>> NOW TO THE FIRE SAFETY TEST. IF A FIRE WERE TO START IN YOUR HOME, WOULD YOU KNOW
WHAT TO DO? ACCORDING TO THE
JACKSONVILLE FIRE RESCUE
DEPARTMENT, THERE WERE 598
APARTMENT IN HOME FIRES IN
2021 209 OF THEM STARTED IN
THE KITCHEN. NOW, AS FOR THIS
YEAR FROM JANUARY FIRST,
APRIL, THE 18TH JFRD HAS
RESPONDED TO 210 APARTMENT IN
HOUSE FIRES. AND 56 OF THOSE
BROKE OUT IN THE KITCHEN. WE
KNOW ABOUT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS,
BUT THERE ARE OTHER PRODUCTS
ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT ALSO PROMISED TO HELP YOU
PUT OUT A SMALL FIRE. BUT
SHOULD YOU BUY THEM? CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR LAUREN BROUGHT US
ONE OF THOSE PRODUCTS CALLED A
FIRE BLANKET. SO, LAUREN,
EXACTLY WHAT IS IT?
>> SO TARA CONNER KNOW IF
YOU’VE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE,
BUT THIS IS THE FIRE BLANKET.
IT’S MADE UP OF HIGHLY FLAME
RESISTANT MATERIAL THAT COULD
BE USED TO SMOTHER A FIRE. NOW
I HAD NEVER SEEN OR EVEN HEARD
OF THIS BEFORE. I SAW AN AD
FOR ONE POP UP IN MY SOCIAL
MEDIA FEET. IT LOOKS SIMPLE
ENOUGH. AND TO ME IT SEEMED
LESS INTIMIDATING THAN A FIRE
EXTINGUISHER WHICH I HAD NEVER
USED BEFORE. SO WE ASKED LOCAL
FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP US PUT
THE FIRE BLANKET TO THE TEST.
THIS IS THE VIDEO ON SOCIAL
MEDIA THAT FIRST CAUGHT MY EYE
TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAINED
PROFESSIONAL.
>> TRY TO GET BACK CLOSE TO
THE FIRE TO 2 TO SMOTHER. AND
YOU KNOW, IT’S CONCERNING. WE
SHOWED THE AD TO THE PRESIDENT
OF THE JACKSONVILLE FIRE
FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, RANDY
WYSE. THAT LOOKS SUPER SMOOTH
WHILE THEY’RE IN THAT
SITUATION, YOU’RE LIKELY NOT
GOING TO BE YOU’RE GOING TO BE
A PANIC MODE. SURE. BUT MAYBE
IT WAS THAT EASY IN REAL LIFE.
WE SIMULATED AS CLOSE TO A
REAL LIFE SITUATION AS WE
WELL, WE RECOMMEND YOU NEED TO
STAY
>> THAT’S WHY THESE CONCERNING
YOU IF YOU’VE GOT SOMEBODY IS
CLOSE TO THAT, THAT THEY MAY
RECEIVE SOME BURNS WITH THE
SAME PART OF WHAT YOU YOU
WOULD NOT AND HAS CLAIMS GREW.
EVEN THE PROFESSIONALS
QUESTIONED OUR TEST. YOU
REALLY WANT TO GO? I’M GONNA
THROW IT. AND JUST AS I SAY,
IN YEAH.
>> ARE YOU KIDDING?
>> IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, THE
FLAMES GOT SO HOT.
>> LAST ON THE OVEN EXPLODED.
LISTENING TO THAT SHOCK RIGHT
THERE. THERE’S NO WAY YET.
OKAY. I’M GOING TO THROW IT.
I’M NOT WILLING TO WELCOME TO
COME THIS WAY.
>> SO THAT’S HOW ALL THAT
WORKS STRIKE. BUT BY THEN,
MOST OF THE FUEL HAD BURNED
OFF. AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
ABLE TO GET MUCH CLOSER GET
IT. TOTALLY OVER IT, EVEN THIS
CLOSE TO HIS HEART. I HAVE TO
ACTUALLY. RIGHT. SO I MEAN,
IT’S JUST WE NOTICED OH, MY
GOSH. THAT SYSTEM IS REALLY
PART OF IT. BUT TO GIVE THE
BLANKET THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT THE WIND HAD PICKED UP
WHEN WE ATTEMPTED THE FIRST
TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE INTO
IT. AND AND EVEN THOUGH WE
WERE IN A CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENT, CHRIS, CAN YOU,
BY THE WAY, SWIVEL TO SHOW
THAT HE ON STANDBY, READY TO
GO. THAT’S NOT NERVE WRACKING
AT ALL TO SEE. AND MAYBE
THAT’S WHY I FEEL MUCH MORE
COMFORTABLE GETTING CLOSER.
