Dominic Beasty, Author at FlamePro

What next for UK fire and rescue services?

Key themes we might see in the White Paper There’s broad agreement that the fire and rescue service needs reform. The latest assessment of the sector in England by Her …

Firefighting kit – is it time to end one-type-fits-all?

We know that every day as a firefighter is not the same. Every call-out is different – from road traffic collisions to industrial fires, the demands of the job change …

Meet our Technical Design expert

We’re introducing you to the team behind our new Valiant structural fire suit, which is disrupting the status quo in the firefighter technical garments market with its clever innovations driven …

Wildland fires: are we in for a summer of fighting fires on the moors?

What’s the deal with wildland fires? As news of Northern Ireland’s firefighters battling wildfires hit the headlines last week, many firefighters will be thinking they’ve never been out to so …

FlamePro wins major Capita tender to provide PPE for MoD over next 10 years

FlamePro, a British manufacturing specialist of life-saving garments for firefighters, has been awarded a £4m contract by Capita to provide its firefighting PPE for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) across …

Insight is the key to new ranges

Our market-leading new Valiant structural fire suit has been more than a year in the making. FlamePro has assembled a team of experts to create a suit which makes no …

Introducing our award-winning Technical Fabrics expert

Our ground-breaking new Valiant structural fire suit has been created by a team of experts. More than a year in the making, we’ve created a range which makes no compromises …

Introducing our Head of New Product Development

If, like we were, you’re looking for revolution, not evolution in product development, you need to do things totally differently. To develop the new FlamePro Valiant structural fire suit, we …

Fabric innovations for the new 770/775 suits

Meet Valiant – New technologies. New designs. New Benchmark. Three major components of a fire-fighting structural suit influence its performance and how heavy it is to wear – the outer …

How to inspect your firefighting kit

No matter what task you’re undertaking, your kit is your last line of defence between you and the fire, floodwater, corrosive chemicals or other hazards you are dealing with. Keeping …

How to maintain your firefighting kit

When you are busy fighting fires and rescuing people, you might not have thought about how to maintain your firefighting kit. Anyone involved in firefighting knows that their kit is …

Explaining EN16689:2017 – technical rescue clothing

All protective clothing and equipment has to conform to certain UK, European and international standards – EN16689:2017 is the European standard for technical rescue clothing for firefighters. It’s important that …