W.S. DARLEY & COMPANY was selected as the Family Business Winner of the Annual Illinois Family Business of the Year Award, which is sponsored by Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center. This award program recognizes exceptional Illinois-based family businesses that dedicate a strong commitment to business development, family, and the greater Illinois community. This year’s award had nearly 200 nominations in three business size categories, and the winners were chosen based on positive family/business linkage, multigenerational family business involvement, contributions to industry and community, and innovative business practices and strategies. Darley won the Medium Size business category. www.darley.com.
HALL-MARK FIRE APPARATUS andE-ONE teamed up to aid the Pink Heals Tour by adding a new member to their fleet of pink fire trucks. The Pink Heals Tour works to bring awareness to women battling cancer. The new truck is being painted pink to match the rest of the Pink Heals fleet, and slight body modifications are being made to allow for extra storage. Van-Mor, a Florida-based builder of custom multipurpose vehicle interiors, will upgrade the cab interior. Class ONE is also updating various items on the truck including lights, adapters, and gauges. www.pinkfiretruck.org. www.E-ONE.com. www.hall-markfire.com.
PIERCE MANUFACTURING INC. was named Manufacturer of the Year in the Mega Company category by Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. at the Fox Cities Chamber’s Annual Meeting. Pierce was chosen based on several measurement criteria including manufacturing processes, research and development, leadership and technology, operational excellence, community support and involvement, management philosophy, and customer focus. www.piercemfg.com. www.oshkoshcorporation.com.
GLOBE MANUFACTURING COMPANY has named GLEN GROUP as its agency of record. A full-service advertising agency, Glen Group has extensive experience in safety and public health. Globe is a fourth-generation family owned and managed business that begun with the invention of the firefighter suit in 1887. Globe has introduced to the fire service almost every major innovation in protective clothing including inherently fire-resistant fibers (NOMEX®), retroreflective materials (SCOTCHLITE®), and expanded PTFE liquid barriers (CROSSTECH®). Globe was a charter member of the NFPA 1971 Standard committee and the first such manufacturer in North America to be ISO 9001 certified. www.globefiresuits.com. www.glengroup.com.
L-3 MPRI announced two Texas-based sales of its mobile FireSim Driving Simulator—one to the Waco (TX) Fire Department and the other to Texas A&M University System’s Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). Driving collisions are the second leading cause of death in the fire service, and the FireSim’s life-like driving environment is designed to teach firefighters safe decision making and behavior skills to help save lives. The FireSim features a high-fidelity replication of the driver’s section of the truck and comes with a wide range of actual scenarios that emergency vehicle operators face, including navigating their fire trucks among drivers who fail to heed lights and sirens, correctly positioning equipment at a fire scene, and operating in inclement weather. www.mpri.com.
The State of WEST VIRGINIA has adopted the 2008 edition of NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code®, and the 2009 editions of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, and NFPA 1, Fire Code, as well as many other updated reference documents. NFPA 101® addresses minimum building design, construction, operation, and maintenance requirements necessary to protect building occupants from dangers caused by fire, smoke, and toxic fumes. It is currently used in all U.S. states and is adopted statewide in 43 states. NFPA 70® continues to be the most widely used code in the world, covering the standard for safe electrical installations. NFPA 1 addresses basic fire prevention to protect against risks associated with fires and explosions. www.nfpa.org.
The NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY (NFA) is pilot testing a program to deliver student manuals on compact disk. In the past few years, students have regularly encouraged the NFA to reduce paper usage and to focus on “green” efforts. Excess baggage fees charged by airlines provided added impetus to switch to the electronic option. Often, at the end of each class cycle, NFA staff finds a number of student manuals discarded; of no use to anyone because they’ve been written in or otherwise made unusable. This program will save the NFA up to $128,000 per year in production costs. www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa.
Beginning February 15, NOTIFIER by Honeywell will host a series of free educational seminars in 13 major cities throughout the United States. Industry experts from NOTIFIER and guest speakers such as Consulting Engineer Jack Poole, P.E. and former New York City Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen will cover the latest codes, trends, and solutions in fire protection and emergency communications (mass notification) systems relative to the needs of today’s architects, engineers, and facility managers. Four Continuing Professional Development credits will be given to each attendee. The four-hour sessions will inform attendees on emergency communications planning, risk analysis, and intelligibility; building information modeling; and communications. Visit www.notifier.com to register.
EN-GAUGE, INC. announced that the Joint Commission, an independent, nonprofit organization that accredits health care organizations and programs that exemplify the highest standard of proven best practices, has recognized en-Gauge’s technology to electronically monitor fire extinguishers as an equivalent means for meeting the requirement for monthly physical inspections of fire extinguishers. In 2009, the Joint Commission conducted a survey investigating the challenges health care centers face in maintaining compliance with the Joint Commission’s Ambulatory Care Standards. The en-Gauge System is a wireless sensor monitoring platform enabling building owners with early warning of emergency equipment use while delivering 24/7 equipment supervision. www.engaugeinc.net. (888) 364-2843.
Fire Engineering Archives
