A fire retardant is a substance that is used to slow down or stop the spread of fire or reduce its intensity. This is commonly accomplished by chemical...

Fire-retardant fabrics are textiles that are more resistant to fire than others through chemical treatment of flame-retardant or manufactured fireproof...

Fire-retardant gels are superabsorbent polymer slurries with a "consistency almost like petroleum jelly." Fire-retardant gels can also be slurries that...

Fire-retardant materials are designed to burn slowly. Fire-retardant materials should not be confused with fire-resistant materials. A fire resistant...

Flame retardants are a diverse group of chemicals that are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings...

foams and gels, and specially formulated fire retardants such as Phos-Chek. The idea of fighting forest fires from the air dates back at least as far as...

2. Natural magnesium hydroxide (brucite) is used commercially as a fire retardant. Most industrially used magnesium hydroxide is produced synthetically...

applied as a precautionary fire defense measure. Typical fire retardants contain the same agents as fertilizers. Fire retardants may also affect water quality...

A fire blanket is a safety device designed to extinguish incipient (starting) fires. It consists of a sheet of a fire retardant material that is placed...

long-term fire retardants, class A foams, and gels manufactured by Perimeter Solutions, headquartered in Clayton, Missouri, United States. Phos-Chek fire retardants...

turbofan-powered aircraft carry up to 9,400 US gallons (35,583 liters) of water or fire retardant in an exterior belly-mounted tank, the contents of which can be released...

week of the fire, aircraft performed 1,647 drops of water or fire retardant on the conflagration. Combined with the nearby Union Chapel Fire, 2,367 drops...

found to be successful as a fire retardant for canvas tenting. Synthesis of polymers, such as polyesters, with fire retardant monomers were also developed...

other equipment. In addition to water, brightly colored fire retardant was dropped on the fire from the air. During the first couple of weeks, there had...

associated slurry had a pH of 13. Aluminium hydroxide finds use as a fire retardant filler for polymer applications. It is selected for these applications...

more fire-resistant material (Reynobond FR). The Reynobond cladding reportedly cost £24 per square metre (£20 per sq. yd.) for the fire-retardant version...

A racing suit or racing overalls, often referred to as a fire suit due to its fire retardant properties, is clothing such as overalls worn in various...

(−O)2C(O−)2]n, was synthesized in 2002. Pentaerythritol is used as a fire retardant, such as in plastics and intumescent paints and coatings. It releases...

cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass, and its derivatives have fire-retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred...

used around the world as a building material (particularly for its fire-retardant properties), until its adverse effects on human health were more widely...

so turbulent that fire retardant drops were impossible. The air tanker returned to base 45 minutes later, still fully loaded. Cal Fire made two more attempts...

produce foam in concentrations of less than 1%. Other components of fire-retardant foams are organic solvents (e.g., trimethyl-trimethylene glycol and...

fireproofing of wood utilizes a fire retardant chemical that remains stable in high temperature environments. The fire retardant is applied under pressure at...

contain the fire, air tankers were unable to perform water or fire retardant drops; the fire was burning beneath high-voltage power lines that the aircraft...

chain reactions. This effect makes organobromine compounds useful as fire retardants, and more than half the bromine produced worldwide each year is put...

A fire hose (or firehose) is a high-pressure hose that carries water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches...

and buildings in structural applications. They have also been used in fire-retardant applications. Polyurethane foam has been widely used to insulate fuel...

compounds is the use of polybrominated diphenyl ethers as fire-retardants, and in fact fire-retardant manufacture is currently the major industrial use of...

Fire Retardant Anti Static (FRAS) is a requirement for composite ventilation ducts used in underground mines, especially coal mines. The material must...

the fires in the park, assisted by dozens of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft which were used for water and fire retardant drops. With fires raging...