Fire Confederation of Southern Africa April 2006, News & Events The Fire Confederation of Southern Africa was established in 2005.
Historically, the fire industry has been sub-divided through various associations with limited communication between them, leading to ...
Read more...Bits 'n bytes July 2005, Technews Publishing, Fire & Safety Welcome to this, the first Fire Handbook.
Based on the success of the Access Control Handbook published by Hi-Tech Security Solutions late in 2004, this Handbook is designed not so much to highlight ...
Read more...Fire terminology July 2005, Fire & Safety For the benefit of our readers who may become involved with fire terminology and who may want clarification of expressions used, we list below internationally accepted definitions of some of the more ...
Read more...A fire prevention inspection guide July 2005, 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...Alien Systems & Technologies: innovating new solutions July 2005, Alien Systems & Technology , Fire & Safety Since 1999, from its headquarters in Johannesburg, Alien Systems & Technologies (AST) with its highly skilled work force, has established itself as a major fire engineering manufacturer and supplier across ...
Read more...Halon decommissioning July 2005, Fire & Safety Halon 1301 and 1211 fire suppression agent is still being used throughout South Africa and Africa in active fire systems protecting valuable assets and equipment.
In 1994 Halon was banned by the Montreal ...
Read more...Why enclosure integrity testing for fixed fire-extinguishing systems? July 2005, Alien Systems & Technology , Fire & Safety Fixed fire extinguishing systems are designed in accordance with two international standards, namely the NFPA 2001 (Standard on Clean Agent fixed fire extinguishing systems), or ISO 14520 (Gaseous fire-extinguishing ...
Read more...Electrical fires - it is your fault July 2005, 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 equipment ...
Read more...Fire alarm panels July 2005, Fire & Safety In any large organisation, such as hospitals, hotels, mines, aircraft hangers, factories and large buildings, the fire alarm system is a critical piece of equipment. A fully functional fire alarm panel ...
Read more...Lightning warning systems July 2005, Innopro (Div. of Engenamic), Fire & Safety Lightning poses particular and potentially serious threats to personnel working or deployed in exposed areas, for example in the mining, agricultural, aviation, sports, forestry, petrochemical, telecommunications ...
Read more...Lots of gas at Vodaworld July 2005, Sensor Special Risk Technologies, Fire & Safety Vodacom Midrand has recently undergone a major revamp of its fire protection in the cellphone switching centre in the Vodaworld complex.
The need to efficiently protect a major switching centre of this ...
Read more...Records protection guidelines July 2005, Fire & Safety When a fire occurs, most people tend to consider its effects from the point of view of direct physical damage only. However, some time after a fire the inevitable consequential losses begin to be felt. ...
Read more...Symbolic safety signs guidelines July 2005, Fire & Safety Introduction
Signs are used in buildings for imparting information to the occupants which is not obvious or apparent in any other way.
Safety signs are a particular type of such signs which are displayed ...
