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• FLIR Firefighting Cameras At Firefighters Congress

  26-09-2024 15:07 via thebigredguide.com
  The National Congress of French Firefighters is an unmissable annual event that brings together nearly 350 exhibitors, 2,500 congress participants over four days and welcomes several tens of thousands of visitors.FLIR’s Condition Monitoring and Fire team will be present at the event, showcasing a range of products.Fire rangeFLIR firefighting cameras provide thermal imaging solutions that enhance visibility and situational awareness in smoke-filled, dark environments. Designed to be rug
  
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• House fire - Vauxhall

  27-09-2024 09:59
  Six fire engines attended the fire in Vauxhall
  
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• Firefighters test emergency response at RAF Museum

  26-09-2024 13:24
  
  Firefighters tested the Brigade’s emergency response to a fire at the RAF Museum London last week as part of a training exercise at Hendon’s former aerodrome.
  
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• FireTron's Advanced Fire Suppression Systems In Houston

  25-09-2024 16:10 via thebigredguide.com
  In the bustling cities of Houston and Austin, where commercial buildings house countless businesses and schools, the importance of fire safety cannot be overstated.With the potential for devastating fire disasters, property managers and school systems must prioritize implementing advanced fire suppression systems to protect their investments, occupants, and community. FireTron, a pioneering provider in the area, offers state-of-the-art solutions designed to enhance safety and minimize risk.Under
  
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• INTERSCHUTZ Event: AI And Digitalization In Civil Protection

  25-09-2024 15:46 via thebigredguide.com
  Under the heading “heise goes INTERSCHUTZ”, a new event series by the cooperation partners INTERSCHUTZ and Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG will kick off in January 2025.The cooperation will involve joint talks and networking events in the lead-up to INTERSCHUTZ 2026. These events will focus on overarching industry topics, such as digitalization and AI in civil protection.New event series“INTERSCHUTZ, held every four years as the world’
  
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• Localized Development Key To ZOOMLION's Overseas Success

  25-09-2024 10:39 via thebigredguide.com
  From October 17 to 18, the third "The Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum was held in Beijing. As a representative equipment manufacturing enterprise participating in the co-construction of “The Belt and Road,” ZOOMLION was invited to attend the plenary of “The Belt and Road” International Think Tank Cooperation Committee.They shared the company's practical achievements in co-building “The Belt and Road” with delegates
  
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• ZOOMLION Advances Sustainable Belt And Road Projects

  25-09-2024 10:37 via thebigredguide.com
  On October 16, the United Nations Global Compact's action platform for "Sustainable Infrastructure Empowering 'The Belt and Road', Accelerating the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals" (hereafter referred to as "The Belt and Road" Action Platform) held a significant project results release meeting in Beijing.compliance management systemAt the release meeting, ZOOMLION’s Belarus manufacturing base and overseas business compliance management system were included in the &ldqu
  
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• WAGNER's ISO 27001: Top Info Security Certification

  25-09-2024 10:34 via thebigredguide.com
  WAGNER has made a name for itself worldwide with holistic fire protection solutions and ensures safety in many industries with its solutions. Information security is also very important to WAGNER.The fact that the company is committed to its own information security with a systematic and process-oriented management system at a high level has now been confirmed with certification according to ISO 27001.Requirements for ISMSISO 27001 is an internationally recognized standard for information securi
  
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• ZOOMLION's Global Expansion Fueling 2023 Growth

  25-09-2024 10:32 via thebigredguide.com
  In recent years, ZOOMLION has accelerated the pace of overseas expansion, and its products have sounded the "charge" of going global. With the continuous deepening of the overseas business system based on end-to-end, digitalization, and localization, the competitiveness of ZOOMLION's products in overseas markets will be significantly improved by 2023.It will win sales volume and reputation in key and benchmark markets, demonstrating its strong position as a representative of China's intelligent
  
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• Future Day At WAGNER: Inspiring Fire Protection Careers

