>> Nextdoor, now being used by the Tiburon (CA) Fire District, is a secure, free, neighborhood social network featuring a free emergency alert system—a neighborhood mass e-mail/text service that neighbors can use to send out alerts in the event of an emergency or a disaster. Nextdoor also helps neighbors “get to know each other” and connect as a community. Nextdoor is working together with law enforcement and community groups to connect people across the United States with their neighbors. Nextdoor communities are self-started by individuals in communities who want to connect with their neighbors over a verified, secure infrastructure. www.nextdoor.com.
>> Schutte & Koerting’s TURBODRAFT FIRE EDUCTOR allows fire departments to tap into water supplies such as lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers at a distance of up to 200 feet or more. Usable fire flows of 670 gpm or more may be achieved depending on hose layout and elevation change. Weighing only 48 pounds, the five-inch TurboDraft Fire Eductor can easily be put into service with minimal personnel. www.turbodraft.net. (800) 752-8558.
>> HAIX®’s AIRPOWER® R5 is the first slip-on boot HAIX® has ever offered in its station boot line. Featuring the Arch Support System, the six-inch Airpower® R5 comes with steel toe protection certified to ASTM F2413-2005. The new slip-on design is constructed with elastic side gores and an extra pull on loop for easy donning and doffing. Constructed with HAIX’s new Sun Reflect leather, which reduces the heating effect of the leather by direct sunlight while simultaneously providing leather that is water resistant and breathable. A padded collar offers protection to the ankles as well. www.haix.com. (866) 344-4249.
>> KME’s 123-foot AERIALCAT™ REARMOUNT LADDER was recently delivered to the Westfield (IN) Fire Department. The device has an unrestricted 500-pound wet/dry tip load and a 1,500-gpm waterway. It also features a 114-foot horizontal reach; 2.5:1 structural safety factor; “Store Front Blitz,” which allows the ladder to be positioned below horizontally and flow a 1,500-gpm master stream above the centerline of the ladder; and a new stainless-steel bolt-on egress with knurled stainless-steel handrails and rungs, increasing safety and reducing possible paint damage that is typical at the ladder tip. www.kovatch.com. (800) 235-3928.
>> Aero Tec Laboratories’ (ATL’s) PILLOW BLADDERS AND FLEX-TANKS hold fuels, chemicals, dielectric oil, gases, water, effluents, and slurries. Capacities from 25 to 100,000 gallons are available in both industrial and defense specification. Flex-Tanks by ATL are used worldwide for disaster relief, homeland security, emergency response, power utilities, hospitals, refineries, chemical plants, water works, construction sites, and spill cleanup. Flex-Tanks are also perfect for storage of temporary municipal water in case of a widespread emergency. Flex-Tanks can be used for containment of DECON washdown fluids and as a component of mobile hazmat trailers. www.atlinc.com. (800) 526-5330.
>> Firesoft’s ICOMMAND: STRUCTURE FIRES application for Apple’s iPad® was designed by firefighters and will bridge the gap between firefighting and technology, bringing order to otherwise chaotic and dangerous situations. Applicable to fire departments of any size, the program offers real-time accountability at a glance and captures important postincident reporting data. The app also supports compliance benchmarks of NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety & Health Program, and NFPA 1561, Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System. www.firesoftllc.com.
>> W.S. Darley has launched WWW.HOMELANDSECURITYEQUIPMENT.COM for homeowners, businesses, and organizations looking to prepare for emergency situations. Natural, technological, and terrorist acts have significantly increased over the past 30 years. Darley’s new Web site is unique because it features equipment for almost any kind of disaster or emergency situation. Customers can easily locate the equipment they need by the type of disaster they are anticipating. Darley is currently in discussions with several major federal government organizations that are looking at partnership links. www.homelandsecurityequipment.com. www.darley.com.
>> The QUICKSTOP is designed to stop more types of sprinkler heads than any other tool on the market. It is the only tool that stops the flow of water from broken, damaged, activated, and sheared sprinkler heads. It is also the only tool that can shut down multiple heads with a single tool. It allows a building’s entire fire protection system to remain functional in situations where other tools would require the system to be shut down. The Quickstop reduces on-scene times for fire crews, decreases department responsibility of replacing fire sprinkler heads, saves fresh water, reduces toxic water from entering drains and the ocean, and more. www.quickstoptool.com.
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