Fire retardant

The invention is a method ofmaking a fire retardant and a fire retardant including seeds for replanting a fire area.

BACKGROUND 
Field of Invention 
This invention relates generally to the field of fire retardants. 
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
Presently borate and water are commonly used to fight forest fires. Water 
is plentiful but provides no protection, as it leaches into the ground or 
evaporates in the heat of an on-coming blaze. Borate drops well but causes 
a high salt condition on the vegetation so that if the flames don't kill 
them, the borate probably will. The Applicants' invention uses a recycled 
wallboard material that is environmentally friendly. 
OBJECTS OF TIE INVENTION 
A first object of the invention is to provide a substance capable of being 
fogged or dropped from an airplane to blanket a portion of wildlands 
ground vegetation or structures. 
A second object of the invention is a fire retardant which can resist the 
burning of dry brush with the material sprayed thereon. 
A third object of the invention is to provide a fire retardant. 
A fourth object of the invention is to provide a gypsum slurry as a 
pallative for dust control. 
A fifth object of the invention is to provide a slurry that, when it dries, 
will provide erosion control.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Wallboard with gypsum as its primary ingredient is pulverized and water is 
added to form a slurry. This slurry is sprayed under pressure to act as a 
fire retardant. Unlike borate which quells a fire, this material can be 
used to form a fire break from the air or ground trucks to draw a line 
around the fire and contain it. This slurry can be operated with and 
without the wall board paper and new growth seeds can be added to begin 
the reseeding and growth process. 
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention 
are possible in light of the above teachings. It is, therefore, to be 
understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may 
be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.