High Level – Manning Study (2011)

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  • Test drop on fire in progress. Rank 4.
  • Direct attack on fire front.
  • Effectiveness in holding line from burn through.
  • Excerpt from FPI report
    “No evidence of re-ignition within the drop zone, and the fire had not burned through the gel line to adjacent fuels.”
    “gel was effective at stopping the forward spread of fire with HFI Class 2-3 in a C-3 fuel type”