Fireproofing Tokyo in preparation for 'big one'

It has been one month since a massive fire burned over 180 buildings in Japan's Oita Prefecture. NHK World's Yoshikawa ...
KidsHealth

Fire Safety

Medically reviewed by: Kate M. Cronan, MDThis link opens in a new tab Learn About Primary Care Pediatrics at Nemours Children's HealthThis link opens in a new tab If you live in apartment building, ...
Consumer Reports

Fire Extinguisher Buying Guide

Home fires are often unpredictable, and they can be deadly: Data collected between 2016 and 2020 found that fire departments responded to 343,100 home fires annually. These fires resulted in 2,610 ...
Purdue University

Dangers of Fire

A fire can give off incredible amounts of heat. A room fire can range from 100 degrees at floor level to 1,200 or more degrees at the ceiling. Skin can burn with permanent injuries at 160 degrees. The ...
University of California

How the Indigenous practice of ‘good fire’ can help our forests thrive

In the past several years, California has endured the most extreme fires in its recorded history. 2018’s Camp Fire grew into the state’s deadliest and most destructive fire on record, devastating the ...
BBC

Fire service issues safety warning after fourth fatal fire

Fire service area commander Suzanne Fleming said everyone should have a fire escape plan The fire service has issued a public safety warning after four fatal house fires across Northern Ireland in ...