October 2024

FireDos portable proportioners for fire brigades from DoseTech Fire

The mobile proportioners offer maximum flexibility in mobile use and guarantee precise foam agent proportioning across the entire operating range. It takes only a few turns to switch between the proportioning rates during operation. The mobile proportioners are also suitable for producing wetting agent. Due to the reduced surface tension, the wetting agent deeply soaks into the substance on fire, notably increasing the extinguishing success, compared with water or foam and depending on the type of application.

The Rosenbauer Panther Series

The Rosenbauer Panther is one of the most successful, efficient and variable ARFF vehicles worldwide. Its multi-award-winning design and powerful performance make it the most modern fire fighting vehicle of our time. The Panther concept stands for optimal system integration of chassis, bodywork and firefighting equipment. Take a look at the Panther 8×8 and the Panther 6×6.

Industrial Fire’s Scorpion ARFF

Industrial Fire and Hazard Control, a bespoke premium manufacturer of fire, rescue, hazmat and disaster management vehicles, situated at 11 Prinsloo Street, Alberton, recently launched the company’s latest advancement in ARFF vehicles, the Scorpion Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Vehicle (ARFF). The Scorpion is handcrafted to suit the Scania P460 B6x6HZ chassis cab that was specifically manufactured to order. The Scania P460 is fitted with a double cab that meets the stringent Swedish VVFS 2003:29 crew safety test as well as the ECE R29 UN test making it one of the safest crew cabs in the world.

Exciting news from Rural Metro!

We are thrilled to announce that our Rural Metro Training Academy is now offering International Fire Service Accreditation Congress accredited training! This prestigious international certification means our courses meet the highest global standards, giving you the competitive edge with credentials recognised around the world. For our students, this accreditation represents more than just a certification. It signifies that they receive training aligned with global standards, equipping them for successful careers in firefighting and emergency response.

Simulated patient monitor: REALITi Plus from Survival Technology

The simulated patient monitor REALITi Plus by iSimulate is the basic version of the REALITi360 Ecosystem and allows medical educators to run multiple scenarios from basic to sophisticated. It is really a mobile sim centre in a bag. You are not confined to a particular location and can conduct your training and evaluation in-situ in an ambulance, a helicopter, a hospital setting or in a sim centre or skills lab. You are only limited by your imagination. With REALITi Plus, users get to choose one simulated proprietary patient monitor screen so you can provide training on the vital signs monitors you use in real life in hospital and in pre-hospital settings. In a medical or nursing undergraduate environment, you could even consider adding additional monitors to prepare your students for multiple monitor types they are likely to encounter during their careers.

The 14th Fire Management Symposium: Educating and training for effective wildfire management

Date: 6 to 8 November 2024
Venue: Halliwell Country Inn, Karkloof region, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The Forestry Department of the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) invites you to the 14th Fire Management Symposium: ‘Educating and training for effective wildfire management’, which will be held on 6 to 8 November 2024 at the Halliwell Country Inn in Karkloof in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The 2024 Fire Management Symposium promises to be a special event. Not only because of the unique setting of the venue in the heart of the scenic Karkloof region but because of the conglomeration of top-rated international and local fire management specialists and service providers who will share their expertise in a very practical and applied manner. Scan the QR code above for registration.

DMISA Disaster Risk Reduction Conference 2024 and AGM

21 – 22 November 2024, City of Cape Town (Council Chambers)

DMISA is hosting its Disaster Risk Reduction Conference 2024 from 21 to 22 November 2024 at the City of Cape Town Council Chambers in Cape Town, Western Cape Province in South Africa. The DMISA Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 at 14h00. The Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA) is the professional association and community of practice for Disaster Management in Southern Africa and the SAQA recognised professional body for Disaster Management in South Africa. The 2024 Disaster Risk Reduction Conference 2024 is themed: Connected capability for future resilience – #ConnectedDRR. Connecting generations and communities to collectively build and maintain disaster risk reduction capability in the face of change and uncertainty.

Fire and Rescue International magazine: Interactive research and technical information at your fingertips!

Fire and Rescue International’s bi-monthly magazine has been providing the fire, rescue and EMS services in South Africa , Africa and internationally with technical and practical know-how articles researched and written by many experienced specialists from around the world since 2011. The contributors share their knowledge, experience and expertise with our readers on a pro bono basis with the view of growing leaders and enhance skill levels on all levels. Fire and Rescue International also publishes the magazine as an open source so that everybody has access to it free of charge in order to grow expertise within the industry. The interactive magazine means that you are able to navigate through the magazine with a click of a mouse. All adverts are hyperlinked to their websites and the information we share are also hyperlinked should there be email addresses, websites or PDF downloads in the articles. Information at the click of a button!
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Disaster Management Journal (DMJ), official journal of the Institute of Disaster Management Southern Africa

The Disaster Management Journal (DMJ) is the official journal of the Institute of Disaster Management Southern Africa (DMISA). The journal enhances DMISA’s role in advocating international disaster management best practice, nurturing a culture of disaster risk reduction and fostering national and international communication networks and linkages. DMJ also serves as a valuable resource for information and knowledge dissemination, education and training to not only proactively reduce disaster risks but also the efficacious management of disasters. The magazine also promotes the Institute: national and regional DMISA news and all disaster management related topics, events, conferences and disaster risk reduction initiatives. The articles featured in this quarterly magazine include forwards from the President of DMISA, Owen Bekker and Dr Bongani Elias Sithole, Head of the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), amongst others. The interactive magazine means that you are able to navigate through the magazine with a click of a mouse. All adverts are hyperlinked to their websites and the information we share are also hyperlinked should there be email addresses, websites, videos or PDF downloads in the articles. Information at the click of a button!
Read the latest magazine here: https://www.frimedia.org/dmj-vol-5-no-1.html

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