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Dear Mr. Thames:
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responding
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fsp1@mindspring.com on 09/15/2000 03:17:66 PM
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Mary Dominiak/DC/USEPAIUS
Subject: Hello Ms. Dominiak!
Hello Ms. Dominiak, My name is Ronnie Thames with Fire Service Plus, Inc. wiOtuhr company hes been inthe fire fighting industry for over 25 years now. Ftoheams!ame thing year after year, with no change | am referring to 3M
fFooarmysears and years we have been preaching {0 the industry about how bad tfhoer not only the Environmentbutfor Fire Fighters and Workers handling material!
EBMEAFIOLRE | GO ANY FURTHER | WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WMEESHSAAVGEE FROM SOME COMPANY THAT'S TRYING TO INTRODUCE THEIR AGENT TO YOU, FBIEGHETNINAGR.OUND A LOT LONGER THEN THESE SO CALLED NEW AND IMPROVED FIRE AGENTS THAT HAVE STARTED TO POP UP EVERYTIME YOU TURN AROUND! y`oWue have heard through the industry and from several of our customers that WWahsehriengbteohni,ndDCthe study going on or was involved with a meeting in hniotssto long ago concerning Foam! Correct me if am wrong on this, but whatwe have been told. Andthat'swhy | am contacting you.
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thWreouhghavea fre fighting agent that has been proven thousands of imes tuosbaege to not only be more effective in over all performance than foam but oEfNouVrIRONMENTALLY SAFE, Non-Toxic, Non-Hazardous, Non-Carcinogenic to users `Agent FireAde 20001
`cWoneduscpteinntg hteusntdreds of thousands of dollars at Clemson University tahfatteroutrest with our product to have third party certification to prove tphratodwuect iswhatwesay itis. These test where done on our old product pheardfaonrdmannocewbtuhtefolsdbpereonduicmtphraosvendotevonelnyfboeretnheiemnpvriorvoendmeinntf!re fighting `Jeunsvtirtoonnmeanmteaandfefwirefxiaghmtpilnge!sofwhat type of effect our product has on the.
un1l.oIandi1n9g94 in Fayettevile, GAa tanker truck at a Fina Gas Station
m`agansoline. The truck had 9,000 gallonsofgasoline onboard at the time. A
ran with
haics.ross
four
lanesof
traffic
and
hit
the
valvesof
the
tanker
truck
gcaasro.liAnfeter the truck exploded in flames a total of 5,000 gallons of
vraapnoirnto the sewer system that ran in al kinds of directions. Fuel on
wmheetners where detected 5 miles down the road! To make a long story short
Goeuorrgcioampany arived explosions started to take place. The EPAIEPD of
ihntaod already est. that there was 5,000 gallons of gasoline that had gotten
the sewer system that had ran into creek beds, rock beds, and lakes!
reBnedienrg that our product not only extinguishes the fires t will completely
fuel add
non-flammable,
the
Fire
Dept
along
with
the
EPDofGeorgia
decided
to
voauprorpsr!oduct nto the sewer system to soe if it would help to reduce the
wNeoetkosnly did our product reduce the vapors in the sewer system fier three
of the did
EPD
walking
the
lines
of
the
sewer
and
the
creeks,
and
lakes.
They
hoatd have to move the 1st grain of dit from the areas whers the gasoline:
been rocks,
sipnilled
and
not
the
st
fish
kil,
nor
no
residue
of
fuel
between
tthehiersoll, ontop of the water nothing! Test samples where taken back to
ee
fluealbswiatnhd test clearly showed that our Agent successfully locked up the no residue.
whNeotreonly did we save millions of dollars in the clean up part of it, we baebelne to reserve the environment in the area of 4 miles where the fuel had spilled, and we saved LIVES!
e2x.tinTigrueisfhi!resDhuaevteobteheenfatchtetmhaotsytoduiffhiacuvlet fbiortesh ian CtlheaswsorAlfdirteodaanydtBofire allin eonnvei,rotnhmeennto.n top of that you have oi that's been released into the oWveelrltnhoe longer with our agent! We have fought hundreds of these fires Years with nothing but outstanding resuls utilizing our agent!
1O23n0e-i9r6eifnire that | had hands on experience with wasa tre fire in
fAirlelatnhtea, GA. A company bythe nameofWaste Recovery, Inc. had a small
wdialy before, they attempted to extinguish the fire with dry chemical which
rnuobtbeerxttihnagtuish rubber! The next day to their surprise that piece of
btahceky thought had been extinguished had set n the tre chip pile building
cuhpiphpeeadt through the night. The next morning there where approx. 200,000
btliarceskon fire! Atlanta was covered in a very dark cloud of very toxic:
esxmtoikneg!uisAhlltahnetafirFeirweitDhepwta.tewratasndafwaoraemofwiotuhrnporosduucccetsas.nd Msattltreireodftao fact
tohnely thing that they where successful in doing is using hundreds of
tghaolulosnasndosf
of water
and
thousands
of
gallons
of
foam
with
no
success.
They
also did
sneowtedrike the area and runofffrom the fre was going straight nto the.
hsiylsltoecmkothfatthweenEtPDntoofoGuerolrogciaal arirvreirvetdheonChtahtetatheoofcrh.eeI!n hBisyr7e:p5or0tAM. Tom
(swtihllichhav| e to this day) he stated that "By 8:25 AM. the fire had expanded
toa
ctohnrtreoelalarm out of control inferno. Atanta Fire Dept. was unable to
Sfierrevwiicteh Ptlhues,usIenoc.f(wOautreCrocmapnnaonnys). aArtri9ve:d1.5 AAMg.entrewparesseinstsauteidvetso tfhreomAtFliaren.ta
Fire
Dept. and flames equipment was.
of the
fire were
contained
by
10:00 AM.
By noon
t`iarbele to get close enough to smoldering tres to remove burning surface cmoamtpelreitaellaynodutinject Agent beneath the surface of the fre. Fire. by 11:00 P.M. Cleanup continued through the night."
foWre where 1st told before we started fighting this fre that it would bum
several would
days
or
even
weeks
before
they
could
bury
it
with
dit,
Which
that
have done you
nothing
except cause
more problems!
|
also
want to mention
to
wthat the EPD told us that the product had done such a good job of breaking
ftihveerrun off from the fire that there would be very litle cleanup in the.
`2nd along thebanksof the Chattahoochee!
`e1-mhaaivlebusto much to talk to you about, | know that tis is such a long betatmerready for someone to listen to what we have and what we can do to lfiisrteenfinghotwing and the environment! | am determined to get someone to towhatwe have to say!
`m1aorukretAgbuetnt is so far advanced over what's curently available on the hYaelv,ethe people who write al of the specs. have never listened to what we to say, because we are not Tyco or 3M. Well its time!
nu"mTbhaenrks:you for your time, and | can be reached at the folowing phone
Ronnie Thames OEf-fMiaicle:: 7f7s0p-16@3m2i-n0d1s9p0ring.com Cell: 770.204-4958
`Applications that our Agent Offers:
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