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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brooklyn Center Fire Department said the blanket was there to "control the vapors and smoke" rather than smother the fire.

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 ...

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, ...

Learn how a fire blanket can smother flames safely and protect your home from grease fires.

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 ...

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 ...