In an effort to prevent Fourth of July fireworks from sparking fires, the Pasadena Fire Department began its annual campaign of spraying fire retardant on areas covered with brush, starting with a ...

The firefighter pulled the black hose down a hill. “Good?” she called out. “All the way down,” a voice responded. Brea Kirklen kept walking. Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a ...

Insurance company uses fire retardant gel to protect homes from wildfires. Aug. 30, 2007 — -- Throughout the summer wildfires have threatened homes in the western United States, and now some of ...

The firefighter pulled the black hose down a hill. “Good?” she called out. “All the way down,” a voice responded. Brea Kirklen kept walking. Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - After the Caldor Fire threatened to destroy South Lake Tahoe, residents are taking fire prevention to the next level. Perimeter Solutions has created a different kind of ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - When a fire breaks out, every second counts. "Those extra couple of seconds could be the life saving time period between someone dying in that fire and someone's life being ...

Scott Garrett got the evacuation order at 6 a.m. on Oct. 22. His Lake Arrowhead home lay in the path of the Grass Valley fire, and flames would arrive within hours. Garrett rushed to his garage, where ...

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In a world where fire threatens more and more homes, scientists have developed a surprising type of material that might keep some buildings safer: wafer-thin sheets of fungi. Underneath every mushroom ...

Jim Moseley stands poolside, aviator sunglasses perched on his head, holding a blowtorch. He’s got a stick that’s been treated at one end with SPF 3000, the fire-prevention spray he invented. We’re on ...