2019 Gulf Fire E-news Archive

Tank Storage Asia 2019 Conference Programme Announced

Tank Storage Asia 2019 has revealed that Vopak, Stolthaven Terminals & Sembcorp Solar and Oiltanking Asia…

37 newly elected MEPs have pledged to help improve fire safety in buildings

37 newly elected MEPs from 21 countries have pledged to work to improve fire safety…

MSME minister of State inaugurated GiDMC 2019

Hon. Minister of State, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Inaugurated Global Inclusive Disaster Management Conference 2019…

Simplex ES Net IP-Based Life Safety Network adds speed and resilience to fire detection and life safety systems

IP technology provides faster data rates and a wide range of wiring media choices for…

Victaulic® Acquires Globe Fire Sprinkler

Two leading, century-old companies bring added support to fire protection customers, industry Effective July 8,…

250,000th Allison Transmission is produced in Hungary

A quarter of a million fully automatic transmissions have been assembled by Allison Transmission’s Szentgotthárd…

Mavili’s Marine type systems are in the International Waters!

Mavili, developing products and services on fire and gas detection systems since 1987, has rolled…

Fire testing in action for the Pyroplex 60-minute glazing system.
Pyroplex Making glazed doors fire-safe

Glazed doors are in demand. And for good reason. Not only are they safer in…

Figure 1: A wheel loader in a challenging environment equipped with Dafo’s system.
Dafo Vehicle Fire Protection AB

Dafo has been in business for over 100 years and has always been in the…

The PID department at Bristol Uniforms.
Protection by design

Bristol Uniforms has been at the forefront of firefighter PPE design for more than 60…

Kuwait University College of Science & Faculty Club.
Protecting critical assets at Kuwait University

Despite the effectiveness of halons in suppressing fire, the 1987 Montreal Protocol prompted stringent measures…

A case study at a furniture retail warehouse in Slovakia showed that the Kingspan insurer-certified PIR-insulated panel cores did not propagate fire to areas remote from the flame impingement and allowed no spread of fire into the store.
From test to reality

Modern cladding approaches bring together a seemingly ever-increasing diversity of materials and components including fixings,…

Incident commanders need to rapidly process the necessary information in order to contrive their plan.
Extrication planning – Part 1

Vehicle extrication is an extremely complex discipline which requires a high level of skill, knowledge…

Engineers installing cable.
Fire testing of cables is important, but not at the expense of other performance characteristics

Construction projects in the Middle East are rapidly on the rise, as there is significant…

IWMA president Ragnar Wighus as he declared the Vienna conference in 2016 open.
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-mist…

An example of correctly installed and labelled passive fire stopping.
Fire compartmentation

Readers may recall in Issue 14 of Gulf Fire (April 2019 edition), an article that…

IWMA: Programme for the 19th International Water Mist Conference out now

This year’s International Water Mist Conference will take place in Berlin, Germany, on 23rd and 24th October.…