JACKSON, MI - The temperature rose to about 1,100 degrees in a dark, enclosed compartment. Even in breathing masks and special turnout gear, firefighters exposed to such heat could survive for only ...

This past Saturday the Boxford Fire Department hosted the Massachusetts Fire Academy Flashover Trailer. It was used in a training for a number of area fire departments about the warning signs of a ...

DAYTONA BEACH — With a small torch, Scott Hardin lighted what he hoped would soon become one of the most dangerous fires a firefighter can face: a flashover or backdraft. The metal trailer in which he ...

Most know that at 212 degrees F, water will boil. At 350 to 450 degrees F, food will cook nicely. Both will burn humans. What happens at 1,000 to 1,500 degrees F? That is the temperature for what fire ...