Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell is voluntarily recalling approximately 3,000 Gamewell-FCI 7100 Series fire alarm control panels. The panels provide control, display, and annunciation information.
A U.S. under secretary of energy co-chaired a meeting in New Delhi on Friday that concluded a week of discussions on expanding cooperation in research and clean energy production.
The PPE maker will be integrated into Honeywell Life Safety in a group headed by Roger Fradin, shown here.
The department's campaign follows a spate of fires, including an April 2 butane cylinder-fueled fire in the suburbs.
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration has issued three special reports as part of its Topical Fire Report Series, examining the risk of death or injury from fire by various demographic, geographic, and socio-economic characteristics.
2007 was a tough year for American firefighters, and not only because nine South Carolina comrades died while fighting a fire in June. Preliminary data from the U.S. Fire Administration shows there were 115 on-duty firefighter deaths in the United States during the year, up from 106 the previous year. Although slightly down from 51 percent of the total in 2006 to 47 percent in 2007, heart attacks and strokes continued to be the leading cause, with 54 deaths.
Two important tradeshows are happening this month. First, the 2008 Fire Department Instructors Conference takes place in Indianapolis April 7-12. About 28,000 firefighters are expected to attend the 80-year-old event, billed as the world's largest firefighter training conference and exhibition. <br />
Then, from April 25 to May 1, the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses will hold its 2008 AAOHN Symposium & Expo in Salt Lake City. This conference is a golden opportunity for occupational nurses to learn and network with fellow colleagues.
More than 150 fire safety professionals and leaders are meeting to develop a plan to transform the U.S. mindset about fire safety, including the culture of the fire service.
USFA chief Gregory Cade announced the agency's support Friday for sprinklers such as this Viking Corp. model in every newly constructed home. He'll take part in a major fire safety summit in Washington, D.C., that starts Monday.
As part of its Topical Fire Report Series, the United States Fire Administration issued a special report yesterday examining the causes and characteristics of electrical fires that occur in residential buildings, estimating 28,300 residential building electrical fires occur annually and cause 360 civilian deaths, 1,000 civilian injuries, and $995 million in direct loss.
Baxter Healthcare said it will introduce the product next month during the American Burn Association's annual meeting in Chicago.
The company, managing contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory, is the target of the the first enforcement under a worker safety and health rule that took effect last February.
The existing 16 CFR Part 1610 specifies tests no longer used by the industry or allowed by EPA.
On Saturday March 29, 2008, between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. EDT, the National Fire Academy will broadcast three Executive Fire Officer (EFO) Graduate Symposium presentations over the Internet. The live presentations will be available for viewing and participation at www.openfireacademy.org.
The incident occurred on March 23, 2005, during the startup of the refinery's octane-boosting isomerization unit, when a distillation tower and attached blowdown drum were overfilled with flammable liquid hydrocarbons.
The experiments evaluated the use of positive-pressure ventilation fans, wind control devices, and hose streams to control or suppress deadly heat and smoke from wind-driven flames, as this NIST photo shows.
The U.S. Fire Administration has issued an updated edition of the Firefighter Autopsy Protocol manual. Extensively revised since the original 1994 edition, the manual addresses additional areas related to the conduct of autopsies; it also considers emerging issues and new technologies.
Cooking was involved in an estimated 146,400 home structure fires in the United States in 2005, according to the new report. Cooking fires accounted for 40 percent of the home structure fires in 2005, resulting in 480 deaths, 4,690 injuries, and $876 million in direct property damage.
The revised manual examines critical topics related to operational issues and addresses ways to better protect firefighters and other emergency responders through the use of proper protective clothing and improved tactical procedures.