>> YEAH. UNLESS YOU HAVE FULL
COVERAGE ALWAYS NOT GOING TO
AND YOU’LL SEE IT ACTUALLY
START TO BURN. AT A CERTAIN
POINT, I FELT LIKE I WAS
PLAYING HOPSCOTCH WAITING FOR
THE RIGHT MOMENT TO JUMP BACK
IN AND FIX THE BLANKET. AND I
SAW THE FIRE AND AND TAKING IT
OFF LIKE IT WASN’T ACTUALLY
DESTROYED. THE MATERIALS NOT
ACTUALLY BURNING IS THE FUEL
THAT WAS ALL. BUT SAYS I GOT I
GOT VERY CLOSE. I FIXED IT
YET. AND IT I KNOW. ARE WE
GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS A
>> AND IF THE DEMONSTRATION
WAS NOT ENOUGH, ANOTHER REASON
WHY WAS HESITANT ABOUT THE
FIRE BLANKET. TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE LABELING. WHY SAYS
LOOK FOR THE U OW LISTING ON
THE PACKAGING, WHICH MEANS THE
PRODUCT HAS BEEN TESTED AND
DETERMINED THAT THE PRODUCT
MEETS SPECIFIC DEFINED
REQUIREMENTS.
>> I DON’T SEE ANY U L
LISTENING ON THIS FIRE BLANKET
FIRST OFFENSE, THE FIRE
EXTINGUISHER WE BOUGHT HAD THE
U L LISTING RIGHT ON THE BOX
AND WE DIDN’T HAVE TO PAY MUCH
MORE.
>> THE 2 FIRE BLANKET WE
BOUGHT COST $35.4. THE 2 FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS. JUST $0.90
MORE. AND IF YOU’VE NEVER USED
A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, I LEARNED
FIRSTHAND NOT TO BE
INTIMIDATED BECAUSE I’M SCARED
THAT I WANT USE IN SITUATION.
AKRON HIM WITH THIS. WE CALL A
PASS PASS HELPS YOU REMEMBER
THE ORDER AS MENTIONED, PULL
THE PIN SQUEEZE THE AND SWEEP
BACK AND FORTH AND RIGHT ON
CUE THE FLAMES SHOT UP.
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>> ME. IT WAS NOT EVEN A
COMPARISON OF HOW DIFFICULT
THAT WAS COMPARED TO THAT. AND
YOUR RISK IS A LOT LESS
BECAUSE YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY NOT
AS CLOSE TO IT AS YOU WOULD BE
ABLE TO PLAY IN THE BLINK.
YEAH. I MEAN, IT LOOKS NICE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IN REAL
LIFE, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS US
PROBABLY A BETTER OPTION.
>> FUN TEST ARE. AND RANDY
WYSE WANTED ME TO POINT OUR
GUARD LISTENBEE USE A FIRE
EXTINGUISHER OR A FIRE
BLANKET. CALL 9-1-1. 0ST. HE
SAID JACKSON FIRE RESCUE CAN
GET TO IN MINUTES. THE AVERAGE
RESPONSE TIME AROUND. 46
MINUTES AND TO SEE JUST HOW
MANY FIRES AND FREDDIE HAS
RESPONDED. A BROKEN DOWN MONTH
BY MONTH, INCLUDING THOSE THAT
START IN THE KITCHEN. JUST
LOOK INSIDE THIS STORY ON
NEWS4JAX.COM. SO INTERESTING
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS
TESTING THAT WE CAN ALL SEE
IT. I HAD SO MUCH BURN MARKS
ON ME. THEY’RE LIKE YOU NEED
TO WASH UP. I WENT NO, THEY’RE
NOT GOING MAKE ME LOOK
TOUGHER. WHEN I GO BACK TO
HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
CAN YOU USE THAT BLANKET TO
WRAP AROUND YOURSELF IN THE
AWFUL OF, YOU KNOW, CASE THAT
YOU’RE STUCK IN A HOUSE FIRE?
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL WORST CASE
SCENARIO AND REALLY WHY SAID
AS A LAST RESULT RESULT, SURE
RESORT. I SHOULD SAY SURE, BUT
IT’S NOT GOING TO DO MUCH. AND
HE SAID BY THEN YOU SHOULD
ALREADY BE OUT OF THE HOUSE IF
YOU’RE GOING TO BE USING THIS.
AND AT THAT POINT, HE’S MORE
WORRIED ABOUT THE SMOKE
INHALATION THAN THE ACTUAL
BURNS. BUT I MEAN, IT THE
OPTIONS ARE THERE WERE JUST
SAYING THE FIREFIGHTERS TOLD
US YOU’RE GOING WANT TO STICK
WITH THE EXTINGUISHER. AND I
SECOND THAT RIGHT EYE OPENING
REPORT. LAUREN, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW. ALL
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