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Fire retardants

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-011072

1. Any substance except plain water that by chemical or physical action reduces flammability of fuels or slows their rate of combustion.

2. Substance or chemical agent which reduced the flammability of combustibles.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-011072
FieldEnvironment
SubjectChemical substances
ReferencesNWCG Glossary; NWCG InciWeb Terminology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011072",
  "term": "Fire retardants",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Fire Retardants",
  "definition": "1. Any substance except plain water that by chemical or physical action reduces flammability of fuels or slows their rate of combustion.\n\n2. Substance or chemical agent which reduced the flammability of combustibles.",
  "subject": "Chemical substances",
  "references": [
    "NWCG Glossary",
    "NWCG InciWeb Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fire-retardants/"
}

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