Fire Safety
Fire Safety
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- Nonalynka Nongrum
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 6 November, 2018
- Year: 2018
Power management company Eaton has announced the launch of a new, high flexibility SAE 100R4 hose to complement its range of the EN45545-2 compliant hose solutions for the rail industry
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- Nonalynka Nongrum
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 30 October, 2018
- Year: 2018
The cost of production downtime alone could reach US$46,000 within 24 hours of an arc fault, according to a research by power management company Eaton
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- Nonalynka Nongrum
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 17 October, 2018
- Year: 2018
The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai (DCD) has teamed up with Avaya and ConnectIt on a new digital transformation project to enhance fire response times
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- Louise Waters
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 15 October, 2018
- Year: 2018
Jensen Hughes, the global leader in safety, security and risk-based engineering and consulting, has announced plans to open its office this month in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
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- Deblina Roy
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 27 September, 2018
- Year: 2018
Advanced, a leading fire systems provider, has discussed ways to prevent false alarms
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- Deblina Roy
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 12 September, 2018
- Year: 2018
A stellar shortlist of 55 finalists from 150 entries has been selected for the inaugural Intersec Security, Safety and Fire Protection Middle East Awards, with the winners across 10 categories to be celebrated on 20 September 2018 at Dubai’s Habtoor Palace
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- Deblina Roy
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 8 August, 2018
- Year: 2018
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has showcased its range of high-performance solutions, from topside to subsea at the Offshore North Sea (ONS) in Stavanger, Norway, held from 27-30 August 2018
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- Deblina Roy
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 26 July, 2018
- Year: 2018
The Netherlands-based Beele Engineering has developed a new range of HE plastic transit sleeves and frames, aiming to provide comfortable transit of cables and pipes and to provide for a fire-resistant, gas, smoke and watertight seal
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- Deblina Roy
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 19 July, 2018
- Year: 2018
Bristol Fire Engineering, Abu Dhabi-based firefighting solutions provider, has showcased the latest technology in aerial hydraulic platforms through live demonstrations organised for senior civil defence and government officials
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- Louise Waters
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 12 July, 2018
- Year: 2018
More than 30 organisations from around the world have come together to develop landmark industry standards to address fire safety in buildings
The group, known as the International Fire Safety Standards (IFSS) Coalition, was launched in early July at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The coalition, which is chaired by Gary Strong, global building standards director at the UK’s RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), consists of local and international professional bodies and standard-setting organisations committed to developing and supporting a shared set of standards for fire safety in buildings.
The standards aim to set and reinforce the minimum requirements professionals should adhere to ensure building safety in the event of a fire.
As the property market has become increasingly international with investments flowing across national borders, the sector still lacks a consistent set of high level global standards that will inform the design, construction, and management of buildings to address the risks associated with fire safety.
Differences in materials testing and certification, national building regulations or codes, and standards on how to manage buildings in use, particularly higher risk buildings, means there is confusion, uncertainty and risk to the public.
Strong cites the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, which claimed 72 lives, as a recent example which demonstrates the need for a coherent global approach to fire safety. He says that the fire not only focused attention on building and fire safety in the UK, but also exposed global inadequacies in how fire safety standards are set.
“The Grenfell Tower fire focused the world’s attention on how many buildings are threatened with the prospect of failing fire safety standards,” he comments. “All over the world we see the need for more high-rise structures, some residential, some commercial and some mixed-use buildings, particularly in cities.
”Our concern is not with the height of these buildings but with the risks they pose in the absence of a coherent and harmonised approach to setting global standards in fire safety. The effort by the IFSS Coalition aims to address this concern and bring together the design, construction and management aspects of ensuring fire safety of building assets.”
Initially, the IFSS Coalition will set up a Standards Setting Committee that will draw on a group of international technical fire experts to develop and write the high-level standards to ensure they are fit for purpose across global markets.
Once the high-level standards are developed, the IFSS Coalition will work with professionals around the world to deliver the standards locally.
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- Louise Waters
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 5 June, 2018
- Year: 2018
A catalogue of safety failings contributing to the spread of the fire at Grenfell Tower have been highlighted in reports from experts for the public inquiry into the fire
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- Ebin GheeVarghese
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 3 June, 2018
- Year: 2018
AETOSWire, the news distribution unit of NSG in the MENA region and RoadSafetyUAE launched an initiative to encourage drivers to change their unsafe driving habits starting this Ramadan