There are over 30,000 fires in the workplace each year, which are attended by the fire brigade. This can lead to loss of life, injuries, and severe damage to property. As many as 500 of these fires lead to death or injury resulting from misuse or inappropriate use of fire extinguishers. Oh yes, let me [...]
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Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire safety equipment by Hannah
Here at Fire Protection Online we do our best to bring you lots of money-saving deals. Occasionally, we also throw in the odd special offer, like the one this month. As you know, we sell all manner of fire extinguishers and safety equipment, and as a special treat for November, you can purchase one of [...]
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Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire safety equipment Special offers by Hannah
The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to inspire young people about design engineering.
The winners of this year’s UK James Dyson Award were design students Yusuf [...]
I saw an AMAZING bit of fire safety kit today. Hardware Sphere is a website that showcases ‘hot hardware and cool gadgets’, and the one I saw today is a very cool one – Fire Design extinguishers.
Tired of the normal red utilitarian fire extinguishers, this French company have decided to inject some style into the [...]
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Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire safety equipment by Hannah
Send in a video or photo of your Halloween party or outfit and we’ll give a prize to the best one – hurrah! Just be careful with those jack-o-lanterns – make sure you have one of our water fire extinguishers to hand in case the going gets flammable!
Prize is an 8GB ipod nano, in a [...]
Burning issues in Brussels: the EU building before the fire
Oh, the irony. On Saturday, a blaze broke out at the national Fire Service College at Moreton-in-Marsh, destroying eleven fire engines used at the college for fire training. Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service scrambled 58 firefighters to attend the college fire, assisted by crews from [...]
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Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire fighters Fire safety equipment Fire safety in the news by Kirsty
News at Macworld.co.uk this week that computer company Apple are being sued in a class action suit by three users of their laptops, each equipped with a MagSafe power connector. The MagSafe is a clever power connector designed to eliminate the danger of tripping over laptop power cables, as it is held in place by [...]
It’s sad but true; some people will try and steal anything to make a quick buck. Sadly, they don’t always think of the consequences…
For example, the rapid rise in scrap metal prices in 2004 back prompted a rise in the theft of manhole covers. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, over 240,000 manholes and [...]
Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire safety equipment Uncategorized by Kirsty
To some people, fire extinguishers are like Christmas presents under the tree; you know you shouldn’t open them early, but you just can’t resist tearing off a corner… Of course, the dilemma is fire extinguishers need to be easily at hand to be useful, and that makes them just as easy to misuse.
Back in July, [...]
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Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire safety equipment Uncategorized by Kirsty
I have one of those annoying friends who, given half a chance and a full pint, will claim that “Everything is cheaper on Ebay”. After a particularly vociferous discussion over several packets of cheese and onion at my local, (the Dog and Fire Extinguisher), I decided to put his theory to the test.
I chose [...]