Fire

Researchers in the UK have come up with a new formula for tackling smoldering "zombie fires", which can burn through carbon-rich organic matter underground and trigger flaming wildfires again once the danger appears to have passed.

There's far more than one way to spark a fire, and it seems there's always another around the corner. The new Firetent is the latest to float across our desk, a small pack of cardboard and wood that builds into a mini-teepee fire like a 3D puzzle.

Lightning is a major trigger for wildfires, like the record-breaking blazes that devastated Australia and California this year. But what if we could redirect lightning to strike safely? Graphene particles trapped in a tractor beam could do just that.

With its lightweight, collapsible Grill and Fire Safe, Wolf and Grizzly offers some of the most portable campfire cooking gear out there. Now it adds a full Cook System that combines those favorites with the cookware campers need to prepare a meal.

While it's a good idea for people with upstairs bedrooms to have a collapsible fire escape ladder handy, quickly finding and deploying the thing could be difficult in a smoke-filled home. That's where the Rescue Ready Retrofit is designed to come in.

If you're in a road tunnel that suddenly gets filled with smoke due to a vehicle fire, it can be very difficult knowing which way to head. That's where EvacSound comes in, as it uses audio beacons to guide people to safety.

The Survival Stove Head tool is a camping accessory that takes the idea of lightweight minimalism to the extreme, with the ability to turn an empty can into a cooker and doubling as a sharp knife to help prepare your kindling for mealtime.

The Firekorf is lighter and more collapsible than the average portable fire pit, relying on four folding legs and a mesh basket to pack small but fire up big. An available cooking grate and spit turn it into a go-anywhere wood-fire cooker.

Point the average lighter down and fire it up and the flame will quickly rise and burn your thumb. But with a few simple adjustments, Dissim introduces a lighter that works as effectively upside down as it does right side up.

Last year, Arcimoto revealed a special version of its battery-electric three-wheeler designed for first responders. The company inked an agreement with the Eugene Springfield Fire Department to test the vehicles, and now that pilot program has begun.

In 2017, Tortoise Gear launched the Firefly, a fire steel fit to a Swiss Army toothpick slot. Now it's back to get some extra use out of the corkscrew. The FireAnt screws onto a Victorinox corkscrew to bring fire steel and tinder to your pocket.

Australia is currently in one of the worst bushfires on record, and it’s not hard to see why. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has released a climate statement for 2019, and found that last year was the hottest and driest on record for the continent.