The Most Common Causes of Wildfires

We see numerous acres of land destroyed by wildfires every year, along with great loss of human life including that of our brave wildland firefighters conducting missions to save lives at the fire scenes. Much to our regret, these deadly fires, mostly avoidable, are caused due mainly to human error or negligence. Therefore, every one…

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A Complete Guide to Fire Hose Adapters and Fittings

Fire hose adapters are small but essential components that reduce firetrucks’ weight and enhance their level of preparedness Fire trucks in the United States are oftenlarge-size vehicles like giant multi-wheeled toolboxes carrying not only firefighters, but also tons of hoses, bunker gears, and water.On fire engines, small gears such as fire hose adapters and fittings…

How To Prevent Fire On Ship?

Fire on board ship is a common cause of shipwrecks. One of the reasons is that cargo ships may carry large amount of combustible or flammable substances such as natural gas and petroleum as well as other ignitable products. Therefore, suitable fire-fighting equipment is required to extinguish the fires at the earliest stage before they…

What is the Standpipe?

Andrew A. Fredericks, former FDNY firefighter and instructor, once told us clearly, “Standpipe systems are like a big black hole. You put water in one end and hope that water will come out the other end.”Thiscouldn’t be truer in reference to fire protection systems. Believe it or not, standpipes are probably one of the least…