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Ensuring safety through fire suppression in warehousing and logistics
Today, consumers are becoming more and more focused on instant gratification when it comes to…
Protecting our heritage
Fire is a major hazard to cultural heritage buildings around the globe. Severe fires have…
Five tips for using visual alarm devices to improve life safety
Audible alarm devices, or sounders, have long been used to alert building occupants during fires…
Vaping – setting off alarm bells
Lee James, General Manager at Nittan Europe, looks at the impact of e-cigarette use on…
FlameSpec ‘when every second counts’
Flame detector manufacturers, continually search to advance detection technologies, to improve performance, distance, reliability and…
Fire compartmentation
Readers may recall in Issue 14 of Gulf Fire (April 2019 edition), an article that…
Communicating the danger to those with hearing loss
As the largest disabled group in the UK, close attention should be paid to the…
Employing flame detection for large atmospheric storage tanks
This article builds on our understanding of flame detection technologies discussed in issues 761 and…
Development of tests to assess video flame and video smoke detectors
Video fire detectors are increasingly being used to detect fires in areas where traditional detectors…
The essential guide to fire retardant timber
Timber is an incredibly attractive and flexible building material. Its popularity is evident across all…
Water mist – the firefighting system and the organisation behind it
Ragnar Wighus, IWMA past president and chief scientist at SP Fire Research Norway, says: ‘Water…
Improvement of preventive fire protection at a tank farm
Tank farms are used for the storage of highly flammable and explosive substances; Consequently, preventive…
Intumescent solutions for fire protection in tall buildings
Steel is used as a structural and fabrication material in tall buildings around the world.…
Why water mist is ideal for industrial fryer protection
Industrial fryers and cookers are used in the food industry to produce packaged goods, such…
Fire testing of cables is important, but not at the expense of other performance characteristics
Construction projects around the world are rapidly on the rise, as there is significant commercial…
With the use of energy storage systems on the rise, the NFPA can help with new research
As the use of energy storage systems (ESS) continues to expand, code officials, designers, installers,…
Fire safety at the touch of a finger-tip
The fire industry has experimented with touch screen technology for many years as ever sophisticated…
Fundamentals of high-rise fire safety
We live in historic times – for the first time in human history, more than…
UK Building Regulations – A flawed system with room to Improve?
Ever since the Grenfell Tower tragedy of the 14th June 2017, fire, and the risk…