산불 진화용 친환경 지연제 개발 및 성능 평가 = Development and Performance Evaluation of Environmental Forest Fire Retardant

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As the number of forest fires increases and forest fires become larger due to the effects of climate change around the world, research is being conducted on the development of various firefighting chemicals and equipment to strengthen forest fire response capabilities. The development and research of forest fire retardants, which are an indirect method of extinguishing fires by spraying them in advance in expected areas to establish fire lines, are being actively conducted. In this study, we evaluated the retardant performance and forest ecological toxicity of a forest fire retardant that reduces the spread intensity and combustion speed of forest fires in order to effectively utilize limited firefighting resources and strengthen ground firefighting power. It was confirmed that the developed forest fire retardant exhibits higher retardation performance than foreign retardants. In addition, the toxicity evaluation of forest animals and plants showed that there was almost no toxicity that did not affect the forest ecosystem. Therefore, it is expected that forest fire retardants will be used in various forest fire extinguishing strategies by being applied to construct fire lines and support ground fire extinguishing resources at forest fire extinguishing sites in the future.