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GPS System indicates exact location on the display. SONER Display image Ultrasonic Tranducer of the SONAR Unit Underwater Camera Head CORPORATION 23, Nishinakaaicho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-Ku, Kyoto, 604-8441 Japan www.yone-co.co.jp Tel : + 81 75 821 1185 / Fax: +81 75 801 2263 Contents DECEMBER 2015 REGULARS. 5 IFF Comment 6 News and Profiles 51 Buyer’s Guide: DECEMBER 2015 • ISSUE 48 Rescue Equipment Cover image: LEADER fan ready for PPV response integrating the new NEO concept. Image courtesy of LEADER. Publishers FEATURES. David Staddon Mark Seton 19 Not All Pumps 24 Sales Manager are Created Equal Mark Bathard Contributing Editors 24 Fighting Ship Fires Tom Bowman, Ian Dunbar, Kenneth Fent, for the Army? Tom Guldner, Gary Handwerk, Jesse A. Heitz, Gavin Horn, Kevin Howlette, Steve Kerber, Nick Mason, Mark Mordecai, Gavan Murphy, Gary Parkinson, Joshua Potts, Robert J. Schaal, 31 Manchester Airport, Maintaining Denise Smith, Jo Taylor, Duncan J. 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Designed, Edited and Printed in the UK. 76 Birmingham Airport Firefighters Praise ‘Faultless’ PPE FREE Subscription To subscribe to IFF Magazine and for unlimited access to our digital 79 The Changing Role resources, please register at www.iffmag.com of the Rescuer PROUD TO SUPPORT 85 A Safer Approach 76 to Water Rescue When conditions are at their worst, we are at our best. Most 26, HR-52420 Buzet, Croatia www.pab.hr | [email protected] IFF COMMENT Firefighter PPE gets personal aving joined Bristol Uniforms over 30 years in opening up, and growing, overseas markets H ago, I have been closely involved with the depended upon having permanent local, and well many changes that have taken place in trained, representation able to identify local needs firefighting both in the UK and around the world. Back and specifications. Organisations responsible for in 1981, modern professional firefighter clothing was emergency services vary from region to region and emerging following the pioneering work undertaken in the scope of their responsibilities. In Europe, as in by Bristol and London Fire Brigade. Drawing heavily the UK, countries organise resources on a regional on Bristol’s early fire garment design, Nomex® fabric or local basis. In the Gulf States, firefighting is mainly was incorporated for the first time in the UK’s Home the responsibility of their Civil Defence. Office A26 specification bunker style fire coat. Bristol now has a global network of some 70 When conditions are at their worst, Outside the UK, it is worth remembering that appointed distributors who manage and develop we are at our best. Roger Startin a European wide standard for PPE didn’t become our business overseas. A significant part of our Joint Managing Director, established until the 1990s. The working party, on business now originates from outside the UK. Our Bristol Uniforms which Bristol’s technical staff were represented, distributors are visited regularly by our international started work in 1992 and EN469:1995 became the sales managers who provide technical and product first standard to cover all countries in the European training and support their business development Union. In the USA, the equivalent standard, NFPA activity. Every couple of years all our distributors are 1971, which had been used in specific industries, invited to our International Distributors Conference such as automotive, became the accepted basis held in Bristol. The three day event provides time for firefighter PPE in the 1970s. for training, presentations from key suppliers and The UK’s early involvement in the development a visit to our factory to be fully acquainted with of firefighter PPE has had a pronounced impact on our advanced manufacturing methods and quality the subsequent evolution of international standards control programmes. They also get to know each and the UK’s global presence as a designer and other better, to share experiences and collaborate. manufacturer of world class firefighter garments. I believe that our international success can Bristol, an exporter of civilian clothing as early as be attributed, in part, to the innovative approach 1830, now provides PPE to firefighters in over 110 to the ongoing development of specialist fabrics countries around the world, offering garments to adopted by leading manufacturers such as DuPont, meet EN, NFPA and ISO standards. Bristol continues PBI Performance Products, A W Hainsworth and to play an active part in the development of these W L Gore. Close collaboration with them helps performance standards covering structural, wildland to energise our own new product development and technical rescue PPE.