  25-09-2024 10:31 via thebigredguide.com
  Simply being allowed to burn their own certificate – students experience an exciting future day at WAGNER.21 girls and boys aged 10 to 16 used the Future Day at WAGNER to go on a journey of discovery in the field of fire protection. The Lower Saxony Future Day helps students in grades 5 to 10 to learn about careers that they would not necessarily consider for themselves. WAGNER employees from various departments have once again come up with interesting activities and tasks for the pote
  
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• WAGNER Receives New VdS Approvals For FirExting Systems

  25-09-2024 10:30 via thebigredguide.com
  WAGNER receives two new VdS approvals for FirExting® gas extinguishing systems. Already in April, WAGNER received a new system approval for the permanent inert gas fire extinguishing system, FirExting Inertgas 60, in stationary argon, nitrogen and IG-541 high-pressure fire extinguishing systems.In addition, due to a change in the VdS approval process, WAGNER has now received a new installer approval for gas extinguishing systems with non-liquefied inert gases. What does that mean exactly
  
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• LogiMAT 2020 Canceled: Updates For Stuttgart Region

  25-09-2024 10:29 via thebigredguide.com
  Due to the increased risk of infection with the coronavirus in Germany, especially in the Stuttgart region, Messe Stuttgart has canceled this year's LogiMAT on the orders of the responsible public order office and on the recommendation of the health authority.
  High-bay warehousesThe MHLC - Material Handling & Logistics Conference planned prior to the trade fair will also not take place. There will be no alternative date this year. They regret not being able to meet their users in Stuttga
  
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• Desu Systems BV At StocExpo 2024: Complete Detection Solutions

  25-09-2024 10:19 via thebigredguide.com
  Thanks for visiting them at StocExpo 2023. They will be there again in 2024 with a bigger booth.The short show was a great success as they have been able to introduce the SENSIA thermal imaging camera’s for gas detection, gas quantification and OGMP 2.0 methane emission monitoring to many existing and new customers across Europe.Complete detection solutionsAlong with their Spectrex flame and open path gas detection and ESP point gas detection, they are now able to offer complete detect
  
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• EU Commission Methane Proposal: Critical Steps & Impact

  25-09-2024 10:18 via thebigredguide.com
  With the EU Commission presenting a proposal on methane reduction, there has never been a more critical time for companies to address how to drive down emissions.The proposal, which builds on the EU Methane Strategy 2020 and the Global Methane Pledge launched at COP26, introduces new requirements in terms of MRV, abatement measures including LDAR, restrictions on venting and flaring and an increase in transparency on methane emissions associated with fossil fuels imports.Elimin
  
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• Fire Protection Excellence By Wagner Group

  25-09-2024 10:11 via thebigredguide.com
  Whether in the British Library, the Elbphilharmonie, or pigsties - the Wagner Group's systems protect against fires worldwide. The company, based in Langenhagen, develops and installs fire protection systems for industry, commerce, and the cultural sector, among others.During a visit to the headquarters, Rainer Fredermann, spokesman for fire and disaster protection for the CDU parliamentary group, found out about the company's situation.fire protectionThe Wagner Group has seven branches in Germa
  
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• WAGNER Showcases TITANUS At Security 2022 In Essen

  25-09-2024 10:09 via thebigredguide.com
  WAGNER, based in Langenhagen near Hanover, will be showing its holistic solutions for individual fire protection at Security 2022 in Essen from September 20 to 23.
  The focus will be on the TITANUS ® aspirating smoke detection systems for early fire detection and the WinGuard system for organization/hazard management. The fire protection solution provider will be presenting its innovative technologies in the fire/burglary/systems area in Hall 7, Stand 7F28 at this year's trade fair for se
  
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• WAGNER Hosts Future Day On Fire Protection Tech

  25-09-2024 10:08 via thebigredguide.com
  Floating balls, strobe lights, 3D drawings – the range of topics was wide during the Future Day at WAGNER on April 27, 2017. 24 boys and girls from the fifth to tenth grades visited the Langenhagen company headquarters for a day to find out what the daily work of the global fire protection expert is like behind the steel facade of the building.Divided into groups, the children and young people went through the three stations for measurement technology, compressed air and electrical eng
  
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• Wagner's Future-Oriented Protection Solutions For Security

