The most powerful weapon in a firefighter’s arsenal is knowledge. Understanding how a fire behaves and the proper techniques to control it can make or break a rescue. Quite literally, it can be the difference between life and death. Most people know the basic techniques for combating a fire – stay below the smoke, aim… Read more »
Live fire training simulators naturally pose certain dangers to those who are in training. After all, fire is a dangerous substance – that’s why we have firefighters and other emergency personnel whose job it is to face these dangers and fight them on behalf of the civilian populations they defend. However, given the inherent dangers… Read more »
The fire service will face a number of calls throughout the year, from house fires to vehicle fires to the occasional commercial fire. Each situation calls for a particular skill set and type of training to be applied, which is why it is so important to train for each particular kind of fire separately and… Read more »
One of the most common causes of fire-related property damage is a vehicle fire. With the sheer number of flammable materials that both compose vehicles as well as are contained in vehicles, this should hardly come as a surprise. Fuel leaks from fuel lines can easily ignite, and there are certainly enough sources for ignition:… Read more »
The problem with one-size-fits-all fire training solutions is that reality is rarely so neat and clean. While a training system might be appropriate for one department in one region or locale, the next state or county over might find themselves facing a totally different set of circumstances. For example, the firefighters in an urban metropolis… Read more »
When selecting a fuel source, your first concern is often efficiency, due to its direct correlation to cost. Our energy concerns often come down to a simple matter of cost versus benefit, and we’re all about getting a rock bottom deal. Yet in recent years, new concerns have arisen regarding the impact our cheap, efficient… Read more »
A rural or even suburban municipality must perform a delicate balancing act between acquiring the right resources for its public servants and managing the costs it faces. This is in contrast to a large city or a more moneyed municipality, where equipment and training for public servants such, as the police and fire department, is… Read more »
While Fireblast simulators are widely used throughout the United States, its top-of-the-line industrial fire training simulators are of interest in the Middle East and beyond – which is why you can find Fireblast Global exhibiting at the Intersec Expo in Dubai. As the biggest and most important security and safety conference in the region and… Read more »