But first be sure to don a Nomex protective suit, a fire-resistant balaclava, a cumbersome, but necessary, helmet with Plexiglas face-shield, and heavy leather boots and gloves. Then you also may ...

The Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025 also aims to address concerns raised by an environmental ...

NEWELL, W.Va.—Bellofram Elastomers has added two new foam product lines to its portfolio. The new UL-94 V-0 medium-flame retardant foam and EPDM and neoprene foams are projected to meet customer and ...

Materials firms across the U.S. are being challenged by a shortage of antimony trioxide (ATO) flame retardants. The material mainly is supplied to the U.S. from China, but trade disputes that ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The report 'Fire-resistant Lubricants Market by Type (HFA, HFB, HFC, HFDU, and HFDR), End-use Industry (Metal Processing, Mining, Power Generation ...

Even homes built to code with fire-resistant treatments may not be enough to withstand extreme fire conditions. This raises an important question: why aren’t we building more homes with fire ...

The videos show a side-by-side comparison of treated and untreated plastic boards demonstrating an extreme example of the effectiveness of Xeriant’s flame retardant nanotechnology. The untreated ...

Congressman Doug LaMalfa has introduced H.R. 3300 the "Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act," a bill ...

The requirement to remove non-fire-resistant aluminum cladding from all building façades across the emirate played a critical role in containing a fire that broke out last week in an apartment ...

Each window is double-paned, the glass tempered to withstand the heat of a wildfire, the stucco around the shutters resistant to flame. The privacy fences, a suburban staple, look like wood ...

Also see: What is ‘home hardening’? Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping “Existing homes that survived the Palisades and Eaton fires also contribute to Los Angeles ...