A fire blanket is one of the most useful pieces of safety equipment in your home. It opens quickly and can be used to put out a small fire in a hurry or even to cover yourself if you have to walk ...

The Cobra Fire Blanket represents the evolution of home fire safety equipment, offering a compact, maintenance-free alternative to traditional fire extinguishers. This emergency fire blanket provides ...

The Willoughby Hills Fire Rescue team, alongside Gates Mills Fire Department and Midwest Rescue Products, Inc. of Chardon, recently hosted a testing, training and demonstration of new fire blankets.

EFFORT UNDERWAY TO HELP PEOPLE STAY SAFE IN CASE OF A FIRE. KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO JOINING US NOW LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, WHERE BLANKETS ARE BEING HANDED OUT. SO, MELANIE, THESE THESE AREN’T JUST ANY OLD ...

A fire blanket is almost exactly what it sounds like. It's an incredibly handy safety tool designed with fire-resistant materials (like treated wool, fiberglass or types of woven nylon) and sealed a ...

Each week we look at hundreds of items for inclusion on the Firefighter Nation website. And each week, some fall by the wayside, either for a lack of time or insufficient information or just too many ...

The National Fire Protection Association recently reported that a fire department responds to related incidents every 24 seconds in the United States. This alarming statistic is hard to swallow for ...

Wrapping a building in a fire-protective blanket is a viable way of protecting it against wildfires, finds the first study to scientifically assess this method of defense. Rigorous testing reveals ...

As much as there is no party without music, there is no fire without oxygen. Water, foam, powder, and other fire fighting methods focus precisely on separating this gas from any heat source. Anyway, ...

WEST BEND, Wis. - As electric vehicles (EV) grow in popularity, the West Bend Fire Department has found a different way to fight potential EV fires. "A lot of times when these (gas-powered) cars catch ...

As Chemistry 101 reminds us, fire needs three elements to survive: a source of heat, a source of fuel and a supply of oxygen. Unfortunately, the average household contains all of these elements in ...