A Food-Based Fire Inhibitor for Vegetation and Roadsides
CitroTech-31 is a food-based fire inhibitor that dries clear on vegetation and roadsides, forming a barrier the company says lowers surface ignition potential.
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CitroTech-31
A Food-Based Fire Inhibitor for Vegetation and Roadsides
CitroTech,
Inc. presents its work as "A New Innovation in Fire Prevention and
Protection." Its product CitroTech-31 is a fire inhibitor, a treatment
applied to plants to make them harder to ignite. It is meant for vegetation,
roadsides and defensible space, the cleared area kept around buildings. The
company markets it to homeowners, crews, communities and agencies, and
describes the chemistry as "food-based." The page says it "helps
lower surface ignition potential on vegetation" and that it dries clear,
leaving no visible residue.
How It Works
CitroTech
says the product "forms a thin, transparent barrier on vegetation that
disrupts the chemical chain reaction required for combustion." The steps
are to apply, let it dry and let the barrier form. Homeowners can pour it into
any standard sprayer, while the page also describes professional application
and application by certified partners. The protection lasts "until rinsed
or rained off," and the page gives no number of days or weeks.
Three Formats
The
5-gallon jerrican arrives ready to use and suits homeowner and spot treatments.
A 275-gallon tote, also ready to use, serves bulk work, spraying systems and
agencies. A 52-pound powder concentrate mixes on site into 20 ready-to-use
gallons. All three are listed as available now. The page states coverage of up
to 100 square feet per gallon of vegetation and includes a coverage calculator.
It does not give the powder's dilution instructions, which come through a
contact link.
Safety and Credentials
The
company calls the product "Non-toxic, biodegradable, and EPA Safer Choice
recognized" and plant safe. It also lists UL GREENGUARD Gold and a trout
toxicity test with an LC₅₀ above 750 mg/L, which measures the concentration
that would kill half of the test fish. QAI, an independent laboratory, is cited
for verifying "ignition resistance." Full reports are said to be
available on request. The page names two US patents, 11,865,390 and 11,865,394,
and lists further worldwide patents as pending.
What the Page Leaves Open
The page
does not list active ingredients, application rates per acre, shelf life or a
safety data sheet. It does not show the fire-test results behind the ignition
claims, and the reapplication schedule must be requested from the company. Its
headline promises to stop fire before it starts, yet the body text says only
that the product helps lower ignition potential, and this article follows the
body text. Certification details sit on a separate Testing and Accreditations
page.
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