News Archive

2020

The CTIF Tunnelfire Working group met virtually

The upper floors of Grenfell Tower after the fire. Photo by Wikipedia

Ex-employee admits fire tests for Grenfell styrofoam panels were fake

Celotex behaved in a “completely unethical” way, admitted Jonathan Roper, a former assistant product...

Ex-employee admits fire tests for Grenfell styrofoam panels were fake

Gas fuel firefighting training in Greece. Photo: The Hellenic Volunteer Firefighters Association

News from Hellenic Volunteer Firefighters Association

Panagiotis Plexidas, 27, was battling a brush fire along with his colleagues of the Volunteer Fire S...

News from Hellenic Volunteer Firefighters Association

Some of the speakers at the Virtual Fire Investigations Meeting

Interesting case studies presented at the virtual Fire Investigations Meeting

See eight 15 minute case study videos from the virtual conference held in Budapest on November 11, 2...

Interesting case studies presented at the virtual Fire Investigations Meeting

New NFPA Guide for Structural Firefighting released

CTIF Fire Statistics #25 now available in Persian

Issue no 25 is translated by our CTIF national representative in Tehran, Mr Navid Bayat.

CTIF Fire Statistics #25 now available in Persian

Nicole Hladic took her own life at age 27 after a shift change at the fire station, and the family is demanding answers. Photo by the Nicole Hladik Memorial page.

Inequality in the fire services still a hot topic around the world

There are still serious problems with gender inequality, racism, sexism and bullying in the workplac...

Inequality in the fire services still a hot topic around the world

CTIF Commission for Women in Fire & Rescue met for their bi-yearly meeting, this time in Barcelona.

CTIF News Focus: Women in Fire & Rescue

The goal of the CTIF Commission for Women in Rescue and Fire Services is to promote inclusive fire a...

CTIF News Focus: Women in Fire & Rescue

Photo from Delegates Assembly in Las Vegas 2018

Read all about Delegates Assembly - CTIF´s International ´Senate´

DA is the large Democratic Body of CTIF. Every four years, key positions are nominated and the membe...

Read all about Delegates Assembly - CTIF´s International ´Senate´

Rescue Sheet - How to create it? Guidelines following requirements from ISO 17840 Part 1 and Euro NC...

The purpose of this document is to specify and illustrate the expectations of content and layout for...

Rescue Sheet - How to create it? Guidelines following requirements from ISO 17840 Part 1 and Euro NCAP

A firefighting truck practicing with foam at an airport. Photo by Ph Sphere

News from the CTIF Commission "Rescue and Firefighting at Airports"

The latest changes in EASA´s regulations for airports; medical and athletic expectations for the fir...

News from the CTIF Commission "Rescue and Firefighting at Airports"

Screenshot of the Delegates Assembly 2020, held virtually on October 21st.

CTIF´s commissions and working groups encouraged to continue their work virtually during the pandemi...

These recommendations / restrictions are currently active for winter 2020 and spring 2021. However ...

CTIF´s commissions and working groups encouraged to continue their work virtually during the pandemic

Slide presenting Milan Dubravac as the new CTIF president from 2020

DA 2020: Acceptance Speech of Milan Dubravac, new CTIF President

Our most important work is done in Commissions and working groups. Each CTIF member can join and exc...

DA 2020: Acceptance Speech of Milan Dubravac, new CTIF President

New Honorary Member of CTIF Tore Eriksson, President 2012 - 2020

DA 2020: Activity Report of Tore Eriksson, CTIF President 2012 - 2020

For the first time in recent decades we have been hit by a world-wide pandemic, Corona Covid 19. It ...

DA 2020: Activity Report of Tore Eriksson, CTIF President 2012 - 2020

Three new Vice Presidents of CTIF as of October 21, 2020

Meet the new 2020 Executive Committee of CTIF

Congratulations to: Milan Dubravac, Taina Hanhikoski, Anatoly Suprunovski and Christophe Marchal !

Meet the new 2020 Executive Committee of CTIF

Milan Dubravac (Slovenia) was elected president of CTIF on October 21, 2020

CTIF´s first ever Virtual Delegates Assembly 2020 elected a new President and three new Vice Preside...

The Head Office in Ljubljana chaired the meeting, while the previous President led his part from Swe...

CTIF´s first ever Virtual Delegates Assembly 2020 elected a new President and three new Vice Presidents

Mikko being interviewed for a social media campaign about the ISO standard being implemented in Finland. Photo by Kimmo Kaisto, Pelastustieto- magazine

Finland first among Nordic countries to implement the new ISO 17840 standard for alternative propuls...

Using fire trucks as an example has been a very successful strategy in Finland - there have been sev...

Finland first among Nordic countries to implement the new ISO 17840 standard for alternative propulsion vehicles

2020: All physical CTIF meetings postponed or cancelled until further notice - continued strong advi...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION UPDATE: VIRTUAL DELEGATES ASSEMBLY on October 21st, 2020

2020: All physical CTIF meetings postponed or cancelled until further notice - continued strong advice against travel

General Rehearsal for Virtual Delegates Assembly October 8

Thursday October 8th - at 9 am UTC. If you cannot attend and you still need training or support, ple...

