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• FRNSW Confirms Lithium Battery Caused Airport Fire

  07-08-2025 10:40 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators today have determined that a Lithium-ion battery has caused a fire which destroyed five cars at Sydney Airport last night.Firefighters were called around 8:30 pm to a parking lot on Airport Drive, Mascot, where flames had engulfed a luxury electric car before spreading to another four motor vehicles.The battery, which had recently been detached from the luxury car and stored in the lot, was quickly identified as having sparked the blaze.Experts from FRNS
  
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• FRNSW Firies Climb For MND: Gavin Clifton's 18-Hour Challenge

  07-08-2025 10:39 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighter, Gavin Clifton, is just days away from his latest fund-raising venture for charity, climbing 18 hours non-stop up and down the Furber Steps at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.Gavin, an On-call (Retained) firefighter based at Wentworth Falls Fire Station, is aiming to raise $50,000 to aid research into Motor Neurone Disease, as part of the annual ‘Firies Climb for MND’ program.Originating from his initial Sydney Tower climb, Gavin is &
  
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• FRNSW Firefighters Deliver Baby In Carpark Adventure

  07-08-2025 10:38 via thebigredguide.com
  A firefighting couple has relied on their on-the-job experience to deliver their own baby in the car park of a Hunter Valley fast food restaurant.Pregnant Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Communication Centre Operator, Samantha Paul, was four days overdue when she started going into labor at her Nelson Bay home.Her partner, FRNSW Senior Firefighter, Elizabeth Paul, immediately placed her into their car and began the hour-long journey to Belmont Midwifery Group Practice.NSW AmbulanceThe couple was adv
  
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• FRNSW Reduces Fire Risk With Strategic Hazard Burn

  07-08-2025 10:37 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have successfully completed a strategic hazard reduction burn to protect the headland at North Mona Vale, on Sydney's northern beaches.FRNSW deployed firefighters from Mona Vale, Mount Druitt, Silverwater, Campsie, Fairfield, and Lidcombe around the half-hectare coastal site.FRNSW Bushfire Officer, Kyle Macorig, said the controlled burn took four hours to complete.Containment lines"We were faced with vegetation known as 'coastal heath’ which can be ver
  
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• Autocall Fire Systems Launch In Canada - Johnson Controls

  07-08-2025 09:59 via thebigredguide.com
  Johnson Controls marks the one-year anniversary of Autocall as it introduces the brand of proven fire detection systems to the Canadian market.
  By bringing Autocall to Canada, Johnson Controls is providing market access to the same high-quality, proven fire detection solutions already available in the U.S. and Middle East.Backed by the support and dedication of Autocall Authorized Distributors, end-users of Autocall systems benefit from advanced fire detection and industry-pioneering, state-of-t
  
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• Johnson Controls' TrueAlarm: Advanced Smoke Detection

  07-08-2025 09:57 via thebigredguide.com
  The latest updates to UL 268, Standard for Safety of Smoke Detectors for Fire Alarm Systems, call for significant improvements to smoke detection technology.
  Set to take effect in June 2021, the new UL 268 7th edition standard requires smoke sensors, detectors, and smoke alarms to pass more than 215 new or revised performance tests, including three new challenging tests: a cooking nuisance alarm test, a flaming polyurethane foam test, and a smoldering polyurethane test.
  To satisfy these requirem
  
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• Performance-Based Fire Design With SFPE Insights

  07-08-2025 09:56 via thebigredguide.com
  While building fire and life safety codes are typically viewed as set in stone, the reality is not quite as concrete. As facilities add unique design elements to achieve aesthetic or functional goals, they also give rise to fire safety considerations that fall outside established code requirements.
  In this episode, Rodger Reiswig speaks with Chris Jelenewicz, technical director at the Society of Fire Prevention Engineers (SFPE), about the growing use of performance-based design to address these
  
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