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• New range of lifting bags from Vetter

  Vetter has released what it calls ‘next-generation high-pressure lifting bags’ – the S.Tec range. The new range allows emergency responders to raise the pressure from 8 to 10 bar to enable a 25% increase in lifting power compared with conventional 8-bar lifting bags. The simple formula force = area x pressure, combined with controlled pressure distribution inside the bag, makes it possible to lift heavier loads with the same bag size.

• Gearing up for the Emergency Services Show 2012

  Registration for the UK’s leading exhibition and conference for networking and resources for every emergency will open in at the end of this week. Bookmark www.emergencyuk.com  now and visit the site to sign up and register. This year’s show will take place on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 November at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry.

• Global Research Update: High Challenge Storage Protection

  High challenge warehouse fire protection strategies are of global concern to the fire protection community.  As new high hazard commodities appear in challenging storage arrangements, new approaches to fire protection are required. The National Fire Protection Association and the Fire Protection Research Foundation present a one day seminar on recent global research to address this challenge. The seminar will take place in Paris, France in Paris on June 27th, 2012, in cooperation with the European Fire Sprinkler Network conference at the Marriott Rive Gauche.

• TetraKO environmentally safe fire suppression

  Water enhancer first to gain recognition in EPA’s Design for the Environment programme under new Industrial category.

• Update to Traffic Incident Management manual

  2012 edition contains the most current information and training programs for fire and emergency service providers.

• High-rise safety project announced

  The Passive Fire Protection Federation (PFPF) supports the project that aims to study structural safety in high rise buildings.

• Eagle Attack for UK consortium

  Scott Safety thermal imaging camera proves itself during rigorous trial.

• International Water Mist Association - annual conference

  The IWMA's annual event will take place 14-15 November in Barcelona.

• Fire and gas specialist Industrial Design gains Cisco certification

  Networking solution ideal for control panels in sites spanning over three km.

• FABIG publishes technical meetings

  Next meeting will be held in Scotland in June, on new developments in fire resistant materials.

• Exercise Shannon - exclusive preview

  A major UK multiagency exercise is to take place in the south coast home of multiple top tier COMAH sites on 4-5 May.

• Intergraph teams up with Copenhagen Fire Brigade, and the Danish National Survey and Cadastre to bring 1-1-2 mobile app to citizens

  Copenhagen Fire Brigade, and the Danish National Survey and Cadastre (KMS - Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen) have partnered with Intergraph Corporation to develop a 1-1-2 mobile app for citizens who need to report an emergency. Financing the effort is TrygFonden, a Danish national foundation that supports and promotes life-saving initiatives.

• Water sprinklers – time to think outside of the box

  ‘Sprinklers save lives, property, money, jobs, communities, the environment – the evidence is compelling, isn’t it?’ Impressions of a high-level seminar held at the House of Commons, London, by John Maxfield.

• Risk aversion in the fire service: report released today

  The 2008 Galston Mine Incident report provides an independent assessment of the circumstances surrounding the death of Alison Hume who fell down a disused mine shaft in Galston on 26 July 2008.

• Thermal modelling application launch by CPD

  iResponse Thermal is designed to aid Emergency Management professionals, such as Fire Chiefs, HSE Managers, Hazmat Teams, Engineers and Risk Consultants with their emergency planning.