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Halon and the search for a sustainable replacement

Fixed fire fighting foams - asking the right questions, making the right choices - Dec' 2005

Sapphire resolves the Halon issue for shipboard firefighting - Dec' 2005

Better safe than sorry !  - Dec' 2005

'Transformer Explosion' versus 'Arrow of Time' - July 2005

Facts for Steel Buildings  - May 2005

Global Policy Summit on the role of performance-based building regulations in addressing societal expectations, international policy and local needs  - May 2005

"Foam under Fire" Conference : Presentations  - December 2004

  CAFS Introduction

  Foam under Fire - Alternative Solutions

  AFFF Fire Performance Without Fluorosurfactant ?

  AFFF Fire Performance Without Fluorosurfactant? by Gimaex Schmitz

  PFOS Based Fire Fighting Foams

  FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE - Procurement & PFOS Foams

  Fluorosurfactant synthesis

  Foam under Fire: The Realistic Perspective

  What the oil and petrochemical industry needs needs

  Fire fighting powders

  DuPont Fluorotelomer AFFF Update

  Restrictions on the use of PFOS

  Performance challenges of Fluoro Free Foams

  Fluorine-Free Training Foams

  Bio For/Ecopol Bio For/Ecopol the ultimate eco-friendly answer to traditional foams

JOIFF / IFJ UMIST  - March 2005

  An Engineer's View of Human Error

  Fire Protection Standards - In a new “environmental” trend

  Firefighters Working Environments and their Personal Protective Equipment

  ‘Planning Today to Safeguard Tomorrow’ Integrated Risk Management Plans

  Implementation of Integrated Management Plans in the “Real World”

  Williams Fire & Hazard Control inc.

  ARSON and then some!

  JOIFF ‘Planning Today to Safeguard Tomorrow’

  Lessons Learned from Oil Refining and Petrochemical Losses

  Extinguishing Fire

  Criminal Liability and Corporate Killing

  Assessing and Verifying Competence

  Uncontrolled Vapour Cloud Explosion – the Real Thing

PPE Conference : Presentations March 2005

  Conference Summary

  PPE Post 9/11 – a European perspective

  Why JLA?

  Standards - complimentary and compatible?

  PPE and Firefighter Safety

  NFPA Codes and Standards for a Safer World

  Firefighters Personal Protective Equipment

  Integrated Clothing Project

  Applying Anthropometry in the the Fire Service

  Compliance Testing

  Eagle Technical Fabrics

 Firefighters’ PPE - Conspicuity

  LionTotalCare

  Respiratory Protective Equipment

  The Institution of Fire Engineers - Firefighters Personal Protective Equipment

  Decontamination - then and now

  Grampian Fire and Rescue Service - The Wildland Garment

  Mining Safety Appliances

  Selection, Use and Maintenance of Chemical Protective Clothing

  Moisture Management Base Layers

  Fire Service PPE For Hazardous Environments

  PPE: Fit for PPE: Fit for Use?

  Fire Fighters Respiratory Protection

  HazMat PPE and Heat Stress

  Apparel Solutions

  Purity of Respirable Atmospheres Within RPE Systems

  Joint Working Towards Civil Responder CBRN PPE

  Fire Tunic - Design

Defra PFOS Risk Strategy Final Report

UK HSC Proposal for the control of major accident hazards

UK HSC Proposal for the control of major accident hazards - Proposals for the Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendement) Regulations to implement Directive 2003/105/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances. 

DTEC Fire Direct (Detection Technologies & Systems Feature

Defra PFOS Risk Strategy Final Report

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Principal Emergency Response and Preparedness - Requirements and Guidance

UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum - Minutes of Sixteenth Meeting

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Fire and Rescue Circular - Consultation on possible directions by the First Secretary of State to fire authorities on the disposal of their property or facilities in the event of industrial action by fire-fighters

Fire Authority Integrated Risk Management Planning

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Draft Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) (England) Order 2004, Emergencies for Fire and Rescue Authorities

British Standard - Respiratory protective devices: self-contained open-circuit compressed air breathing apparatus

Civil Aviation Authority - Safety Regulation Group

Best Value and Performance Improvement for Fire and Rescue Authorities

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Draft National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service

News & Terrorism - Communicating in a Crisis

Radiological Attack - Dirty Bombs and other devices

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