California Wildfires Day 7: What is Pink Powder? How Phos-Check Fighting LA Pacific Palicades Fire?

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Bright pink powder blanketing Los Angeles has caught the attention of many as fire retardant Phos-Chek is dropped by air tankers to control wildfires. This chemical barrier prevents flames from spreading by coating vegetation and flammable surfaces, cutting off oxygen. While effective, environmental experts raise concerns over its impact on ecosystems and human health. Phos-Chek, though highly useful, has led to pollution, wildlife harm, and legal disputes. Its increasing use reflects the growing challenge of combating wildfires in a changing climate.    #WildfireControl #PhosChek #LAWildfires #FireRetardant #EnvironmentalImpact #Firefighting #ClimateChange #PhosChekFireRetardant #WildfireFighting #CaliforniaFires #FirePrevention #PinkPowder #FirefightingTools #FireSafety #WildlifeProtection #FireScience #EcoImpact #PollutionConcerns #AirTankers #ChemicalRetardants #FireManagement  ~HT.318~ED.102~GR.125~

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00:00Coming in to work with air attack and the purpose of this mission right now is we want

00:11Bridges on the west flank of our fire where we feel pretty positive that we're going to try and hold the line

00:30I

00:47My name is Ira graves air support group supervisor with incident management team 5 working on the Eaton fire

00:54Where we're at right now is is a turnout. We're gonna have a helicopter come land here shortly

00:59Get their bucket deployed and they're gonna be working out of the mobile retardant base. We have set up at the Mount Wilson Observatory

01:07This helicopter is going to be working in tandem with some of our air tankers

01:12We have some very large air tankers coming in to work with air attack

01:16And the purpose of this mission right now is we want to get some retardant out on the ridges on the west flank of our fire

01:24Where we feel pretty positive that we're gonna try and hold the line

01:28but if winds pick up and things

01:31Are not in our favor. Then what we're trying to do is reinforce some contingency lines out in front of the fire

01:38With retardant so that if things get out

01:41We'll be a step ahead of it

01:58I

02:20My name is Ira graves air support group supervisor with incident management team 5 working on the Eaton fire

02:27Where we're at right now is is a turnout and we're gonna have a helicopter come land here shortly

02:32Get their bucket deployed and they're gonna be working out of the mobile retardant base. We have set up at the Mount Wilson Observatory

02:40This helicopter is going to be working in tandem with some of our air tankers

02:45We have some very large air tankers coming in to work with air attack

02:49And the purpose of this mission right now is we want to get some retardant out on the ridges on the west flank of our

02:56fire

02:57where we feel pretty positive that we're gonna try and hold the line, but if winds pick up and things

03:04Are not in our favor. Then what we're trying to do is reinforce some contingency lines out in front of the fire

03:11With retardant so that if things get out

03:14We'll be a step ahead of it

03:19You

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