General Rehearsal for Virtual Delegates Assembly October 8

The air quality charts for Sunday September 13th showed concentrations of harmful particles from the wildfires concentrate in the northern states and British Columbia, Canada.

35 dead in the West Coast wildfires - smoky air extends from California to B.C.

Hydrogen Response - Please support this CTIF partner project by taking the survey

CITF is part of an EU training project - help us understand your needs by taking the survey.

Hydrogen Response - Please support this CTIF partner project by taking the survey

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -- Flames of the Simi Valley fire ravage a Southern California mountain side. This is one of many catastrophic fires that plauged Southern California. U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules pilots flew eight C-130 cargo airplanes and dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the Simi fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

More than ten thousand buildings and over one million acres destroyed in California forest fires

The 1967 Martelange truck explosion. Historical photo

Historical events: The 1967 Martelange truck explosion killed 22 people in Belgium

22 people died and 59 were injured after a gas truck lost control downhill in high speed.

Historical events: The 1967 Martelange truck explosion killed 22 people in Belgium

Aftermath of the high rise fire in Bohumin. Photo from the video by the Czech fire services.

Highrise fire in Czech Republic claimed 11 lives and injured two firefighters

8 fire brigades intervened on site with a total of 9 tankers, two ladder trucks, one platform and 46...

Highrise fire in Czech Republic claimed 11 lives and injured two firefighters

French SAr-specialists on their way to Beirut. Photo by the UIISC 1.

CTIF member countries send SAR teams to help with Beirut´s efforts to find survivors

Forest fire near Marseille. Screen shot from France24

2,700 residents and tourists evacuated from forest fires near Marseille

1,800 firefighters are fighting several forest fires near Marseille in France on Wednesday morning. ...

2,700 residents and tourists evacuated from forest fires near Marseille

Morteza Heidari of the Tehran Fire Department.

TFD firefighter lost his life in the line of duty

The "Apple Fire" in California. Screenshot from the NBC video below.

California forest fires are forcing thousands to evacuate

6 helicopters, 178 fire engines, and 19 water tankers are fighting the fire. Covid-19 protocols such...

California forest fires are forcing thousands to evacuate

The photo shows the airport in Sicily when the corona virus first appeared there. Photo by TV.com

Survey among European airport fire brigades about their Covid-19 response

Cloud seeding is the formal term for manipulating rain clouds. Illustration by Wikipedia.

Russia fights Siberian forest fires by manipulating rain clouds

This method aims to control how much rain an area receives and where the rain falls. This is not a m...

Russia fights Siberian forest fires by manipulating rain clouds

Map of the effected river area in China. Illustration by Wikipedia

China prepares for a record flooding season

A flooded river destroying a community during the 2020 torrential rain storm in Japan. (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan) Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

More than 60 people are feared dead in floods in Japan

Amazon fires 15-22 August 2019. Satellite image taken by MODIS. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

Forest fire season in the Amazonas could get worse this year than 2019

Photo showing the truck and the LNG tank after the accident

Lessons learned from accident with a heavy LNG powered vehicle - now in several translated languages

Traffic accidents involving LGN vehicles require different intervention procedures than for gasoline...

Lessons learned from accident with a heavy LNG powered vehicle - now in several translated languages

Header screen shot from the document on how to use the EuroRescue app

Guide for how to use the Euro Rescue app

This app will enable the rescue services to get the rescue sheet of the vehicle concerned from the s...

Guide for how to use the Euro Rescue app

Screen shot from the virtual meeting, with some of the members of the CTIF Women in Fire & Rescue Commission and other invited participants.

The CTIF Commission for Women in Fire & Rescue met with 32 participants from multiple time zones of ...

The timing of the meeting was carefully planned by each commission member and other stakeholders bei...

The CTIF Commission for Women in Fire & Rescue met with 32 participants from multiple time zones of the world

Header for the document about how to use rescue sheets

Guide to using Rescue Sheets

The Rescue sheet follows in principle a flowchart for the main actions of the first and second respo...

Guide to using Rescue Sheets

Tehran Fire Department Dispatch a Team to Extinguish Wildfire in south western Iran

The fire outbreaks in the west, southwest and south of Iran over the past weeks have completely burn...

Tehran Fire Department Dispatch a Team to Extinguish Wildfire in south western Iran

The header for the CTIF Fire Statistics issue no 25, 2020

The CTIF Fire Statistics issue no 25 now available for download

The CTIF Center of Fire Statistics (CFS) presents stats for 2018 and trends for 2014-2018.

The CTIF Fire Statistics issue no 25 now available for download

Screenshot from the video by the Sacramento fire department

200 California firefighters struggled with limited water supply in a large industrial fire

The fire accured about six miles south of downtown, where a demonstration against police brutality w...

200 California firefighters struggled with limited water supply in a large industrial fire