Hydrants, where, why and how many August 2007, Fire & Safety Extracts from technical enquiries processed by the Association's library and deemed to be of interest to readers. Enquiry:
Information on the provision of hydrants for single storey industrial premises ...
Read more...Fire safety in offices guidelines August 2007, Fire & Safety The incidence of fires in office buildings in South Africa is not considered to be unduly high, although considerable attention has been focused in this direction following multiple deaths in fires in ...
Read more...A fire prevention inspection guide August 2007, Fire & Safety Risk evaluation in industry defines high risk areas and highlights weaknesses within a fire defence system. The continuing monitoring of fire safety standards in industry is paramount if they are to be ...
Read more...Electrical fires - it is your fault August 2007, Fire & Safety Electrical faults and the misuse of electrical equipment feature high on the list of fire causes in South Africa.
Over the last four years just over 24% of fires have been attributed to electrical ...
Read more...Bits 'n bytes: Fire Handbook April 2006, Technews Publishing, News & Events The Fire Handbook is back, once again with the aim of educating readers (be they end-users or fire engineering professionals) about the principles of successful fire solutions - be they for prevention, ...
Read more...Locating the fire April 2006, Fire & Safety Fire-fighting must be carried out at close quarters whenever possible to obviate unnecessary water damage and effectively check fire spread. The position of a fire will usually be very obvious but there ...
Read more...Current trends in fire protection solutions April 2006, Fire & Safety Back in the mid-seventies when Bill Gates was still at university, choosing a fire suppression system was pretty simple.
The fire fighting capabilities of carbon dioxide was based on the very simple ...
Read more...Where there is fire, there is not always smoke April 2006, Fire & Safety Microprocessor-based intelligence has knocked the perennial bugs out of today's life safety systems. But can any fire alarm be truly fail-safe under all conditions?
The airport terminal was a hive of ...
Read more...Improvement on fire detectors by using multiple sensors April 2006, Bosch Building Technologies, Fire & Safety Fire detectors have to detect fires at an early stage with a high degree of reliability. In a non-fire situation they must not give an improper alarm message. The area of application for fire detectors ...
Read more...Generate foam, not problems April 2006, Fire & Safety The generation of mechanical foam is simple. A definite quantity of concentrate is added to water forming a solution which is then aerated to produce finished foam. The equipment required to generate ...
Read more...Advanced fire detection system using infrared diagnostics April 2006, Fire & Safety Future fire detection systems should have the ability of discriminating signatures between fire and non-fire sources, because nuisance alarm problems have plagued existing smoke detectors.
In high value ...
Read more...Banking on fire control April 2006, Masc Solutions, Fire & Safety Background
Masc Solutions' client for this project is a major South African banking and financial organisation with interests both locally and internationally. The company's primary computer centre, ...
Read more...Improved public safety for City of Cape Town April 2006, Infrastructure To improve communication and co-ordination between its emergency services, law enforcement agencies and utilities, the City of Cape Town implemented the first Tetra radio system in Africa in 2001. The ...
Read more...Fire Detection Installers Association April 2006, News & Events The Fire Detection Installers Association was established in November 1998 by a group of fire detection contractors with the objective of uplifting standards, information and quality of work within the ...