  25-09-2024 10:07 via thebigredguide.com
  Companies are faced with increasingly growing demands on their security. In order to meet the complex task of ensuring corporate security, a range of protective measures, security systems and control mechanisms must be taken into account.
  There are good solutions for each task, but they usually work independently and thus remain isolated solutions. This poses the risk that reactions and processes for threat prevention do not mesh together.Future-oriented protection solutionsWAGNER, as an innovat
  
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• Refuse depot fire - Rainham

  25-09-2024 09:55
  Firefighters issue lithium battery safety advice
  
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• Masterfire Equip Industrial Facility With Fire Protection

  24-09-2024 17:32 via thebigredguide.com
  Masterfire Install Systems Tailored to the needs of the customers within the Industrial Sector. Established in Newbridge in 1984, P&G Newbridge has expanded to a 110,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, world-class manufacturing facility with over 400 employees. In 2018, Masterfire installed and commissioned a new Fire Detection & Alarm system complete with Fire Suppression.Installation of a variety of systemsThe project involved the installation of a variety of systems:In
  
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• Allegion UK's New Fire Door Safety Guide: Briton Insights

  24-09-2024 17:30 via thebigredguide.com
  Allegion UK, a pioneering name in fire safety hardware and manufacturer of ‘Briton’ door controls, has launched a new ‘Fire Door Hardware Fundamentals’ guide, designed to support responsible persons through the latest fire safety regulations and fire door hardware best practice.The newly published guide draws upon key insights from Briton’s pioneering industry experts, and in response to the UK’s developing regulatory framework
  
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• Dräger Equips Sellafield With Advanced Firefighting Gear

  24-09-2024 16:40 via thebigredguide.com
  Dräger, an international pioneer in the fields of medical and safety technology, has provided the Sellafield Nuclear site with 65 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) PSS Airboss® sets and six Merlin® telemetry entry control boards (ECB) to protect firefighters from the inhalation of dangerous gases during incidents and training events. Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, and situated on the Cumbrian coastline, is Europe’s largest nuclear sit
  
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• Nine New On-Call Firefighters Join Norfolk Fire Service

  24-09-2024 16:38 via thebigredguide.com
  Nine new on-call firefighters have been welcomed into Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service (NFRS) – including the fifth member of the same family to join the service.George Powell, 18, who will be based at Diss Fire Station, joins his older brothers, Harry and Joe, his dad Robert and his sister-in-law Kayleigh at NFRS after completing the initial two-week training course to become an on-call firefighter.Career in the fire serviceHarry and Joe are also both whole-time firefighters base
  
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• Suffolk Firefighters Break Records At Ipswich Half Marathon

  23-09-2024 14:16 via thebigredguide.com
  Four firefighters from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service are set and raring to go by breaking three grueling world records when they take part in the Ipswich Half Marathon.Crew Manager Paul Shattock, and Firefighters Grant Whitehead, Ashley Buxton, and George Trott will be running the 13.1 miles on September 22 in firefighting equipment.Paul ShattockPaul is a Crew Manager at Bury St Edmunds fire station and Grant, Ashley, and George are all based at Ipswich East station. They aim to raise &pou
  
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• Fire at pedicab storage unit - Southwark

  23-09-2024 11:54
  Firefighters issue lithium battery safety advice
  
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• Fire at a mixed use building - Chiswick

  23-09-2024 11:45
  Four fire engines attended the scene
  
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• Pub fire – Kentish Town

  23-09-2024 11:26
  Ducting in the ventilation system was alight
  
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• Launderette fire - Southwark

  23-09-2024 10:38
  Four fire engines attended the fire in Southwark
  
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• Mixed-use building fire - Tolworth

  23-09-2024 10:21
  Firefighters are issuing a safety reminder about smoking
  
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• London Fire Brigade marks World Alzheimer's Day by highlighting fire safety risks for people living with dementia

  20-09-2024 16:30
  
  With an estimated 982,000 people in the UK affected by dementia, it is crucial to understand the increased dangers this condition can pose and to implement appropriate safety measures to protect those who are vulnerable.
  
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