Fire

The design started with the Rocket System, built with 8-inch pipes, a “L” and “I” shape that fits together, following the 1-2-3 (opening-length-height) proportion

Outdoors

Rocket stove can be used as a barbecue, pizza oven or fire pit

The Noori mobile rocket stove comes complete with a barbecue grill, pizza oven and fire pit. After two years of designing and testing the components of the prototype, the team added a few additional accessories before launching it on the market.

The gel could be preemptively applied to vegetation in areas where forest fires are likely to occur

Environment

Eco-friendly gel could help prevent forest fires

A newly-developed gel could allow forestry workers to keep forest fires from occurring.

An animation made from data captured by the Sentinel-2 mission showing fires on the border between Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay

Environment

Satellite data reveals increase in Amazon forest fires

Data collected by ESA satellites has revealed a near fourfold increase in the number of fires devastating the Amazon rain forest.

Wolf and Grizzly is raising funds for production on Kickstarter

Outdoors

Collapsible fire pit for campers could be slipped into an envelope

Looking to offer eco-minded adventurers a way to keep their flames contained and their consciences clear, Wolf and Grizzly has developed a portable fire pit that can host mealtime-worthy flames and pack down into a easily transportable case when it’s time to head home.

Space

Space fire extinguisher sucks instead of blows

Toyohashi University of Technology has developed an inside-out fire extinguisher for use inside spacecraft. Instead of spraying out extinguishing agents at a fire, the Vacuum Extinguish Method sucks the flames into a vacuum chamber, where they can be safely suffocated or extinguished.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants the Notre-Dame to be rebuilt "even more beautifully," and for the work to be completed within five years (Credit: CC 2.0/Flickr user Klovovi)

Architecture

France's Prime Minister announces design competition to replace destroyed Notre-Dame spire

Following the devastating fire that damaged iconic Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on Monday, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has revealed that authorities plan to launch an international architecture competition to replace its spire.

Along with using polymer fibers from tires to help release moisture from hot concrete, the scientists are also looking at using tire-derived steel fibers to help hold the material together

Environment

Recycled tires may help concrete take the heat

Although concrete doesn't burn, it can "spall" when subjected to extreme heat – this means that surface layers of the material break off, potentially causing structures made of it to collapse. According to a new study, however, fibers obtained from discarded tires can help keep that from happening.

If it works as claimed, AFA could help prevent house fires

Good Thinking

Non-toxic solution is claimed to make wood fire-resistant

It was just this Wednesday that we heard about a non-toxic flame-retardant solution created by scientists at Texas A and M University. Well, researchers at Switzerland's Empa institute have also come up with one, which could be used to keep wood and wood-based building materials from burning.

Satellite data combined with new modeling has given scientists the ability to more accurately predict drought

Space

How satellites are helping scientists more accurately predict drought and wildfire risk

Advanced scientific instruments in orbit around the planet have given us the ability to track its stocks of groundwater resources, which researchers are now figuring out how to tap into to build more accurate predictions of drought and the risks that it brings months in advance.

Alongside the Yukon, Solo Stove has also introduced a smaller fire pit called the Ranger, seen on the left

Outdoors

Yukon fire pit fans the flames for clean-burning fun

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, but there's a new breed of camping stove that is pretty good at hiding the telltale signs. The Solo Stove Yukon is a clean-burning fire pit that uses an air flow system to keep smoke to a minimum, making for flames that can be enjoyed from all angles.

The SkySpider in building-descending action

Good Thinking

SkySpider gives rescue backpack-users a brake

Three years ago we heard about the SkySaver, a rescue backpack that lets you descend from a burning high-rise via an integrated reel of steel cable. Well, now it's in for some competition from the SkySpider, which offers at least one unique feature.

The all-electric tactical vehicle is joining the fleet at the FHKW-Mitte fire station in Linz, Austria

Automotive

Europe's first electric fire truck ready for rapid response

Rosenbauer, Linz AG and Kreisel Electric have revealed the first fully-equipped electric fire truck in Europe. Based on a Mercedes Sprinter, the electric drive tactical vehicle will join the fleet of a fire brigade stationed in the Austrian city of Linz.