Nearly two dozen US marines were treated for exposure to a fire retardant gas on Thursday after an extinguishing system went off in an assault vehicle during a training exercise. There were no serious ...

We haven't actually used an H3R Halon extinguisher yet, and hopefully we won't have to, but having used Halon in the past, we know how well it works. Those of you who have used a dry chemical ...

A British company supplied contaminated gas that was used to fill portable fire extinguishers on various types of aircraft. If used on a fire, the gas may not suppress it as intended, and toxic fumes ...

Pacific Scientific Aerospace is to provide the engine and auxiliary power unit (APU) fire-suppression systems on the Airbus A350 XWB and for the first time will not use halon as the firefighting agent ...

Until aircraft can be retrofitted with newer, non-halon-based fire-suppression systems, ARSA argues that MROs need to take care to recycle fire protection articles properly. Credit: Yasin ...

Six halon fire extinguishers were used to combat an overheating aft galley oven on a KLM Boeing 777-200ER, but investigators state that this was ineffective – because there was no fire – and actually ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- FDNY and EMS workers responded to Costco in New Springville after a fire suppression liquid was discharged from the roof of the gas station at the wholesale store. The substance ...