On 4 December 2009, partygoers packed the Lame Horse, a nightclub in the Russian city…
Issue 18 – April 2020
IFE GCC UAE Branch Update April 2020
The new decade kicked-off in the Middle East with a very successful Intersec 2020 Exhibition.…
ESKA – Glove professionals from Austria
For 108 years the Austrian family business ESKA has specialized in the development and manufacturing…
Cristanini – Advanced drilling and fire extinguisher systems
Cristanini Spa, international leader in the production of water-jetting systems, has taken a leap forward…
Testing façade systems to BS8414 test series
The performance of cladding materials under fire conditions is crucial and should be considered in…
In safe hands
Regulations and standards keep firefighters safe and provide reassurance that Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is…
Improvement of preventive fire protection at a tank farm
Tank farms are used for the storage of highly flammable and explosive substances; Consequently, preventive…
The challenge when designing a state of the art training facility
To fulfill the daily requirements as a firefighter or first responder of an agency, methods…
Flammable cladding in China: A site study 2020
Despite recent tragedies throughout the world, some countries, even in 2020, continue to use unsafe,…
Fire sprinklers and fluorine free foam
With ever increasing pressures to remove fluorinated foams from the marketplace, one segment in particular…
Hazmat 2020 – A sneak preview
The annual Hazmat conference, now in its 13th year, is returning to the Crowne Plaza,…
Flame detection through the use of 3D mapping to aircraft hangars – Part 2
In the previous edition of Gulf Fire Magazine, we discussed the challenges posed by aircraft…
Use of foam for firefighting in tank farms of the oil and petrochemical industry – Part 1
Tank farm fires in the oil and petrochemical industry do not occur often. When they…
The challenges of urbanization and other megatrends
Sooner or later, every company has to deal with the megatrends that concern our world.…
Alarm fatigue in the UAE
Experts have frequently warned of a ‘cry wolf’ attitude towards fire alarms in the UAE,…
Sizing-up hazmat incidents
In the world of fire and emergency services, hazardous materials incidents have some of the…
A great Intersec 2020 and now the threat of coronavirus
On its 22nd year, Intersec 2020 was held on 19 to 21 January at the…