Delta T Engineering’s Electrical Enclosure Temperature Sensor Featured in EC&M’s Product of the Year Showcase

METUCHEN NJ, USA — /PRNewswire/ — Delta T Alert from Delta T Engineering has been named one of EC&M (Electrical Construction & Maintenance) magazine’s top products of the year. The competition, officially titled “EC&M Product of the Year Tabloid Showcase” honors excellence in new product development in the electrical industry. continue reading »

Professors David Cyganski & James Duckworth of WPI Receive $1M from FEMA

Fireground Environmental Sensor System is an Integrated Firefighter Locator and Environmental Monitor providing Real-Time Flashover Warning & Advanced Firefighter Situational Awareness

Worcester MA, USA –  Professors Cyganski, Duckworth (ECE) and Notarianni (FPE) have received $1M from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA).

The goal of this project is to reduce the number of injuries and Line of Duty Deaths (LODD) of fire fighters from traumatic injuries while operating inside structures, especially those due to burns, smoke inhalation, stress, and becoming lost or trapped. continue reading »

A DTS Fire Detection Application by AP Sensing

Böblingen, Germany — The coal stock “La Medusa” in Spain has a capacity of 100,000 tons of coal. After a unforeseen fire incident in November 2007 the operator took several measures to improve the safety situation significantly.

The safety measures included – among other – several different fire detection systems like smoke and gas detectors for NOx, SO2, CO and infrared cameras monitoring the upper surface of the accumulated coal but the most critical area is close to the enclosures annulus.

Due to the insufficient ventilation, advanced pressure and friction the occurrence of smoldering fires is here rather likely. An infrared camera fails to detect hot spots within the bulk.
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Results Could Help Local Governments Make Informed Resource Decisions

{Firefighter ventilates the building to let smoke and heat out to improve conditions inside – Image Credit: International Association of Fire Fighters}
ROCKVILLE MD, USA -—At a live demonstration of fire safety experiments recently, a group of firefighting, public safety and scientific organizations described a landmark collaborative study examining the effect of firefighting crew sizes and equipment arrival times on fire growth rates and a person’s ability to survive in a structure-related building fire.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this firefighter safety and resource deployment study will help governments make informed decisions to better match resources with risks to the public and firefighters in their communities.

“This is a study many fire industry leaders have dreamed of for several years,” says Chief Dennis Compton of the International Fire Service Training Association, a technical advisor to the project. “Until now, it has simply not been possible, due to the complexity of the tasks proposed and the costs involved.”

A broad coalition is participating in the study, including (in alphabetical order): Center for Public Safety Excellence; Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Fairfax County (Va.) Fire and Rescue Department; International Association of Fire Chiefs; International Association of Fire Fighters; Montgomery County (Md.) Fire and Rescue Service; Urban Institute; and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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