The National Institute of Standards (NIST) conducted experiments in an abandoned high-rise building on New York City’s Governors Island to learn how to better control or suppress deadly heat and smoke ...

Minutes after a two-story townhouse caught fire on Feb. 5, engines and crews raced to the townhouse to extinguish the fire and search for victims. No one was injured, however, because this was one of ...

One of the biggest threats to any space mission, especially those involving astronauts, is fire. Space agencies like NASA create a wide range of fireproof materials for different purposes, but it is ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - The Cobb County Fire Department is finding ways to save the lives of people trapped in a house fire. The Cobb County Fire Department partnered with UL Fire Safety ...

Research on the International Space Station also aims for a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth San Diego, Calif. Jan. 31, 2012 — Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and ...

Update for Sunday, Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. EDT: NASA and Orbtial ATK have delayed the Antares launch by 24 hours to Monday (Oct. 17) at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT) due to a glitch with ground support equipment ...