Angus Fire has launched a campaign to support businesses looking to make the transition to fluorine-free foams. It has created a simple three-step process to help facilities respond to new legislation and regulations surrounding the use of fluorinated chemicals. Working with a…
The Firefighters Podcast #306 – TELSTAR HOUSE DEBRIEF – LONDON 2003 with Chris Westfield
Chris Westfield started his Fire service career in 2003 whereby within the same year he was involved in a near-death experience operationally at what became known as the TELSTAR HOUSE fire. A 20 Pump High-rise Fire; Telstar House was located on…
The Firefighters Podcast #304 – Manchester Arena Bombing Debrief & Lessons Learned with John Fletcher
At just after 22:30hrs on Monday 22nd May 2017, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised device at the Manchester Arena in the UK where around 14,000 people, mainly teenagers and family, had travelled from across the UK to attend the…
INTERSCHUTZ with four focus topics
The core topics have already been finalized: Climate change, civil protection, artificial intelligence, and sustainability in focus. Halftime in the run-up to the next INTERSCHUTZ (1 to 6 June 2026 in Hannover): the next edition of the world’s leading trade…
Institution of Fire Engineers launches recruitment drive for volunteers to support competency frameworks
The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) has announced the launch of a new recruitment drive aimed at bolstering its volunteer cohort, ahead of the commencement of the competency requirement in s156(4) of the Building Safety Act (BSA) 2022 and the…
The Firefighters Podcast #303 – Andy Starnes. Understanding Thermal Imagery, your leadership style & the key to survive the Fire Service
Andy Starnes joined the Fire Service in 1991. Serving 12 years as a firefighter & then Captain on an Engine Company before being assigned to Battalion Chief in a busy Metropolitan area in the United States. He retired in 2023…
The Firefighters Podcast – The Lancashire IFE CPD Structural Firefighting & Tactical Ventilation with John McDonough & Karel Lambert
Following the success at Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service at the end of April 2024 The Firefighters Podcast is proud to bring you the recorded presentations and roundtable discussion from this incredible event brought to you by Lancashire Fire and Rescue. In this Six-episode…
The Firefighters Podcast #301 – Leadership & The Impact we have on others with Carl Boasman
After 31 years of service, upon retirement from the Fire and Rescue Service in October 2023, Carl started providing organisational and leadership development, coaching and mentoring support. Carl joined North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service as a Firefighter in 1992…
The Firefighters Podcast #300 – How to get the best people in the right roles in the fire service with Occupational Psychologist Hannah Valance
Many of us will have sat through an interview, promotion board or similar and thought “Who put this together?” Despite best intentions, some of them are a shambles with very little consistency and not driven by data or experience. It…
The Firefighters Podcast #299 – The Poet Firefighter with Gerard Devine
Gerard Devine is an award-winning Irish poet who lives a life less ordinary. The former carpenter is a full-time firefighter in Dublin City. Before joining the fire brigade, Gerard spent many years working on the building sites of Dublin, Boston…
The Firefighters Podcast #298 – Becoming a Firefighter Challenge Gold Medallist & Growing Self-Confidence with Helena Brown
Helena Brown is a UK Firefighter who in 2023 burst on the scene of the firefighter challenge community winning the British Firefighter Challenge. She then joined in, in Saudi Arabia winning more medals at the Toughest Firefighter Alive competition in…
Blackline Safety signs $1.7M Service Upgrade for recent U.S. Upstream Energy deal
Less than two months into 800-unit device deployment, customer adds a four-year service contract with two-way voice, real-time monitoring to the original $2.7M deal Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX: BLN), a global leader in connected safety technology, has announced the upgrade…
The Firefighters Podcast #297 – Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the longest serving female RAF Chinook Force crewmember Liz McConaghy
Liz McConaghy was the longest-serving female crewman on the Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet spanning a 17-year career flying on the aircraft. Originally from a small town in Northern Ireland, she attended RAF Cranwell on her 19th birthday to begin…
Product launch at IFAT: EmiControls turns Stationary Fire Protection upside down
EmiControls has been working since 2011 to develop innovative solutions for fire protection and the targeted control of dust and odours worldwide. The use of water mist technology plays a key role in this. At IFAT 2024 in Munich, the…
The Firefighters Podcast #296 – Are all firefighters bullies – A conversation on workplace culture with Dr Jason Price
Are all Firefighters Bullies? If you were to read the papers each week you may well hold this view but like so many things in life, it’s a very small number that can build a bad stereotype of a group…
The Firefighters Podcast #295 – How a routine Firefighter Health screening discovered my Brain Tumour with Carla Morrison
Carla Morrison is a serving firefighter from Canada who during a routine Health screening discovered she has dramatically reduced hearing on one side. This discovery led to further testing which showed a large brain tumour which threatened her career, her…
The Firefighters Podcast #293 – Why a lack of sleep is killing our First Responders with Dan Evison
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world – Alzheimer’s, cancer, obesity, diabetes – has…
All BuildData Group’s brands become Zutec
BuildData Group has brought together its individual brands, including Createmaster, Createmaster Information Management (formerly Bond Bryan Digital), and Resi-Sense to collectively operate and trade under Zutec. Operating as one brand, Zutec will provide customers with a joined-up approach to managing…
The Firefighters Podcast #290 – Science-backed data-driven firefighting with Chief Fire Officer Dan Stephens
Dan Stephens Is a highly experienced and operationally competent Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive Officer. Currently serving as Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor and Inspector to Welsh Government Prior to this he was Chief Officer/Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Metropolitan…
NFPA Conference & Expo, Orlando
The National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) will host its annual Conference & Expo (C&E) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, 17–19 June 2024. This year will once again bring together thousands of industry-leading safety professionals who will attend…