A 2018 government decision to purchase two Canadair fixed-wing firefighting amphibious water bombers after the catastrophic 2016 blaze in the Solea region on the Mediterranean island failed to materialize. never materialized. That’s what Philenews reported on Monday, as a massive forest fire in Cyprus over the weekend killed four people,Read More →
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has launched the NFPA 1700, Guide for Structural Fire Fighting online training for firefighters, free of charge, to learn safer and more efficient ways to deal with fires involving modern materials and content. The all-new instructional course, focused on NFPA 1700, Guide to structuralRead More →
forests are burning as fire extinguisher planes have been in the hangar for years While Turkey’s most beautiful forests are on fire, THK’s planes are kept in the hangar. Forestry Minister Pakdemirli did not explain why THK has not used its planes despite the 3 parliamentary questions on this subjectRead More →
Ghaziabad: The health department has written to the state health and medical services urging them to find work related to Fire combat systems in public hospitals completed at the earliest. Two major government hospitals – Combined District Hospital and MMG District Hospital – are among the 14 government health facilitiesRead More →
Courtesy photo The CH-47 Chinook helitankers, which are capable of day and night flight and can each carry up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant or water, will be aided by a Sikorsky S-61 for a mighty force of fire fighting. The Joint Forces Training Base will host two ofRead More →
Wearing first responder helmets, boots and pants, 19-year-old Elizabeth Canadas climbed two flights of stairs and stared out the window. With her feet against the wall, she strapped herself into a harness and climbed out the window “very slowly,” she said. Outside the building, Canadas found a firefighter standing onRead More →
ST. LOUIS, June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Perimeter Solutions (“Perimeter Solutions” or the “Company”), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality fire-fighting products and lubricant additives, today announced an agreement in which EverArc Holdings Ltd. (“EverArc”) (LSE: EVRA), a fully committed publicly traded acquisition company, to acquire Perimeter Solutions from SKRead More →
The Indian Air Force (IAF) joined a firefighting operation on Monday to control a huge forest fire in Ghordi block in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, have officials said. The fire in Daya Dhar forest started on Sunday and engulfed a large area, damaging hundreds ofRead More →
The government of Balochistan plans to establish 10 new firefighting stations in the province in the next fiscal year to deal with emerging severe underworld situations due to tanker collisions and other dangerous incidents. . ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – May 28, 2021): The government of Balochistan hasRead More →
This month, Alan Viader, Director of Operations and Winemaking at Viader Vineyards & Winery in Napa Valley, reached a major milestone in his career. He did not earn a doctorate or earn the coveted title of Master of Wine. In a haunting sign of the times, Viader graduated from CalFire’sRead More →
Rural fire department Intensify Given how much of our landscape is prone to fire, the more volunteers the Rural Fire Department (RFS) can mobilize, the better. If you want to help prevent and fight fires, why not drop by RFS Hazelgrove for their Annual General Meeting and learn a littleRead More →
community, The late firefighter Samuel McPaul was one of six Riverina volunteers recognized for his bravery in a tornado-like blaze at the NSW Rural Fire Department‘s internal bravery and service awards ceremony. Mr. McPaul, who died fighting the Green Valley bushfire near Jingellic on December 30, 2019, was honored alongRead More →
An operation to put out one of Northern Ireland’s biggest gorse fires in recent years must continue into a third day. More than 100 firefighters have been fighting the blaze in the Morne Mountains since Friday. Republic of Ireland and Great Britain Coast Guard helicopters provided fire chiefs with anRead More →
Muzaffarpur has a population of around 48 lakhs and the district has thousands of houses, factories, gas stations, big business showrooms. However, in such a district, currently only 41 firefighters are available, and of these 41 firefighters, only 30 firefighters are present at the station headquarters. Ten of them areRead More →
Just after Sunrise Hospital, located on the third floor of Dreams Mall in Bhandup West, received a Provisional Professional Certificate (OC) to run a Covid-19 center, an audit of the mall conducted last May by Mumbai firefighters. revealed that the mall and hospital had inoperative fire-fighting systems. Eleven Covid-19 patientsRead More →
