- Author
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George, C. W.
- Title
- Improving the Performance of Fire Retardant Delivery Systems on Fixed-Wing Aircraft.
- Coporate
- Forest Service, Ogden, UT
- Report
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RN-INT-400
February 1992
12 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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wildland fires
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chemical fire fighting
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fire retardants
- Identifiers
- fire management; aerial attack; chemical retardant
- Abstract
- Studies of the performance of fire retardant delivery systems for fixed-wind aircraft have indicated that performance can be significantly improved by modifying delivery systems to allow the selectable and controllable flow of retardant from the tank. The report describes several concepts in improving delivery systems performance and Interagency Airtanker Board (IATB) criteria for achieving these improvements. Other requirements for implementing the concept are also discussed.