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.
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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
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