Rebuild:LA Episode 030 - A Fire Retardant You Could Drink with M-Fire’s Silvio Lanzas

Our guest this week is Silvio Lanzas, the former Fire Chief for the City of Glendale, and the current Chief Operating Officer for the fire retardant manufacturer M-Fire. The company produces and applies a product called AF31 that is water-based and food-grade, and can be sprayed on houses, car batteries, and whole forests. It was invented more than 30 years ago in the UK, it’s made in Torrance, California, and it’s widely used throughout Asia. So why does no one know about it here in wildfire-ravaged California? It might have to do with the dominance in the marketplace of Phos-Check, the red stuff we’ve all seen flowing out of aircraft over wildfires. But Lanzas is trying to change that…one construction site, one EV battery and one house at a time.

Resources:

• M-Fire Technologies
• M-Fire Suppression
• Questions about AF31? Email asklanzas@mfiretechnologies.com

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:45 Have You Ever Seen Anything Like the Palisades and Eaton Fires?
• 6:45 Why Do We Have More Fires Now?
• 9:41 What is AF31?
• 12:45 What is M-Fire and AF31?
• 15:35 How They Use It In Asia?
• 17:50 A Monopoly in Fire Retardant?
• 21:20 Why Are Fire Retardants So Nasty?
• 22:30 There's Something Better
• 24:00 There Are Three Things AF31 Can "BE"
• 26:15 How Much?
• 27:35 How Often Does It Need To Be Applied?
• 28:41 Is Your Phone Ringing Off The Hook?
• 31:30 What About EVs?
• 33:00 Could M-Fire Have Prevented The Palisades Or Eaton Fires?
• 35:00 Are We Fire Smart?
• 37:00 Can You Help With The Rebuild?