Until now, this technique has been proposed but never used to prepare a flame-retardant treatment. This research can be utilized to deposit polyelectrolyte-based flame-retardant coatings in a ...

The hot-pink mix of water and chemicals, which is sprayed from planes to combat wildfires, is under renewed scrutiny.

As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores ...

Planes drop fire retardant on homes in California Here in the U.S., the most common compound to do this is called Phos-Chek, according to a blog post from fire retardant distributor RDR Solutions.