Fire-resistant design is top of mind for many homeowners in California, especially after the wildfires that ravaged parts of Los Angeles this year. Those affected by the recent fires and looking ...

DC TEN WAS SENT THROUGH THE AIR, DROPPING DOWN FIRE RETARDANT, AND THE VERY NEXT DAY, CREWS RETURNED TO THIS HOME TO CREATE A FIRE BARRIER AROUND HER PROPERTY USING A BULLDOZER TAKING OUT SOME OF ...

Homeowners can also use these maps to assess their own risk and take potentially life-saving steps to make their properties more fire resistant. "There are more areas that are not traditionally ...

EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED A SHORT TIME LATER. DC TEN FLEW ACROSS, COVERING THE LAND AND FIRE RETARDANT. BY SATURDAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. FLAMES SEEN NEAR THE SAME HOME. CREWS CREATED A FIREBREAK ...

YOU COULD NOT SEE TABLE ROCK AT ALL. AND ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT. STEWART SAYS THAT FLAME RETARDANT IS BEING USED AT THE PERMISSION RIDGE FIRE, BUT NOT THE TABLE ROCK FIRE. AND THAT’S BECAUSE ...

Roy Wright, IBHS CEO, emphasizes that "fireproof" is a misleading term. Fire resistant and fire prepared is a more accurate description. "Nothing is fireproof," he said. "What we can do is narrow ...

For the first time ever, air tankers began dropping a fire retardant liquid east of the Mississippi River to combat the blaze, said the city of Greenville, which has provided firefighting support.

The Port Lavaca Volunteer Fire Department posted video of fire retardant being dropped Wednesday. Air drop in Rockport. Although several homes were lost, many were saved. Fire crews did an ...

Greenville Water commissioner Deb Sofield said there are no contaminants in the water as crews cannot use fire retardant chemicals in the watersheds. An influx of debris left in the wake of ...

Steve Ruffner, regional general manager of KB Home's coastal division, said he and his colleagues saw a fire-resistant home demonstration by IBHS at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference last ...

PLAINFIELD, IL — It's a new holiday season, which means the Plainfield Fire Protection District will launch its annual "Keep the Wreath Red" fire safety campaign on Dec. 1. As part of the effort ...

LATs can carry between 2,000 to 4,000 gallons of retardant, which alters how the fire burns by decreasing its intensity and slowing its spread. These retardants, consisting of salts (usually ...