Backdrafts in your home can potentially expose you to carbon monoxide poisoning. Here's how to protect yourself.

This is the terrifying moment that a violent jet of smoke and flames bursts out of a shipping container. The deadly phenomenon, known as a backdraft, is a firefighter's worst nightmare and occurs when ...

A backdraft involves deflagration or rapid combustion of hot pyrolysis products and flammable products of combustion upon mixing with air. Several conditions are necessary in order for a backdraft to ...

One particularly tough circumstance that can stall an attack from the outset is a violent condition directly behind the door you are trying to gain access through. I refer not to just a “good fire” in ...

To learn how firefighters could anticipate deadly backdraft events in the field, NIST researchers conducted hundreds of fire experiments while taking a plethora of measurements. Many of these tests ...

During the first 14 years of my career as a firefighter, I attended numerous incidents where the fire behaved unexpectedly. The textbooks at the time were somewhat vague in relation to fire behavior, ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- Firefighters in Anaheim faced a frightening backdraft situation while battling a fire at a wedding planning business Monday morning. The blaze caused damage at Events by Adam ...

In general terms, lighter colored smoke frequently contains a substantial concentration of unburned (and highly flammable) pyrolysis products.As discussed in the previous article, fire behavior ...