Fire blankets. When and how and why do you use one of these?
Well, for small fires, a fire blanket is a really useful safety device, which is very useful in the home. Fire blankets can put out small fires before they have a chance to get bigger. They are made of non-flammable materials, and are [...]
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Fire safety equipment
I like talking. A lot. I really like talking. I enjoy chatting, speaking, discussing, conversing, chitchatting, shooting the breeze, nattering, yakking and gossiping. (And yes, I am making very good use of my online thesaurus right now!) So, imagine how thrilled I was when I found out that Fire Protection Online sell megaphones. Here is [...]
So, you know the traditional fire alarm bell. Pretty loud isn’t it. Well wait until you hear this one from an apartment building – I think it would wake up even the heaviest sleeper!
Intumescent strips. Weird name, but potentially life saving items. I have told you about these little monkeys before, but it’s always good to have a bit of a refresher. I’m also going to delve into the science behind them a little bit. Well, when I say delve, I probably just mean dip my toe in [...]
What’s red, round, fixed to the wall and contains 30 metres of 19mm fire hose tubing in a semi-rigid hose? No, this isn’t a joke, and the answer is of course a fire hose reel. Obviously!
The purpose of a fire hose reel is to store a fire hose – obvious when you think about it! [...]
Do you ever walk through your office building and see a fire door propped open? Even worse, do you ever walk through your office building and see a fire door propped open with a fire extinguisher? I am betting that your answer will be ‘yes’ – most people have seen this at least once, and [...]
Panic bolts. If you’re not up on your fire protection hardware, you could easily be excused for not knowing what one of these is. For those of you who know, then you can take a breather for then next paragraph or two, and we’ll rejoin you a bit further down the page.
For those of you [...]
You hear ‘fire hose’ and immediately think of firemen and big fire trucks speeding towards the site of an emergency. Now this is true that fire hoses are found on the fire engines of our dedicated Fire and Rescue Services. However, some businesses do require and maintain their own onsite fire brigades, or they need [...]
I am going to let a video do most of the talking for this blog entry. I wanted to show you what a Sentry fire safe would do, and I think this demonstrates it pretty well. This is a news article that shows what the Sentry fireproof box does to protect your valuable assets. Have [...]
Now fire extinguisher brackets may not be the most pressing items on your mind, but they’re actually quite important, so I’m going to tell you a wee bit about them, just so you know what the score is.
It is not really a very good idea to let your shiny and potentially life-saving fire extinguishers languish [...]