Fire retardants, on the other hand, contain fertilizer and other ingredients that don't evaporate once the water they're mixed with is gone, delaying a fire's spread for days, weeks or longer.

Perimeter Solution's fire retardants are fully qualified by the USDA Forest ... different foam compounds, each with unique properties and applications. Perimeter Solutions' foam concentrates ...

The water can also be mixed with a foam concentrate ... with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems. The aircraft can drop up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant in ...

Specifically designed for dousing forest fires, the CL-415 aircraft ... It has a system through which water can be mixed with a foam concentrate for more effective firefight.

These CL-415 aircraft are specially designed for forest firefighting ... mixing it with foam if needed, and then spraying it directly onto the fire. A report from The Washington Post says that ...

The biogel developed at UMaine is not the only fire suppressant more effective than water. Fluorinated firefighting foam became widely ... dumped 1,450 gallons of concentrate containing PFAS ...

Two Canadian 'Super Scoopers' have made flights and dozens of repeated water drops to fight the fire in Palisades ... Reuters Their system allows for water to be mixed foam concentrate – which puts ...

Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State ...

One person was found dead inside a Lake Forest apartment complex that caught fire on Thursday, Jan. 30, according to authorities. The Orange County Fire Authority received multiple 911 calls for ...