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.

Sunbeam announced it is recalling thousands of electric blankets, saying that they can overheat and catch fire. The recall involved 43,000 queen-sized blankets that were sold from September 2022 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When temps turn frigid outside or you simply feel like being as cozy as can be, there’s nothing better than curling up with an electric blanket. Heated blankets offer you a customizable source of ...

Fire experts weigh in on how to use this safety tool if and when an emergency strikes. A fire blanket is almost exactly what it sounds like. It's an incredibly handy safety tool designed with ...

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 ...

It seems like a simple enough solution: Why not just wrap houses in fire blankets during a wildfire? A new study that was just published in Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering is apparently the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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