Business Manager
Daming Gao has joined FFE as China Business Manager. Daming adds to FFE’s investment in the strategically important Chinese market and will help drive the company’s sales and marketing efforts across various industry sectors, especially for the recently CCCf-certified Fireray…
Chinese Approval for Detector
FFE has received CCCf (China Certification Centre for Fire Products) approval for its Fireray 5000 optical beam smoke detectors, allowing the company to distribute them in China. Using infrared beams, optical beam detectors can identify smoke over much larger areas…
Earthquake Strikes Central Japan
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake recently struck in a mountainous area of central Japan near Nagano city and the Hakuba ski resort, flattening homes and injuring more than 20 people. 21 people were trapped underneath collapsed houses. Shinkansen bullet trains were…