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Mar 30, 2022
Acrid smoke released during fire in Johannesburg CBD tunnels.
Although most electrical wires are concealed and embedded in the structure, the numerous kilometers of cables and tons of plastic...
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Feb 19, 2022
FIRE SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE: 5 TIPS
Every business must be prepared in the event of a fire. The practice of certain fire safety and fire preventive behaviors is crucial to...
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Feb 14, 2022
Fire Department have no functional vehicles or equipment.
After a runaway fire damaged many warehouses in the Bowker Park Business Centre in the early hours of Saturday morning, 12 February 2022,...
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Feb 5, 2022
120 People Evacuated during Restaurant Fire
Nobody expects a crisis or an emergency, especially one that directly affects them, their employees, and their business. However, the...
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Jan 27, 2022
Fire Detection Fusible Links
A fusible link is a mechanical component that breaks when exposed to a specific temperature. They open and close doors, dampers, vents,...
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Jan 4, 2022
Parliament Torched. How To Spot Fire Risks In Buildings?
The City of Cape Town's Fire & Rescue Service was notified of a fire at the parliamentary complex on January 2, 2022, shortly after 05:00...
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Sep 2, 2021
Smoke Ventilation and Fire Safety in Schools
In just two weeks, more than 50 schools were either broken into or set alight, according to an article published in the Sowetan Live in...
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Jun 10, 2021
Checklist for Fire Detection and Warning
The checklist below can be used to ensure that fire precautions are implemented and maintained to an appropriate standard. Checklist Is a...
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Jun 4, 2021
Fire Equipment Supply and Installations
In the event of an fire emergency, hydrants, fire hose reels and fire extinguishers are essential for first responders and emergency...
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May 20, 2021
Smoke Vent Maintenance - all your questions answered.
Smoke ventilation systems are there to protect your staff, customers and property, making them a crucial part of a building's fire safety...
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May 12, 2021
FIRE SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR THE WORKPLACE
Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire security measures include those that are...
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May 4, 2021
Two Limpopo patients die after fire breaks out in hospital’s Covid-19 ward
Another fire breaks out just a couple of weeks after the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg fire that forced the hospital...
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Apr 21, 2021
SANS 10400 PART T: The Standard
We are once again reminded of the devastating destructive Force of a Wildfire, as the hills and forest around table mountain continues to...
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Apr 20, 2021
SANS 10400: Fire Regulations Act
Few things are as terrifying as an out-of-control fire, and despite all the advances in technology and literal hundreds of regulations...
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Apr 8, 2021
Fire Hydrants and Hose Reel Reticulation
In a perfect world we would always be able to prevent a fire emergency rather than actually fight a fire. Unfortunately fire prevention...
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Apr 1, 2021
Liquid Flammable Room brought up to Fire-safety standards.
A liquid flammable room correctly is a designated room where solvents, fuels and other flammable liquids are properly stored, in either a...
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Mar 11, 2021
Fire Blankets for Ventilation Ducts
A fire blanket is a flexible sheet of material usually constructed with wool and fiberglass layers that is uniquely designed to smother a...
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Mar 4, 2021
Mezzanine floors & their fire ratings
A mezzanine floor is typically built between two floors, or as in many commercial and industrial buildings as an intermediate level,...
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Feb 16, 2021
Airport Steel building destroyed by fire.
Airport Steel was established in 1999 as a steel supplier, manufacturer and installer. On the 27th of January, slightly before 6 pm a...
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Feb 11, 2021
Fire doors & how they typically work.
Fire doors have fire-resistance ratings that hold back smoke and fire, and allows for a building to be compartmentalized, intentionally...
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