Passive fire protection measures are a key consideration in every building’s design and ensuring there is adequate protection in place for structural steelwork is an important part of the fire safety strategy. Among a variety of steelwork protection options, intumescent coating is one of the...
A house fire in Cape Town's Bishop Lavis has killed two children on Friday 6th May. According to the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, firefighters were alerted to the fire just before midnight on Thursday evening. He said: "When crews from...
The City of Cape Town says its Fire and Rescue Service responded to an overwhelming number of emergency calls last year. The emergency service received 22,000 calls in 2021. The bulk of these were fire-related whilst other incidents include motor vehicle crashes and medical emergencies. Mayoral Committee...
The recent fire in Cape Town's Langa has affected over 1,200 people, according to initial assessments. The fire needed support from numerous departments and took nearly six hours to extinguish. The City said at least four fire hoses were cut, which significantly affected firefighting efforts. Fortunately, no...
Leading fire industry tradeshow, FIREX, returns 17-19 May and is expected to be bigger than ever. As the UK's biggest fire industry event, the two day experience will feature hundreds of new products including exclusive launches from the likes of BSB Engineering Services. This is the first...
An explosion and blaze has broken out in Cairo's Nasr City. Authorities have attended the scene. The fire is believed to have been caused by a break in a gas pipe, causing the explosion and fire. Security officials swiftly moved to the scene of the explosion, accompanied...
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has announced plans to host training for firefighters alongside establishing a new forensic science laboratory. The GFNS believes the training program would work as part of its exchange program, and would help expand the horizons of the service personnel whilst opening...
A huge fire has destroyed the central market in the capital of the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland. Fierce flames tore through the Waheen market in Hargeisa late on Friday 1st April. Store owners and traders are thought to be devastated as they have lost everything. The...
A South African official says 13 children are dead after a fire tore through an orphanage in Johannesburg early on Tuesday 22nd March. Mandla Ngema, spokesman for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social Development, added that police don't know yet what sparked the blaze. He said that...
Securex, West Africa's leading exhibition and conference for the security, safety, fire and facilities management sectors is to return to Lagos in May. The conference will engage, inspire and connect more than 3,000 delegates across three days from the 10th – 12th May 2022 at the Landmark Centre...
