North Shields-based Advanced Industrial Solutions (AIS) has designed the Fire Pro jacket, comprising 13 layers of specialist fire-resistant material, primarily for the offshore industry.

Designed for demanding forestry environments, new multi-system protective headgear has been launched by 3M.

Safety signs, labels and equipment manufacturer Spectrum Industrial has launched a new product catalogue.

Training provider CSS Worksafe has created a course dedicated to solar PV installers’ safety while working at height.

Scientists at the University of Greenwich have released the next generation of their evacuation and crowd-simulation software, buildingEXODUS.

Featuring RFID technology to help reduce the number of accidents involving unseen pedestrians and forklift trucks, the new Pedestrian Alert System is available from Transmon Engineering.

In a bid to reduce underground cable strikes, Develop Training is partnering with Cognisco, a provider of intelligent employee assessments, to launch a training programme, based on the latest behavioural training and assessment techniques.

A new Interlock System Information (ISI) Touch Screen key management device is now available from Dutch interlock specialist Netherlocks.

Blackburn-based asbestos solutions provider, Assist Facilities Management, has launched a Web portal to provide total asbestos management for users, helping them comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.

Engineering and environmental services firm Thomson Ltd has launched a new iStar Asbestos Management software system.