Fire blankets are a useful piece of fire safety equipment to have around the home or in an industrial situation. Small blankets designed to put out a small fire as soon as it starts can be kept in quick release containers for easy storage.
Larger fire blankets for industrial use are also available and would be typically found in a laboratory. This type of blanket would usually be made of wool coated with a fire retardant substance and could be easily thrown around a person whose clothes had caught fire.
They are also useful in situations involving electrical equipment, as a liquid type extinguisher could damage a computer. Another use for a fire blanket would be to wrap around yourself if you needed to escape from a fire.
Fire blankets are really easy to use, readily available from stores or online. And they are quite inexpensive so would be a good addition to your home fire safety plan.
