Fire blankets

[Donald]

I was watching PBS Newshour recently and they interviewed a fireman who does a lot of podcasts. He recommended fire blankets for kitchen grease fires. So I ordered two. Seems like a good addition to fire extinguishers.

Have an induction cooktop ready to install and replace my electric smooth glass cooktop. With an induction cooktop can one even have a grease fire? I am talking normal cooking, not going out of your way to start a grease fire.

 

[Kira]

Fire blankets for EV battery fires too!

 

[4WD]

We have fire blankets in kitchen and mud room outside of kitchen

 

[JohnnyG]

I was watching PBS Newshour recently and they interviewed a fireman who does a lot of podcasts. He recommended fire blankets for kitchen grease fires. So I ordered two. Seems like a good addition to fire extinguishers.

Have an induction cooktop ready to install and replace my electric smooth glass cooktop. With an induction cooktop can one even have a grease fire? I am talking normal cooking, not going out of your way to start a grease fire.

Highly unlikely, but not impossible. Spillover ignition isn't likely because the cooking surface temp doesn't get that high. The PAN however might get hot enough if it is left on high unattended. Some oils may also have a lower autoignition point than others.

 

[JHZR2]

Fire blankets for EV battery fires too!

You need to remove latent heat from the battery. Keeping it in just facilitates propagation.

 

[Kira]

I recall a fireman stating that a sprinkler system cools down the "entire area" which really limits a fire spreading.

How bout a fire blanket for EVs which has ports for shooting CO2 snow onto the hot mass?
It's gotta be better than the 50-70k gallon figures noted at may alarms.

 

[Number_35]

I saw an ad on YouTube for Prepared Hero fire blankets (while I was watching Eric O. of South Main Auto). They look pretty good, but I'm a bit skeptical as most of the online reviews appear to be sponsored, and there's at least one claim that they are a scam.

If not the Prepared Hero brand, is there another brand someone has used?

Thoughts from the BITOG community? Thanks.

Edit: Home Depot carries Klear Concepts LLC fire blankets.