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South Wales firefighters win World Rescue Organisation Challenge

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Current World Champions and National Champions, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service – Bridgend Extrication Team, travelled to Capetown, South Africa, to compete in the prestigious annual event, competing against 30 of the world’s most talented teams. Tackling a number of difficult scenarios across three disciplines, the team completed a rapid event 10-minute scenario with…
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Owner of Leicester City FC among five killed in helicopter crash

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Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the billionaire owner of Leicester City FC was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed shortly after take off outside the club’s stadium on Saturday 27th October. Srivaddhanaprabha regularly left matches in his Augusta AW69 helicopter but eyewitness reports indicate the aircraft only just cleared the stadium roof on Saturday night before spiralling…

Debut of Singapore’s first dual function fire medical vehicle

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A debut of Singapore’s first dual function fire medical vehicle has taken place HOPE Technik, a leading engineering firm delivering high-performance products and solutions globally, has released the Fire Medical Vehicle (FMV). As the company’s latest emergency vehicle, the FMV is also Singapore’s first hybrid function emergency vehicle that merges the firefighting capabilities of a…

Oshkosh Striker 8×8 aircraft rescue & fire-fighting vehicle on display at FDIC

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Oshkosh Airport Products is introducing its all-new Oshkosh® Striker® 8X8 aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicle at the 2017 Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis. “With the help of a robust in-house R&D team and in-depth customer focus groups that go back more than two full years, we’ve diligently developed the new Oshkosh…

Chile’s worst wildfires in recent history ravages entire town

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The worst forest fire to hit Chile has destroyed an entire town, including buildings, farms and livestock. The fire that powered through Santa Olga — the largest of the many affected communities in Central Chile’s Maule region — destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. Most of the residents of Santa Olga were safely evacuated, one body was recovered from the…

Advanced receives award from BSI for ten years of Standards Excellence in Fire Systems

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  Global fire systems leader Advanced is delighted to announce that it has received an award from BSI, the business standards company, for 10 years of standards excellence in fire systems. The award recognises Advanced’s role in driving higher standards in the fire industry and its ongoing role in relevant fire standards committees which has seen them be…

Red One receives CFBTI contract for South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service

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Red One Limited is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to provide Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor (CFBTI) courses to South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (SYFRS). Compartment fire behaviour is a key component of fire-fighter training, enabling individual fire-fighters and fire officers to understand the ‘science’ of fires and how…

​Fire safety in European wind power stations is largely an unexplored area

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Wind power is a growing source of renewable energy in Europe and in Sweden especially, with the numbers of wind power stations more than doubling since 2010. Therefore, optimisation and the opportunity of reducing disruptions in wind energy production are of great interest. Fire is one threat to wind energy production that, until now, has…
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