News about the FIREFIGHT II Project
Expanded testing of the Cutting Extinguishing methodoly for firefighting in France
Södra Älvsborg Fire & Rescue Service (SERF) conducted six demos at the INTERSCHUTZ 2010
A Cobra, IR-camera and PPV equipped response vehicle and intervention team from
Södra Älvsborg Fire & Rescue Service (SERF) conducted six demos at the INTERSCHUTZ 2010 of the Cutting Extinguishing Concept.
Speaker was Danny Moore from
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, also one of the Partners in FIREFIGHT II. The demos attracted much
attention and significant amounts of interested people attended each time. PICTURES
Three articles in the Danish May 2010 number of the magazine BrandvæsenPDF.
- a cutting extinguisher instead of a new fire station: a Swedish municipality has established a first response unit which with a cutting extinguisher will undertake the first response until the main intervention team arrives from the fire station
- first at the school then in practical implementation: the cutting extinguisher is a new tool at the fire school in Svendborg
- cutting extinguishers can be used everywhere: a course will start this autumn. The risk is lower than small. The cutting extinguisher should be used everyday and for all sorts of interventions
MSB conducting national seminars – modern fire and rescue services (CEC)
Article in MSB’s Journal Twentyfour7
P. 8 – 9 PDF
FIREFIGHT II INTERSCHUTZ 2010 7th-12th June
NFRS increases its number of Cobra units
On 20 April 2010, the Project Partner Northamtonshire Fire and Rescue Service took delivery of a small Cobra response vehicle (Type BAS 5) to enhance the existing other 9 cobra fire appliances. The County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants) is located in the EnglishEast Midlands and has a population of about 800.000 – 900.000
NFRS homepage
Södra Älvsborg Fire & Rescue Service (SERF) in collaboration
with SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Cutting Extinquishing Concept
-practical and operational use-
Swedish version PDF
Kick-Off Meeting 21-23 October 2009 in Borås, Sweden
Web-article
The exhibition at the vocational education and training conference at Norra Latin on 12–13 November, Stockholm Sweden IMAGE
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