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• SMASH 3000 Fire Control System By SMARTSHOOTER

  30-04-2025 16:58 via thebigredguide.com
  SMARTSHOOTER, a world pioneer in fire control systems, will showcase its handheld and remotely controlled SMASH solutions at the DEFEA 2025 defense exhibition in Athens, Greece.
  The company will present its combat-proven SMASH 3000 Fire Control System and the SMASH Hopper Light Remotely Controlled Weapon Station (LRCWS), demonstrating advanced capabilities for counter-UAS (CUAS), maritime security, border defense, and perimeter protection.SMARTSHOOTER’s SMASH technologyCombat-proven an
  
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• Advanced SCBA Technology By MSA Leads Fire Industry

  30-04-2025 16:53 via thebigredguide.com
  Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety, Inc. announced it has secured a $10 million contract to provide respiratory protective equipment to the Orange County Fire Authority in Southern California.With this order, MSA continues to strengthen its breathing apparatus market presence in the Southern California region. Over the past two years, MSA Safety has secured similar breathing apparatus contracts with both the Los Angeles County and the Los
  
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• Skills For Security Expands With EFT Group Sponsorship

  30-04-2025 16:51 via thebigredguide.com
  Skills for Security welcomes EFT Group as a new sponsor, further strengthening its mission to develop the next generation of skilled professionals in the fire and security industry.As one of the UK’s pioneering fire and security training providers, Skills for Security works closely with industry partners to improve training standards and create real opportunities for young people entering the sector.Next era of skilled engineersSpeaking on the partnership, Jordan Duggan, Group Director
  
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• NSW Southern Tablelands Truck Collision: Firefighter Response

  30-04-2025 10:21 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters have worked throughout the night to free a driver from a wreckage following a crash between two B-double trucks in Oolong, east of Yass in the NSW Southern Tablelands.Three fire trucks, including a technical rescue truck and hazardous material truck, and 12 firefighters arrived on scene on the Hume Highway after reports of the collision between the two vehicles.Complex Rescue OperationA B-double truck veered off the road and rolled over before a second B-double t
  
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• FRNSW Responds: Multiple Fires Across Sydney Handled

  30-04-2025 10:21 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW has demonstrated its extensive firefighting capabilities, responding to multiple significant fires across Sydney overnight, the largest of which was a major factory blaze in Revesby.More than 100 firefighters and 25 fire trucks, including multiple aerial ladder platform trucks, worked for approximately four hours to contain a fierce warehouse fire that broke out at around 11.00pm on Milperra Road.Massive Blaze ContainedCrews also extinguished a significant grass and bush fire
  
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• Fire And Rescue Response To Car Fire On Hume Highway

  30-04-2025 10:20 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW crews responded to a fire involving a car carrier on the Hume Highway at Denham Court, in Sydney's south west.The prime mover, carrying several new hybrid vehicles, was successfully detached from the trailer; however, five of the vehicles were destroyed by fire.Lithium Battery RiskThe hybrid vehicles containing lithium-ion batteries, added to the complexity to the operation. Lithium-ion batteries can ignite with significant force when exposed to fire. Crews removed the vehicl
  
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• Johnson Controls: New Simplex 4017ES Launch

  30-04-2025 10:19 via thebigredguide.com
  Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, launches the new Simplex 4017ES Fire Alarm Control Unit to help customers meet evolving life safety voice regulations. Available in addressable and conventional versions, the 4017ES is a compact, cost-effective control unit that offers three communication options – fire, alarm, and non-alarm – for added clarity during emergency situations and public addresses in small to mid-size buildings.N
  
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• FRNSW Deploys Teams For Cyclone Alfred Rescue

  30-04-2025 10:19 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW is deploying three water rescue strike teams and specialised equipment to support emergency efforts in the state’s north today as Cyclone Alfred approaches.The teams, made up of 14 highly-trained firefighters and a team leader, will be working in Lismore, Bellingen and Coffs Harbour where they will support the NSW State Emergency Service-led response to any potential flood emergency.Regional Rescue TeamsMetropolitan-based firefighters will be supported by specially
  
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