THE EUREKA (MO) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, with the support of Six Flags Over St. Louis, Backstoppers, the Everyone Goes Home program, and On Target, will host the Regional Firefighter Combat Challenge in 2008, which promotes and showcases the athletic talents and skills of firefighters. For event coordination, call Kate Moore at (636) 938-5505 or e-mail kmoore@efpd.org. For public and media relations, call Scott Barthelmass at (314) 565-2480 or e-mail sbarthelmass@yahoo.com.
E-ONE has appointed Fire Connections, Inc. its new dealer for North Carolina. Fire Connections’ 13,500-square-foot sales and service facility will open on February 1, 2008, and will initially house the sales team, mechanics, and serve as a base for two fully equipped mobile service technicians. For more information, visit www.e-one.com or call Earl Satterfield at (252) 452-6026.
W.S. DARLEY & CO.will soon occupy a new 40,000 square-foot-plus headquarters in Itasca, Illinois, 10 minutes from the old headquarters in Melrose Park. The new address will be 325 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, IL 60143. All telephone numbers will remain unchanged.
TYCO SAFETY PRODUCTS has integrated its Fire Suppression Group and its Fire and Building Products strategic business units into a combined unit called Tyco Fire Suppression and Building Products. The integration of the chemical- and water-based fire suppression products and services of both units is expected to allow the company to better address customers’ fire suppression needs, regardless of the extinguishing agent and fire suppression products required.
PANASONIC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS COMPANY and ZOLL DATA SYSTEMS®, INC. have joined forces to enable fire departments to perform electronic fire inspections in the field. ZOLL Data Systems’ RescueNet® FireRMS Mobile software allows fire inspectors to access key information and create and update inspection forms using Panasonic’s Toughbook 19 and Toughbook 08 wirelessly enabled notebook computers. For more information, visit www.zolldata.com and www.panasonic.com/toughbook.
PIERCE MANUFACTURING INC. and MEDTEC AMBULANCE CORPORATIONannounced that Conrad Fire Equipment, Inc., in Olathe, Kansas, is an authorized Pierce and Medtec service dealer, responsible in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska for Pierce® and Contender® by Pierce fire apparatus and Medtec® ambulances. Conrad is now the exclusive Medtec dealer in South Dakota. As an authorized Pierce and Medtec service dealer, Conrad has sales and service offices and two mobile service units in the territory. For more information, call (800) 779-5521 or visit www.conradfire.com.
LION APPAREL delivered new personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Evansville (IN) Fire Department. The department selected Lion Apparel’s Janesville V-Force® coats and pants constructed of isodri® protective systems fabrics to meet its PPE needs. Lion Apparel custom-sized each firefighter for the V-Force® turnouts to ensure precise fit, maximum comfort, and mobility. The contract will begin with an initial order of 288 sets of turnout gear and runs through 2008, with two one-year extensions.
OILMEN’S TRUCK TANKS will no longer produce fire apparatus through its RED DIAMOND FIRE TRUCKS division. However, the firm will continue to recognize and support the Red Diamond line of equipment and all warranties associated with it and will continue to build water trucks in addition to its full line of truck tank equipment. For more information, call (800) 859-8265 or (864) 573-7400. E-Mail: Info@Oilmens.Com.
AKRON BRASS named Joe Silvestri its new district sales manager, responsible for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Based in Lord’s Valley, Pennsylvania, Silvestri is a member of the Hemlock Farms Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. David Algie, based in Tucson, Arizona, is the new district sales manager responsible for Arizona and New Mexico. He has been working with the industry for approximately 18 years.
R-O-M CORPORATION named Steve Briggs chief executive officer; he will also maintain his duties as president. He succeeds John R. McAlister, who remains as the company’s chairman. Briggs joined R-O-M in 2004 as vice president of sales and marketing. Jeff Hupke will now serve as chief operating officer as well as chief financial officer. Hupke joined R-O-M in 2005.
TECH ELECTRONICS has furnished the Rockwood (MO) School District, St. Louis County’s largest public school system, with its NOTIFIER panel fire alarm system. As part of the ONYX Series, the NFS2-640 panel, one of Notifier’s most recent and advanced systems, is engineered specifically for medium-size applications, using technologies that maximize flexibility, quicken alarm response, reduce nuisance alarms, and simplify maintenance and usability. The panel is ideal for mid-size commercial office buildings, strip malls, assisted living facilities, and school buildings. Visit www.techelectronics.com and www.notifier.com.
