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fire retardant
- Definição1
- Any substance (except plain water) that by chemical or physical action reduces the flammability of fuels or slows their rate of combustion.
- Fonte1
- WIKIPEDIA, a enciclopédia livre. Glossary of wildfire terms. [S.l.], 2021. Disponível em: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_wildfire_terms>. Acesso em: 18 agosto 2021.
- Nota adicional1
- Examples: retardant slurry, AFFF, and firefighting foam.
- Related Term
- extin
- extinguishing agent
- extinguishment time
- fire extinguishing system
- fire extinguishment
- firefighting equipment
- halon agent
- Spanish
- retardador de llama