fire retardant foam
Blaze-smothering spray substance
Fire retardant foam is a substance sprayed on fires to suppress flames and prevent reignition.
The foam smothers fire by cutting off oxygen and cooling surfaces.
Firefighters use it on wildfires, aircraft crashes, and chemical fires where water alone is ineffective: Planes dropped fire retardant foam on the hillside.
The pink or orange coloring helps crews see where it has been applied.
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- extinguisherDevice for dousing flames
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
- protective gearEquipment preventing bodily harm
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
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Combustion-intensifying substance
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Capable of burning
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Material that initiates combustion
fire starter · igniter · incendiary device · Molotov cocktail · flamethrower
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