The description Emergency Call 112 – Fire Fighting Simulation 2 is the further development of the successful Part 1, which allows every fan firefighter to experience how a professional fire department works. The second part was also developed in cooperation with the Mülheim fire brigade. The now completely newly createdRead More →
Kolkata: In recent years, firefighters have acquired modern equipment like robots, foam making tools, breathing apparatus to prevent firefighters from inhaling harmful fumes and various personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight fire precisely. But when it comes to battling a devastating fire, like that at the New Koilaghat building, firefightersRead More →
Two weeks after the wildfire began at the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, the state government said on Tuesday the blaze was almost under control and more personnel had been deployed to put it out. “The forest fire in Similipal is now almost under control. The central area with valuableRead More →
The German fire brigade training center, Institut der Feuerwehr NRW (IdF NRW), has ordered 109 Magirus LF20-KatS vehicles on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Euro 6 emission compliant vehicles, on MAN TGM 18.340 BB 4×4 chassis with Allison 3000 Series â„¢ fully automatic transmissions,Read More →
Methods of fire fighting in Germany How the fire protection service is organized – Professional, volunteers, forced firefighter, factory firefighters – ambulance service The fire fighting and fire protection methods of other countries are still of interest to the chiefs of the American fire departments, and this is especially trueRead More →
New firebombs require new fire fighting technique In a number of recent air raids against Britain, the Germans have used an explosive incendiary bomb containing phosphorus, the material of which will continue to burn as long as it is exposed and only stop underwater. This means new methods of fightingRead More →
IMPORTANT HUMAN ELEMENT IN THE FIELD OF FIRE FIGHTING Complex mechanisms and devices unnecessary unless the human element is considered in the plans developed To those outside the fire protection fraternity, any significant expense such as a sprinkler installation or a fire hydrant system brings a sense of security thatRead More →
Following the tragedy of the fire at Bhandara Hospital, State Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar expressed the need for an advanced fire fighting system in the areas rural. However, senior state government officials said there was no firefighting system in rural areas. None of Maharashtra’s 34 zilla parishads hasRead More →
IAF helicopters locate the lake near the Manipur-Nagaland border, saving 15-20 minutes of flight time Turbulence due to the terrain, the controllability of the helicopter with 3,500 liters of water in a specialized bucket suspended from a 23-foot cable and the location of the target to be sprayed affected theRead More →
Through ANI KOHIMA: Seven teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed for a firefighting mission in the Dzuko Valley near Kohima here. The Indian Air Force (IAF) also deployed three other Bambi Bucket-equipped helicopters for a firefighting mission in the Dzuko Valley. “Yesterday, the IAF Mi-17Read More →
A Chinese company exported a batch of 52 state-of-the-art fire trucks to Karachi to improve the standard of firefighting and rescue in the port city. This batch of fire engines, manufactured by Guangdong Yongqiang Aolinbao International Fire Truck Co., Ltd., is different from traditional fire trucks, which can only stopRead More →
Jalisa Pinnix didn’t always know she wanted to be a firefighter, but she grew up in awe of her mother, Jacqueline Pinnix and all the stories she would tell her about her work in the emergency medical services industry (EMS ). Therefore, when she found out that there were openings,Read More →
Two weeks after a level five fire was reported in the South Mumbai downtown shopping mall, Mumbai Fire Department (MFB) said on Friday that the mall’s firefighting system was failing was not functional and that appropriate action will be taken against those found. guilty. However, the MFB has not yetRead More →
No less than 18 fire trucks and 10 large tanks are engaged in the operation to extinguish the fire Firefighting operations are still underway after more than 36 hours at the City Center Mall in central Mumbai, where a major fire broke out, fire officials said on Saturday morning. NoRead More →
Three firefighting vehicles that Mumbai firefighters are importing from the Netherlands and Germany will arrive three to four months late due to the pandemic. The vehicles are suitable for Mumbai’s urban conditions and were expected between August and January 2021. They will now arrive between December of this year andRead More →
