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Michigan Firefighters Add CPR Device with Valero Funds
Machine ensures consistent chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Machine ensures consistent chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
DJI's Matrice 200 Series aerial drones use high-performance motors paired with 17-inch propellers to ensure stable flight in strong winds.
Phillips 66 used their corporate fire school as an opportunity to test a new electronic accountability system designed to track emergency responders taking advantage of medical surveillance technology already in place.
An emergency responder is assigned to handle the radiological monitors at a hazmat incident. Several different brands of monitors are in use. Even those made by same manufacturer may be different models with modified operating instructions.
One tool that helped locating the trapped firefighters was the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) contained built-in infrared detectors.
Fluorine foams remain indispensable to industrial firefighting, expert says.
Drones or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have been around flying around for more than 100 years. More than 95% of these cool flying machines are flow by hobbyists. But in the last two years the drone market has grown from 42,000 units to 420,000 units, according to the FAA.
From emergency communication systems to IP networks, Johnson Controls is making the future of fire and life safety smarter and faster.
When an entrepreneur leaves a business he has built over a lifetime, many things change. The market can get better or worse, said Dwight Williams, one of the highly regarded innovators in industrial firefighting today.
When foam is discussed at fire conferences worldwide talk about tighter regulations owing to environmental concern dominates.
Nearly one year after a landmark $30 billion merger with Tyco, many of the most highly regarded names in American fire protection – Simplex, SimplexGrinnell, Ansul, Chemguard and Williams Fire & Hazard Control – are in the process of being combined into a single multi-industrial giant, Johnson Controls.
Bill Gough installs and inspects fire extinguishers for a living in Bryan, TX. He ranks the Oval Brand Fire Products extinguisher as comparable to any other 10-pound ABC or dry chemical extinguisher on the market.
A new generation of 'snake oil' fire foam products
Cutting edge size-up tool
Remember when a personal video camera was something hauled around in a small suitcase. Today, that camera is compressed into a pocket-size device that also makes phones calls, looks up news articles and uses GPS to instantly pinpoint your location on the globe.