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How safe are your vehicles?
The impact of fire in a manufacturing facility should not be underestimated. It can cause significant injuries to teams, detrimental damage to property and can cause considerable loss of inventory.
Reducing the risk – fire protection in high risk manufacturing
The impact of fire in a manufacturing facility should not be underestimated. It can cause significant injuries to teams, detrimental damage to property and can cause considerable loss of inventory.
Increasing the safety of electric and hybrid electric vehicle operations
As the global transition towards renewable energy carriers, and environmentally-friendly solutions, continues at pace, vehicle propulsion is undergoing its biggest challenge to date – electrification. This is causing an increasing demand for...
Dafo Vehicle introducing Li-IonFire™ – increasing the safety of electric and hybrid electric vehicle operations
As there is a global transition to renewable fuels, there is an increasing demand for electric or hybrid vehicles (EV and HEV). However, knowledge is limited about the new fire risks associated with vehicles having these new energy carriers....
Fire prevention – how can waste transfer stations ensure compliance?
Waste transfer stations store a vast amount of readily combustible matter and a wide range of different materials. This makes them among the most vulnerable to the risk of fire. With the UK’s fire service being called to around 300 fires in waste...
New Business Development Executive Role
An exciting opportunity to join a growing team at the forefront of fire protection. Fire Shield Systems specialises in the design, installation and maintenance of fire suppression systems. This role will primarily focus on the vehicle fire...
Ports and docks – how can you ensure fire safety?
With over 95% of UK imports and exports transported by sea, UK ports and docks operate constantly. As a result, work schedules are carefully planned and extremely tight – any period of downtime, no matter how small, can cause significant backlogs....
Safeguarding the production and storage of SRF with Hamilton Waste and Tarmac
In Spring 2019, Tarmac began working with Hamilton Waste and Recycling to enhance the sustainability of its operations at its cement plant in Dunbar, Scotland. Solid recovered fuel (SRF) was produced as an alternative, sustainable energy source,...
How Our Vehicle Fire Suppression System Works
The Fire Shield vehicle fire suppression system is made of up of nine unique components, as shown below. These act in concert to quickly eliminate fires before serious damage is caused to your vehicles or vehicle operators are put at risk. Each...
Dafo Fire Protection System fitted on new Doppstadt demo shredder
Dafo Fire Protection System fitted on new Doppstadt demo shredder... This week saw the Dafo Fire Protection System installed on the brand new Doppstadt Inventhor Type 9 shredder for Blue Group, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of material handling...