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Annually, scholarships are given to talented and worthy young people within the fire suppression industry. Any student or college-bound individual affiliated with the fire protection industry is eligible to apply.
 
Scholarship candidates must have graduated from high school or its equivalent before July 1 of the year in which they will use the scholarship. Scholarships will only be awarded to students who will be participating in the fire protection programs at their universities. Students already enrolled in one of these colleges are also eligible to apply.

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4/4/19

By Dennis Pillion
AL.com

Alabama Power Company officials told environmental regulators that the company spilled about 700 gallons of a fire retardant compound near its Gorgas Steam Plant in Walker County a few days before about 100 dead fish were seen floating on the river nearby.

The company filed a report with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management dated March 26 stating that, on March 23, an estimated 650-700 gallons of a fire suppression chemical was released into Baker Creek mixed with approximately 22-23,000 gallons of water. The spill happened after the primary fire control system lost air pressure and a backup system failed to activate.

Baker Creek is a tributary of the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River.

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3/20/19

PRNewswire

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Burns & McDonnell has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific to provide a range of fire protection design and engineering services for an up to five-year period. Under the $20 million IDIQ contract, task orders will be issued defining specific projects in the NAVFAC Pacific area of responsibility (e.g., Hawaii, Diego Garcia, Australia, Guam, and Tinian).

Services provided under the contract will include fire protection system evaluation, building and fire code analysis, design, post-construction award services, and testing. Members of the Burns & McDonnell Fire Protection team will conduct activities on-site at bases and provide specific recommendations on improvements to life safety and fire protection systems based on rigorous analysis, testing and review.

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John Sullivan, left, ADI's senior vice president of strategic accounts, was on hand to award Roddy Bieber his new car.

3/29/19

By SSI Staff
Security Sales & Integration

For 16 years, ADI has been showing appreciation to its customers by presenting one lucky dealer each year with a new car.

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Roddy Bieber, an executive at American Fire Protection Group, is riding around in style these days in a new Jaguar F-PACE after winning ADI Global Distribution's 2018 Customer Appreciation Car Giveaway Sweepstakes.

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Servpro Restoration Services workers and volunteers work in the aftermath of a burst pipe at the Glen Ellyn History Center. (John Starks/Staff Photographer)

3/29/19

By Katlyn Smith
Daily Herald

The Glen Ellyn History Center will remain closed indefinitely for repairs of flood damage from a burst pipe that left muddy pools of standing water throughout the building at the village's northern gateway.

Power has been restored to the center, one week after a 4-inch pipe from a fire suppression system burst at the southwest corner of the building and flooded the basement and first floor.

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The burning Grimaldi vessel Grande America off the coast of eastern France, which caused a massive oil spill, on March 11. (Photo: Loic Bernardin/Marine Nationale, AP)

3/25/19

By Tom McKay
Gizmodo

International shipping concerns are worried about a wave of major nautical blazes that have resulted in death and injury among crew as well as damage to ships and cargo running in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Per the Journal, major fires at sea have included the loss of the Italian carrier Grande America, which sunk in the Atlantic in the Bay of Biscay with 2,000 cars on board, causing a massive oil slick and necessitating the rescue of dozens of crew members by a British naval frigate.

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4/2/19

Protegis Fire & Safety

The merged company is one of the most robust in U.S. for centralized fire and life safety products, services and parts

Louisville, KY / Cleveland, OH -- After two of the country's best-known names in fire protection, suppression and alarm systems, International Systems of America and ABCO Fire Protection, announced a merger in August 2018, they have together now rebranded under one name - Protegis Fire & Safety LLC. Protegis is Latin meaning "to protect" or "to cover." Solidifying its wide-ranging managed service capabilities, the company now has a presence in 43 states and Canada. Protegis employs more than 300 fire protection contractors and safety technicians throughout the country. The company will maintain its primary offices in Louisville, KY and Cleveland, OH. Mike Epperson is the current CEO of ISA and will serve as CEO of Protegis.

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The Firevase, in its original form. Samsung

3/28/19

By David Grossman
Popular Mechanics

Just make sure your aim is true.

Though it may seem like something out of a video game, the firevase is very real. Designed by Samsung subsidiary Cheil Worldwide, it was made with the challenge of getting more homes in South Korea to have readily available fire safety equipment. The Seoul-based Chaebol (South Korean conglomerate) is currently distributing 200,000 of the vases to members of its insurance program.

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4/2/19

By Fireboy-Xintex
Textile World

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Fireboy-Xintex has launched its first pre-engineered, FM approved Fire Detection and Suppression MAE Series (A-C or A-B-C rated) system, which is perfect for use in land-based clean applications such as server rooms, laboratories, electric control rooms, and manufacturing and storage facilities.

The FM approved pre-engineered system replaces traditional engineered systems, resulting in a typically lower cost than conventional systems. The MAE Series System is contained within one convenient release panel with an LED display. The clean agent cylinder size is based on the volume of the room, up to 1,800 cubic feet. All necessary components are included in the kit; no engineering or piping calculations are required. Additional components and system options are available upon request, including extra smoke detectors and strobes, among others.

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3/1/19

By Casey Grant
NFPA Journal

In our evolving world, fire hazards are in constant flux. New technologies promise incredible opportunity, but can also pose significant danger if they aren't integrated smartly and safely. In other cases, it's problematic older approaches that keep safety researchers busy, problems we thought we had already solved. In both cases, we must rise to meet the challenge.

The dramatic proliferation of electrical energy storage systems (ESS) is a perfect example of the push and pull between innovation and the need to better understand the consequences. Renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and geothermal are critical to sustainably satisfying the world's increasing energy demands. But because of the fickle nature of these natural energy sources, the power generated must often be harnessed when it's available and stored for later use. Due to this need and cost and efficiency advantages, ESS, most using lithium-ion battery technologies, are now being proposed everywhere, including systems as large as shipping containers, sometimes proposed on upper floors of tall buildings in dense metropolitan areas. When built intelligently, ESS units don't burn often, but when they do the results can be dramatic.

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3/28/19

By Nick Zazulia
Avionics International

United Technologies Corp. has selected regional turboprops as its inroad to the electric transportation market, and it says its hybrid-electric solution could achieve a 30 percent fuel savings.

UTC is developing a flight demonstrator with the engine on one side replaced by a hybrid-electric powerplant produced through collaboration with its Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney subsidiaries. Dubbed Project 804, the test aircraft is intended to "demonstrate the technical viability of a hybrid propulsion system, but also the economic viability stemming from the massive fuel savings," according to Jason Chua, executive director of united technologies advanced projects at UTC.

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3/21/19

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