Air Force C-130s Drop 25,000 Gallons Of Retardant On Colorado Fire First Aerial Firefighting Support Mission Of The 2013 Fire Season Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard's 302nd Airlift Wing flew their first aerial firefighting support missions of the year June 12, dropping fire retardant on the growing Black Forest fire in Colorado. 302nd AW aircrews fighting the nearly 9,000-acre blaze performed 10 drops, releasing approximately 25,000 gallons of fire ...
June 15, 2013 - The Aero-News Network
Video: Thousands evacuated in Colo. wildfire, hundreds of homes gone Despite the constant dropping of fire retardant from air tankers and the work of firefighters on the ground, the wind and the heat still have the upper hand in the Colorado wildfire. Tens of thousands of people have been asked to evacuate. Barry Peterson shares their stories.
June 14, 2013 - CBS News
Hey! Listen! It's Not All Bad For Microsoft Adjusts flame-retardant suit and takes a deep breath. Microsoft and the Xbox One are not all that bad, you guys! Please? Not in my beautiful, beautiful face! Ok, so I unabashedly declared Sony undisputed winner of E3 2013 (how brave of me). But that cloud of doom hanging low on the shoulders of Microsoft made my [...]
June 12, 2013 - MTV
Jon Drummond in New York Times I don't know if he's going to be able to walk tomorrow,Drummond said. "We need to get some type of flame-retardant uniform in case he catches on fire, he's running so doggone fast."
Al Gore in Boston Globe (registration) If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor,Gore said. "If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is a flame retardant. You take action."
Curtis Sliwa in Village Voice Ultra-New YorkerCurtis Sliwa commented on Grassley's wardrobe: "He wears polyester, waffle-weave, flame-retardant pants that look like they survived the high waters."