Fabric might be the last thing on your mind when firefighters rescue someone from a burning building, but without fire-resistant clothing, such rescues might not happen at all. The turnout gear that ...

A form of cotton that is able to resist flames has been created by breeding parent strains that had no similar characteristics themselves. This could let us make fire-resistant fabrics without having ...

UNION CITY, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 20th of 2023, flame-resistant textile leader, TenCate Protective Fabrics, debuted their newest innovation, an inherently flame-resistant stretch fabric ...

Over the past couple of years, 5.11 Tactical Series®, maker of innovative tactical gear for law enforcement, military and fire professionals, has received numerous requests from first responders, ...

(TNS) - It’s important to have an emergency “go bag” packed with essentials and ready to be grabbed quickly if you have to flee your home because of a wildfire or other disaster. Most emergency ...

As a leader in the flexible composites market, the Serge Ferrari Group has been working on this subject for many years, and they are proud to unveil their Flexlight Shield 800 fabric. This membrane is ...

A new chemical process turns cotton into a fire-resistant fabric that nevertheless retains the skin-friendly properties of cotton. State-of-the-art flame retardant cotton textiles suffer from release ...

It's not a giant sandwich baggie around that landmark. Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service in Siskiyou County wrapped historic buildings in a material that reflects heat away from them when they ...