fire blanket

Emergency fire extinguisher

A fire blanket is a sheet of fire-resistant material used to smother small fires by cutting off their oxygen supply.

Kept in kitchens and laboratories, it can be thrown over burning cookware or wrapped around a person whose clothing has caught fire: Grab the fire blanket from under the sink.

emergency

extinguish

End combustion forcibly

911 · emergency services · rescue · evacuation · alarm · escape · response · burns · survival · hazard

technique

smother

Deprive of air

  • coverProtect by overlaying
  • wrapEnclose by winding around
  • drapeHang in folds

shield · barrier · suffocate · oxygen deprivation · quench · suppress · roll · contain · envelop · tuck

material

fiberglass

Reinforced woven strand composite

woven · thermal · insulation · Kevlar · fabric · durable · lightweight · compact · folded · canister

Categories
Opposites
fire suppression method

fire blanketfire hose

Flexible water conduit for emergencies

sprinkler system · fire hydrant · water cannon · bucket of water · fire sprinkler

fire relationship

fire blanketaccelerant

Combustion-intensifying substance

kindling · matches · lighter · lighter fluid · gasoline

Family

fire, flame, blanket, flaming, fires, ablaze, ignition, flammable, inflammable

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G