FIRE BLANKETS

FIRE BLANKETS

•  Fire Blankets made to specific requirements and meet Australian standard AS/NZS 3504.
•  Manufactured from woven glass fibre and packed in their own custom built holder for efficient handling in emergencies.
•  Available in two sizes.

(Wikipedia excerpt: .."...A fire blanket is a safety device designed to extinguish incipient (starting) fires. It consists of a sheet of a fire retardant material that is placed over a fire in order to smother it.

Small fire blankets, such as for use in kitchens and around the home are usually made of glass fiber and sometimes kevlar, and are folded into a quick-release contraption for ease of storage. Larger fire blankets, for use in laboratory and industrial situations, are often made of wool – sometimes treated with a flame retardant chemical such as hexafluorozirconate and zirconium acetate.[1] These blankets are usually mounted in vertical quick-release containers so that they can be easily pulled out and wrapped round a person whose clothes are on fire....")

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