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FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS, INC. has finished expansion and renovation of its new fire apparatus delivery center. The new delivery center is more than twice the size of the previous facility and has three conference rooms at the customers’ disposal. Architecturally appealing, the building is styled after a 19th-century firehouse with massive arched doorways, double bi-fold doors, copper downspouts, and gas lights. The conference rooms are equipped with wireless internet access, printers, and phones. The delivery center is climate controlled for year round comfort and isolated from the noise that accompanies fire truck manufacturing. www.ferrarafire.com.
RAE SYSTEMS INC. has launched new Web content to assist the more than 20,000 people who have deployed in various aspects to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The site provides information to understand the potential risks from the toxic and flammable volatile organic compounds being released in both the spilled and the burned oil in the Gulf. Launched on June 21, the Web site includes tools, references, and phone numbers to assist in protecting cleanup workers from exposure to toxic oil by-products; monitoring decontamination of wildlife, people, and equipment; and maintaining worker safety on offshore oil rigs and supply ships. www.raesystems.com.
NAVISTAR, INC.’s International® brand commercial trucks rank highest in customer satisfaction among Class 8 truck owners in the Vocational Truck and Dealer Service segments—the only two categories recognizing the Class 8 truck industry this year—according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Heavy-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study. In the vocational truck segment, International® brand Class 8 commercial trucks rank highest, performing particularly well in the engine, cab, and body and transmission factors. In the service segment, International also ranks highest in Class 8 customer satisfaction and performs particularly well in all factors driving satisfaction: service delivery; service advisor; price; dealer facility; service quality; and service initiation. The study was fielded in February and March 2010. www.JDPower.com. www.Navistar.com.
HALE has partnered with the NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION (NFFF) to sponsor the Safe Firefighter of the Month Recognition Program. The Safe Firefighter of the Month program is designed to help firefighters focus on the 16 Life Safety Initiatives outlined in the NFFF’s “Courage to Be Safe” campaign. Each month, fire departments are encouraged to nominate a Safe Firefighter of the Month and present him or her with a certificate provided in the program kit. In June 2011, Hale and the NFFF will select a “Safe Firefighter of the Year” from among the monthly winners. Nominees for National Safe Firefighter of the Month can be submitted to Hale at www.safe-firefighter.com. www.haleproducts.com.
A $1 million, three-year grant to the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will fund research to determine whether medical treatment can help prevent the progression of early atherosclerotic disease in firefighters. Standard medical tests for firefighters do not detect early heart disease. This study will determine if drugs are effective in preventing increases in artery-lining thickness over time in firefighters who do not have high levels of total cholesterol. The grant is through the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grants program. This research is the latest in a series of firefighter health and safety projects under way or recently completed by faculty members at the Zuckerman College of Public Health. www.publichealth.arizona.edu.
EN-GAUGE, INC.’s en-Gauge System was voted winner in the devices category at 7th-Annual Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange Technology Awards, which recognizes emergent and innovative technologies developed in the New England area as well as the individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. 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. The system includes sensors, wireless sensor backbone components, supervisory software, and can be integrated with real time location technology and into all major security and building monitoring systems. www.engaugeinc.net. (888) 364-2843.
