While residential fires have declined over the recent decades, the uncontrollable blazes can still wreak havoc, as the recent fire in a Bronx apartment building demonstrated. Many fire-resistant ...

Wooden utility poles are vulnerable to fire, but they are a critical part of utility infrastructure. Although there are no guaranteed methods for protecting the millions of miles of power lines from ...

A spray- or brush-applied fire retardant coating made from nanocellulose is well suited for improving the fire properties of wood-based materials. It reduces the access of oxygen to the surface, thus ...

Marketed as the RED product range, these coatings protect all types of composites (and some thermoplastics), utilising a combination of novel ceramification technology with controlled intumescence.

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Researchers are developing a new kind of flame-retardant coating using renewable, nontoxic materials readily found in nature, which could provide even more effective fire protection for several widely ...

OGDEN, Utah — Fire hydrants around one Utah city are getting a fresh coat of paint for a very important reason that has nothing to do with making them more attractive. Hydrants in Ogden are receiving ...