Geraniums are fire resistant and suitable for planting within 10 feet of structures. Use caution when planting species such as G. cinereum ( greyleaf cranesbill ) within five to 30 feet of a home.

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home's odds of surviving a conflagration, experts say.

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home's odds of surviving a conflagration, experts say.

State fire officials said they're done delaying a rule that requires valet trash companies to use fire-resistant trash cans. But companies have pushed back -- saying the switch would be too ...

In a new laboratory at the University of New South Wales in Australia, students are playing with fire, albeit with a pretty serious end goal: developing more fire-resistant materials to better ...

A blizzard engulfed Michael Kovac’s house as the Palisades fire approached on Jan. 7 — “an absolute blizzard of embers,” he recalled. But by the time the smoke cleared, the 2 1/2-level ...

It was a miracle.Howard Booster's family home in Santa Rosa survived the raging flame front that devoured nearly his entire neighborhood around 4 a.m. Oct. 9, 2017, amid the Tubbs Fire, among the ...

He believes the fire-resistant textile industry’s innovation cycle—clothing manufacturers in particular—could be accelerated through the use of simulation technologies. Thermal simulation uses digital ...

Bay Area homeowners working to make their properties fire-resistant 03:20. In the wake of recent wildfires, homeowners and builders in the Bay Area and across California are rethinking the ways to ...

While the treatment of injuries is a main topic of military medicine, the prevention of injuries is also a very important aspect of the work that is being done. Col. Evan Renz, the director of the ...