Fire safety recalls can become global news (such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 7) or they can fly under the radar. Here are four recent fire safety recalls that you may not have heard about. 

It's better to have these apps and not need them than to need them and not have them. Here are 8 essential prepper apps that you should install on your phone today.

There's no such thing as being too prepared. A disaster can strike at any time and having these apps will assure that you will have the knowledge of how to react in such a situation.

If you are a fire safety professional or just concerned about fire safety in your home, then these may be the apps for you.

When you think about all of the technology firefighters have today, you realize that people tend to forget how far the technology has come. Even over the last few decades, firefighting technology has advanced at a fast pace.

What kind of technology can we expect firefighters of the future to be using? From jet packs to drones to exoskeletons, firefighters are definitely not being left behind other professions in terms of high tech advancements.

Inside the SkySaver backpack is a controlled descent device (CDD) which underwent rigorous testing under many conditions. These tests were done in conjunction with the Standards Institute of Israel at their facility. In order to ensure that the SkySaver device is safe to use in all conditions, the CDD was tested after being subject to flames

8 Amazing Backpacks That Can Save Your Life These 8 backpacks can rescue you from a wide variety of situations, including: school shootings, burning buildings, and boredom. SkySaver develops an extremely cool and innovative backpack that could save lives in a high rise disaster. The device works up to 25 stories and automatically lowers the

Two engineering majors at George Mason University have invented a new firefighting device that may one day revolutionize the industry. This device is incredible because it uses sound waves to put out fires, not water, not foam, not CO2, sound waves! The science behind it is that the pressure waves displace oxygen and as we all learn

A Chicago fire captian, Michael Wielgat recognized the need for effective equipment to combat high-rise fires and invented the HERO pipe, a device which can be carried into the building by firefighters and installed on the window below the flames. It has been tested and has proven to be a major force in combating high-rise