Fire and Rescue International Vol 6 No 1

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Images Strap

This month’s FRI Images winner! Congratulations to Simon McDonnell for his photograph ‘Cape Point rescue’ taken with a Canon EOS 5D mk III with a Canon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM lens on the following settings: ISO100, focal length 50mm, shutter speed 1/40th second, aperture f/7.1.

Well done!

Simon McDonnell wins this months prize money of R2000! Photo description: QThe Red Cross Air Mercy Service helicopter departs Cape Point after airlifting an injured tourist in the reserve. Western Cape Fire and Rescue, Cape Medical Response and NSRI Station 10 were also involved in the operation.

Best rescue, fire or EMS photo wins R2 000! Fire and Rescue International’s (FRI) monthly photographic competition is open to all its readers and offers you the opportunity of submitting your digital images of fires, fire fighters, disasters, incidents, emergencies and rescues.

Rules • • • • • •

All photographs submitted must be high resolution (minimum 1meg) in jpeg format Allowed: cropping, curves, levels, colour saturation, contrast, brightness, sharpening but the faithful representation of a natural form, behaviour or phenomenon must be maintained Not allowed: cloning, merging/photo stitching, layering of two photos into one final frame, special effects digital filters Fire and Rescue International (FRI) reserves the right to publish (printed or digitally) submitted photographs with acknowledgement to the photographer Winners will be chosen on the merit of their photograph The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into afterwards

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Entries must include: Name of photographer Contact details (not for publishing) Email (not for publishing) Name of photograph Brief description of photograph including type of incident Camera, lens and settings used

All entries must be emailed to: lee@fireandrescue.co

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UMaqopholwana, The red armoured fire engine - Lindsay Z Mnguni

1min
pages 59-60

The evolution of face masks

6min
pages 57-58

Why self-defence for emergency workers? - by Morné Mommsen

5min
pages 55-56

Importance of developing leadership and standards within the fire and emergency services - by Etienne du Toit

15min
pages 50-54

“Where’s the command post?”: Placement and positioning of incident commanders during structural fireground operations - by Colin Deiner

11min
pages 46-49

Firebreaks: A matter of terminology? - by Tiaan Pool

12min
pages 38-42

Command Corner: Leader’s intent - by Chief Tim Murphy

1min
page 37

The effective incident management team during wildfires - by Michelle Kleinhans

4min
pages 34-36

Ponsse introduces fire fighting equipment for forwarders with a 47-metre reach in rugged terrain

3min
pages 32-33

Locally produced compressed foam system (CAFS) offers huge advantage to fire fighting efforts

2min
pages 30-31

FireWeb Incident Management software system implemented at KwaZulu-Natal Fire Protection Association

8min
pages 26-29

City of Tshwane Emergency Services receives new apparatus; Mayor hands over bravery medals

12min
pages 8-13

Human detection system optimises rescue and surveillance: X3 Finder is now available in South Africa

2min
pages 20-21

Industrial Fire and Hazard Control’s Double Assassin

1min
pages 18-19

Industrial fire fighting for on-site responders at ETS Emergency Training Solutions

7min
pages 22-24

Automatic extinguishing solutions in recycling facilities and incineration plants utilising heat detection - by Frank Preiss

11min
pages 14-17

National Veld and Forest Fire Protection Advisory Forum established for South Africa - by Dale Nortje

3min
page 25

You need to upgrade your equipment to keep up with the changing world: Stihl BR 800 for real blowing power

3min
pages 6-7

FRI Images

1min
page 5
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