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14 November 2019

BS 8617:2019 is here, are you ready?

Everything you need to know about the new firefighter PPE cleaning, maintenance and repair standard.   It has been a long time coming but…

16 April 2024

Explaining EN16689:2017 – Technical Rescue Clothing

All protective clothing and equipment has to conform to certain UK, European and international standards – EN16689:2017 is the European standard for technical rescue…

05 April 2021

Fabric innovations for the new 770/775 suits

Meet Valiant – New technologies. New designs. New Benchmark.   Three major components of a fire-fighting structural suit influence its performance and how heavy…

16 November 2020

Explaining the changes to BS EN469:2020

The European standard for firefighter protective clothing – BS EN469 – has been revised and published in 2020. The new standard makes several key…