Register your interest to visit FIREX 2014 now When: 17-19 June 2014 Where: ExCeL, London Scarcely a week goes by without news of yet another blaze raging at a recycling or waste plant. Costing the Fire Service and taxpayer a fortune and disrupting the lives of nearby residents, recycling plant fires are often extremely unpredictable and [...]
Dr David Gold, a chartered safety and health practitioner and founder of Gold-Knecht Associates, wrote the following article for our sister site, SHP Online: Security guards, be they employees or persons employed by a contracted security service, have important responsibilities to fulfill. A responsible security guard is trained and actively ensures that lives and property [...]
Register your interest to visit IFSEC and FIREX 2014 now When: 17-19 June 2014 Where: ExCeL, London IFSEC and FIREX 2014 is launching live-event broadcasting channels at London’s ExCeL between 17-19 June. Featuring live interviews with major figures from the fire and security sectors IFSEC TV, which is sponsored by Xtralis, and FIREX TV, whose sponsor is [...]
David Evans, CEO of Global Aware International, is discussing ‘The business case for counter terror at IFSEC International 2014 – one of numerous counter terror talks at the show Register your interest to visit IFSEC 2014 now When: 17-19 June 2014 Where: ExCeL, London Counter-terrorism strategy has undergone a remarkable development in the early years of the [...]
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An alarm raised by a lone worker or other vulnerable person is a cry for help – for a response. It is in the ARC – alarm receiving centre – that the response is organised and without it the device or app which initiates the alarm is of limited value. The aim of this article [...]
The Axis Q1765-LE is an external network camera featuring powerful 18x optical,12x digital zoom lens, HDTV 1080p technology with multiple, individually configurable H.264 and MPEG streams and Auto-Adjusting’ LED’s that give optimum low-light illumination. Part of the professional Q range, the Q1765-LE is designed for challenging environments such as airports, train stations and streets and [...]
A Walsall hotelier was handed down a 12-month jail sentence for eight life-threatening fire breaches in his 33-bed hotel. The failings included: A fire exit blocked by mattresses Faulty fire alarms An obstructed landing Faulty emergency lighting No fire detection in the basement, which contained flammable materials In 2009 Wolverhampton fire officers also found: No [...]
Thank God for that blanket. A primary school in rural China appears to believe that fire safety is best taught by exposure to fire itself. The school, based in Binzhou, Shandong province, had children walking beneath burning ropes, protected only by blankets covering their heads. Forget the ‘stop, drop, and roll’ fire awareness exercises taught [...]
We expected IFSEC International’s relocation to London to boost attendance, particularly from overseas visitors. But with the show still a month away, the registration data we’ve gathered has far exceeded even our lofty expectations. A 129% in end users and 115% rise in international registrants are just two of the figures illustrated in the infographic below. IFSEC International takes place from [...]