Hand Media International is proud to unveil the newest issue of International Fire Buyer. As the year draws to a close, the Fire Buyer Awards provide a perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the fire safety and emergency response industry.
Fire Buyer Awards recognise excellence in the industry
Our awards recognise those who are driving our industry forward and they are an important vehicle for recognising meaningful contributions to fire safety worldwide.
With our awards just around the corner, this issue serves as a reminder of those who champion the industry and the innovators who excel in their field. For this issue’s Big Interview, Mike Wisko, Chairman of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, shares his personal motivations behind his involvement with the charity and what it is doing to assist firefighters and their loved ones whose lives have been touched by cancer. Turning to this issue’s Innovator, we discover the ways in which wildfire risk modelling is enhancing preparedness for aerial firefighting through my discussion with James Cox, Head of Product at TracPlus.
Gas detection in focus
Turning from one topical area to another, our cover story featuring Sensitron‘s advanced gas detection technologies focusses on the ways data centres can be protected from fire risks and disruption.
From detection to suppression, the appropriate response must be initiated and the extinguishing medium delivered effectively. The protection of critical infrastructure requires a robust system wherein each stage is delivered effectively. This is a concept understood by the likes of TLX Fire & Security, who highlights its capabilities in our Product Spotlight.
Firefighting equipment and protection
Ensuring firefighters can effectively extinguish a fire requires the right water delivery system. In our Ask the Expert, Manuel Griffon from LEADER GROUP discusses how the Diphasic System improves firefighting efficiency, water conservation and operational safety. Our Firefighting Equipment feature builds on this discussion by analysing how establishing firefighting capability requires procurement, engineering and operational teams to consider how equipment works together, from initial arrival through sustained activity and recovery.
Ensuring complete firefighter protection requires an effective PPE decontamination set up. Award nominee, MEIKO, share a case study from the Haute-Savoie Fire and Rescue Service in France, who have adopted the company’s solutions for supporting the long-term health of the personnel exposed to fire smoke. This is explored further in this issue’s PPE feature and our spotlight from Dräger, which make the case for effective firefighting PPE decontamination being a key part of ensuring national resilience.
