Mumbai fire officers threaten to stop safety checks

Seeking better working conditions, the Mumbai Fire Brigade Officers Association (FBOA) has threatened to stop carrying out fire…

Raids to check fire safety measures in Odisha

The Odisha fire service have started an inspection of private hospitals and nursing homes in Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur and…

BMC to procure telescopic rods to save firemen

Taking into account the threats posed to lives of firemen while rescuing birds, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has…

Abu Dhabi adopts new fire safety code

All vital buildings in the UAE will be directly linked to a smart fire safety system of the Civil Defence where fire warnings…

No fire-fighting appliances at Noidas government hospital

The district hospital in Noida is not equipped to handle any outbreak of fire on its premises. This inference can be drawn from a…

West Bengal introduces online fire licence for industrial units

The West Bengal government has introduced online fire licence in a move to increase ease of doing business and significantly…

ISO publishes first ever specification for video fire detection

With the new ISO/TS 7240-29, ISO provides the first platform for international acceptance of a uniform specification that will…

Magirus delivers 100 fire engines to the Junta Nacional de Bomberos de Chile

Last year, the central body of Chiles national Fire Department, Junta Nacional de Bomberos de Chile (JNBC), placed two major…

From the Editor's Desk: July 2017

Dear ReaderLast month, I spoke about the Manchester bomb blast and this month we have the Grenfell Tower inferno in London to…

Fire industry collectively demands change

The fire industry came together at an emotionally charged Firex International to meet, network and discuss the challenges facing…

Tourism and new regs to propel UAE fire safety market

According to 6Wresearch, the UAE Fire Safety Systems & Equipment market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.1% during 2017-…

AIIMS fire extinguishers past their expiry date

Thousands of patients visiting the emergency department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be sitting ducks…