The Middle East market for security, safety, and fire protection is on track for double digit growth over the next four years, as regional governments and the private sector look for improved technologies to better protect assets, people, businesses, and…
Boundary protection
With a new Fire Code due for imminent release in the UAE and high rise building owners expecting increased regulation on external curtain walling and cladding for new buildings, Coopers Fire explains how fire curtain barrier systems may be used…
Sheikh Mohammed commends the Dubai Civil Defence Fire Crews
The 200 Dubai Civil Defence firefighters who tackled the spectacular fire on New Years Eve 2015 at the Address Downtown Hotel tall tower had an unexpected visitor soon after dawn when the fire was by then under control. No less…
Bristol Fire Engineering Honored with 2016 Dubai Quality Appreciation Award
Bristol Fire Engineering has been recognized at the hugely prestigious Business Excellence Awards by being honoured with the Dubai Quality Appreciation Award from the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai. Held under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed…
The importance of monitoring gaseous fire protection systems
Despite the steady decline in the Oil price over the last year or so the major economies of the Gulf region are expected by analysts to avoid recession comfortably and in the case of the UAE 3% growth is forecast.…
Dubai Civil Defence – New restrictions on external cladding panels on buildings
The use of cladding will be restricted in new buildings in the UAE following a new set of regulations to be added to the UAE Fire and Safety Code. Major General Expert Rashid Thani Al Matroushi, Director of Dubai Civil…
Yet Another Tall Tower Fire in UAE
The life-threatening problem of flammable external cladding panels on modern high rise tower blocks raised its ugly head again when fire broke out on a 30 storey residential tower in Ajman, UAE, at 2145 hrs on Monday 28 March 2016.…
UAE Attempts to Set Guinness World Record for ‘Largest Gathering of People to Form a National Flag
You’re invited to attend the UAE’s attempt to set the Guinness World Record for “Largest Gathering to Form a National Flag” on Sunday, 13 March. In a great photo opportunity, thousands of UAE citizens and residents will wear helmets forming…
Maersk Training officially opens Advanced Simulation Facility in Dubai
On Thursday 11th of February 2016, a large group of senior executives from major oil companies, offshore drilling contractors, maritime companies and service contractors attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which marked the official opening of Maersk Training in Dubai. The Maersk…
Concorde-Corodex Group Stages Live Demonstrations of Williams Fire Fighting Equipment
Dubai Civil Defence sponsors a live demo at Mamzar Beach part of a month-long roadshow touring the GCC in cooperation with local partners and civil defence teams. Concorde-Corodex Group, the UAE-based leader in firefighting and rescue equipment, has kicked off…
Concorde-Corodex Group introduces structure-piercing firefighting system to UAE Civil Defence and region-wide
PyroLance tackles interior fires by propelling high pressure liquid through solid materials like steel and brick. Technology being displayed to civil defence teams throughout the UAE and during Intersec exhibition. A revolutionary firefighting tool that blasts liquid through solid structures to…
Advanced Fire and Rescue Technologies aimed at GCC’s US $3 Billion Fire Safety Market at Intersec 2016
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are spearheading a GCC-wide wide surge in demand for fire detection and suppression equipment, as economic growth and increased construction activities put the region’s fire safety market on a double-digit growth path. Analysts Frost &…
Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research host meeting on UAE Nuclear Power Plant Safety
A major disaster such as the one at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan is unlikely to happen in the UAE largely due to the country’s geographical location as well as stringent safety measures in place, experts said during…