ith an ever-increasing demand for kitchen fire-suppression systems and at the same time lack of…
Special Reports
Federation calls for a national fire strategy
The Fire Sector Federation (FSF) has published a white paper calling for a wider discussion…
Watermist applied
It all started with marine and offshore applications. However, for many years watermist systems have…
The significance of urban planning in fighting future fires
Fires can cause up to 180,000 deaths globally each year. This, according to The World…
What’s needed to make our structures more fire resilient?
By 2050, the world’s population is set to grow to almost 10 billion and 68%…
Watermist at its turning point
Things have progressed well for watermist: there is a growing market for eco-friendly, sustainable products…
Total PFAS analysis via total organic fluorine
The analysis of total organic fluorine (TOF) via combustion ion chromatography (CIC) has emerged as…
Sprinklers: why is the threshold for UK warehouses so high compared to the rest of Europe?
With the height threshold for sprinklers in new-build residential buildings lowered to 11m across the…
AQUASYS high-pressure watermist systems: an expert report about innovative fire protection in data centres
State-of-the-art firefighting using high-pressure watermist (HPWM) technology is becoming more and more common for the…
Starting the year strong with GESA’s Equipment Exchange
We all know that Emergency Services departments and communities across the Global South struggle to…
A tale of five presidents: what the past can tell us about the future of fire protection
As we forge ahead in the face of ongoing government reform initiatives, Fire Protection Association…
Creating a better international Emergency Services donations pipeline
Donations of emergency services gear, vehicles and rescue equipment are a welcome sight to under-resourced…
How Safespill’s true respect for fire led to a holistic approach to environmentally safe fire protection
‘Most companies don’t like to talk about their failures, but you can’t develop new technology…
Confusion and catastrophes led to a time-tested consensus process
The NFPA looks back on 125 years while working to serve global stakeholders today and…
Water mist’s past and future (approaching top gear)
In the late 1970s, the two Swedish scientists Mats Rosander and Krister Giselsson published a…
Wireless can help the fire sector rise to new challenges
With Covid continuing to dominate the news agenda and affecting the way we work, it’s…
Fire in educational premises
A recent study from Zurich Municipal revealed 480 primary and secondary schools endured fires in…
How should we measure success in the Emergency Services sector?
Circumstances vary from country to country, but every member of GESA’s Global South Advisory Council…
Revisiting parking garage safety
It had been confidently hypothesized for years that modern vehicles burn differently, due to the…
European standard for watermist systems finally published
The long-awaited European watermist standard EN 14972-1 was published on 23 December 2020. Fire consultants,…