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The 9th Triennial International Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference will be held at the Resorts Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, October 28-31, 2019.

The conference aims to inform the international aviation community about recent, ongoing, and planned research in transport category airplane fire and cabin safety. The conference is jointly sponsored by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the National Civil Aviation Agency - Brazil (ANAC), the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).

Conference registration and hotel reservation details are available at https://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/Meetings/meeting_details.asp?group=Conference&date=10/28/2019.

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7/1/19

By Motley Fool Staff
The Motley Fool

A look at the three businesses to be created out of UTC.

Before United Technologies' aerospace arm merges with Raytheon, the conglomerate is going to first spin its Otis elevator and Carrier HVAC businesses off as independent companies. In this segment of Industry Focus: Energy, Motley Fool's Nick Sciple and Fool.com contributor Lou Whiteman look at the businesses to be created and discuss how investors might view these soon-to-be independent companies.

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9/10/19

By David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star

Raytheon Co. and United Technologies Corp. have scheduled special shareholder meetings in mid-October to win approval of the companies' proposed mega-merger. Raytheon's shareholders meeting will be held on Friday, Oct. 11, at the New York offices of the law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP.

UTC's shareholders meeting will be held on the same day at UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the companies said in a recent joint filing to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. The merger of Raytheon and UTC, announced in early June, would be the defense sector's biggest merger and create a company worth more than $120 billion with annual revenues of about $74 billion.

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9/13/19

By Nina Trentmann
The Wall Street Journal

Carrier Global Corp. named a new finance chief, a move that comes as the heating-and-cooling-systems company prepares to spin off from United Technologies Corp. next year. The company said Timothy McLevish would become its next chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. Mr. McLevish replaces acting CFO Mark George, who left to become CFO of railway operator Norfolk Southern Corp.

Carrier, with net sales of $18.9 billion in 2018, offers products and services ranging from air conditioning and refrigerated transport to building security, fire extinguishers and smoke detectors. The company is in the process of separating from United Technologies, the industrial conglomerate that is breaking itself into three entities. After the split, slated to be completed in 2020, Carrier and the Otis elevator business will be separate firms, with United Technologies focusing on aerospace.

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9/5/19

By MDM Publishing LTD
International Fire Protection

Firechief is proud to introduce the Firechief Lith-Ex extinguisher range, the fire extinguishers available for tackling Lithium-Ion battery fires. The high performance Lith-Ex extinguishers contain AVD (Aqueous Vermiculite Dispersion) compound - a revolutionary fire extinguishing agent - and are designed to target high risk fires of a limited size. They are suited to confined spaces such as homes, hotel rooms, vehicles, public transport, aviation, marine or leisure and dedicated processes where in all instance's fires need to be suppressed in their infancy before developing into a fully established fire.

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8/6/19

By Matthew Nelson
ExecutiveBiz

Battelle is set to study commercial off-the-shelf fluorine-free fire suppression foams to validate if they have met military specifications.

Funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the project seeks to confirm the capacity of firefighting technologies in achieving stringent burnback and extinguishment requirements, the company said.

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9/11/19

By Cathy Longley
NFPA Xchange

NFPA has released NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems to help engineers, manufacturers, code enforcers, first responders, and policy makers address potential challenges and obstacles related to energy storage system (ESS) installations.

The popularity of energy storage systems has been growing steadily for years. Businesses, consumers and government officials are increasingly recognizing the cost savings and efficiencies that come with capturing energy via solar and wind technologies; reserving resources for peak usage periods; and replenishing power at night when rates are typically lower. In fact, Global deployment of ESS is expected to expand thirteen times in size by 2024, with the greatest growth occurring in the United States and China, according to industry expert Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewable.

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8/6/19

By Evan Bevins, Staff Reporter
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

PARKERSBURG -- Texas Roadhouse in the Traffic Circle is temporarily closed after a grease fire in its ductwork.

Parkersburg Fire Chief Jason Matthews said firefighters were dispatched to the Parkersburg restaurant at 5:04 p.m. and arrived on scene three minutes later. Black smoke and flames were visible on the roof when they arrived.

Firefighters used dry chemical extinguishers inside the kitchen and sprayed a hose from above to douse the flames, Matthews said. The fire was out by 5:15 p.m., he said.

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9/12/19

By Mark Puente, Richard Winton, Leila Miller, Hannah Fry
Los Angeles Times

SANTA BARBARA -- All crew members were asleep when the Conception caught fire early on Labor Day, the National Transportation Safety Board said, a major revelation in the investigation of the worst maritime disaster in modern California history.

The agency's preliminary report said "at the time of the fire, five crewmembers were asleep in berths behind the wheelhouse, and one crewmember was asleep in the bunkroom." The boat was required by federal law to have a night watchman who was awake and could alert others to fire and other dangers, said NTSB board member Jennifer Homendy.

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9/18/19

By Mark Hake CFA
Seeking Alpha

Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) sold off its Power Solutions division for net proceeds of $11.6 billion in April. JCI used $5 billion of the proceeds to reduce its gross debt from $12.4 billion to $7.3 billion during the June quarter.

JCI also bought back shares for a combined total of $4.2 billion. Over the next year and a quarter to Sept. 2020 (its fiscal year-end 2020), Johnson Controls has also committed to repurchase another $3.1 billion worth of shares.

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9/6/19

By SSN Staff
Security Systems News

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Convergint Technologies announced the acquisition of Virginia-based Life Safety Solutions Integrators (LSSI), an innovative provider of fire alarm, life safety and security solutions, with over four decades of experience in the market.

"LSSI has built strong relationships with its customers by focusing on a service-driven business model that complements our own," Ken Lochiatto, CEO of Convergint Technologies, said in the announcement. "We share in the belief that service to our customers and to our colleagues is paramount, and this was what drove us to join forces with LSSI. We greatly look forward to having our new colleagues add their talents to Convergint."

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8/19/19

By Jeremy Nobile
Crain's Cleveland Business

The Riverside Co. has acquired fire and life safety business Performance Systems Integration, headquartered in Portland, Ore., as its latest platform company.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Riverside bought the company from Peterson Partners, a Utah-based private equity firm that acquired PSI in 2014.

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8/31/19

By Kathy Schiffer
National Catholic Register

On the night of July 15, 1823, the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls was nearly destroyed by fire.

The basilica burst into flames and its roof was completely destroyed, as well as many of the interior artworks. No one was certain whether the fire had been caused by a careless workman or by political arson. Some thought that it should be redesigned to accommodate the changing times; but the pope said no - it should be restored to its former glory.

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9/4/19

By Michael Daub and Torsten Welz
International Fire Protection

Tank farms are used for the storage of highly flammable and explosive substances; Consequently, preventive fire protection is of major importance. When rehabilitation of such a tank farm is planned, contractors often recommend extensive - and thus costly - measures. A fire-protection solution developed by TÜV SÜD demonstrates that an equivalent level of safety can also be reached with a far more cost-effective solution. A central role in damage limitation is played by early fire detection using thermographic cameras.

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