Fire Retardant 22
Fire Retardant 22 :
Uses: A Fire extinguisher: (3) Forest-fire fighting: A MAFFS-equipped Air National Guard C-130 Hercules drops fire retardant on wildfires in Southern California Red-dyed line of fire retardant stands out clearly on this Arizona hill. Drop was against the Alambre Fire. Early fire retardants were mixtures of water and thickening agents, and later includedborates and ammonium phosphates. Generally, fire retardants are dropped from aircraft or applied by ground crews around awildfire's edges in an effort to contain its spread. This allows ground crews time to work to extinguish the fire. However, when needed, retardant can also be dropped directly onto flames to cool the fire and reduce flame length
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