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| | Fire Retardant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | In addition to enhancing my ability to establish miles of effective long-term retardant containment and control lines, in the wildlands, the air support also provided me with Phos-Chek retardant which I used as an effective resource to help protect homes and other structures that were at risk. |
 | | The Phos-Chek retardants were developed, specifically, to retard fire in fuels that contain cellulose (grass, brush, trees, paper, lumber, etc.). |
 | | When Phos-Chek retardant is present, the route of decomposition of cellulosic fuels is changed so that a highly temperature resistant graphite-like carbon (C) char, and water (H2O) are formed rather than the flammable gases and tars that would otherwise result. |
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