Mumbai: A day after a fire broke out in a commercial building at a cutlery market in southern Mumbai, firefighting operations were still underway even after 6 p.m., officials said on Monday . A member of the firefighters was injured during the operation, they said. The fire erupted around 4:30Read More →
Firefighters were on site and efforts were still underway to extinguish the flames. Bombay: A fire that broke out more than 24 hours ago in a commercial building in a cutlery market in Mumbai has yet to be brought under control even as two people were injured as they putRead More →
The acquired equipment can help firefighters in hilly areas and in inaccessible alleys of cities. Hindustan Times, Calcutta | By the HT correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay West Bengal firefighters on Thursday launched four remote-controlled firefighting vehicles and a range of other trucks and fire fighting vehicles that couldRead More →
Defense Department officials testified about research efforts to replace PFAS, which is used in aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, and is very effective in extinguishing aircraft fuel fires. They also discussed cleanup efforts in areas contaminated with PFAS. Maureen Sullivan, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Environment; and HerbertRead More →
Members of the Jiujiang Fire and Rescue Team assist with flood relief efforts along Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province in July 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A team of 1,075 firefighters have been honored as role models by the publicity department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee forRead More →
West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services have acquired 4 firefighting robots. The robots were tested at the brigade parade ground behind Elliot Park in Kolkata in the presence of Fire Minister Sujit Bose and DG Fire Jag Mohan, among others. “The tests have been done. Now, once the chief ministerRead More →
Bombay: A senior Firefighters staff tested positive for COVID-19[female[feminine when he had to be taken to hospital for treatment after fainting during firefighting in Marol Thursday morning. City Fire Chief Prabhat Rahangdale told Mirror Online that Deepak gosh, who is posted as a divisional fire officer (DFO) in Marol isRead More →
“As we started the mission together, we had to go home together,†said firefighter Wen Weiqiang after a 12-hour operation on May 2. Wen Weiqiang. / Weibo from local forest firefighters Wen Weiqiang. / Weibo from local forest firefighters Forest firefighters in Fujian, southeast China, received an emergency call aboutRead More →
Covington firefighter Stu Johnson slipped out of his Air-Pak and bent down, sweat literally streaming down his forehead and hitting the tiled floor. Covington Fire Lt. Mike Davis, left, urges firefighter Stu Johnson as they prepare for Sunday’s fight for the aerial climb (photos provided) He was hot and hisRead More →
Over the past three years, Mumbai firefighters have inspected only 6,142 buildings in Mumbai, issuing violation notices to 3,026. Of these, only 36 cases have been prosecuted under the Act. Fire Prevention and Personal Safety Measures Act 2006. While the low prosecution rate reflects on firefighters’ inability to make fireRead More →
While the international humanitarian system is more efficient than ever, poverty, climate change and other challenges make multitudes vulnerable to the devastating effects of war and natural disasters, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordination Office OCHA. Speaking at the seventh annual Global Humanitarian Policy Forum, organized by OCHA, Mohammed stressedRead More →
DJ Snake first came to India with Major Lazer to shoot what would become one of the most popular music videos in the world. Lean on. The clip featured Govinda-inspired dance moves, lots of color, Indian motifs, and a particularly bling-up local road bus. Well, the French DJ and producerRead More →
Firefighters fight through many obstacles and hurdles as they try to control and extinguish fires among other dangers. Swedish designer, Omer Haciomeroglu, has reinvented the firefighter’s helmet by including a head-up display to provide better vision and inform the user of vital and additional information. The prototype has been dubbedRead More →
Fighting fires in Northern Ireland characteristics For most Americans, the notion of fighting fires in Northern Ireland conjures up a nightmarish view of network news: a group of people on a street in Belfast; a overturned car on fire; and a “pump” arriving, his two-tone European siren unable to protectRead More →