High Level Manning Study-2011
Firefox Wildfire
FPI Report Confirms
Effective Fire Suppression
Field testing demonstrated the gel’s effectiveness in direct wildfire suppression under Rank 4 fire conditions. According to the FPI report, the gel line successfully prevented burn through and showed no evidence of re-ignition within the treated zone.
- Test drop on fire in progress. Rank 4.
- Direct attack on fire front.
- Effectiveness in holding line from burn through.
- Excerpt from FPI report
Firefox Wildfire
“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”