Fire Inhibitor — Treated Lumber Burn Test
Side-by-side ignition test. AFT-treated lumber chars and self-extinguishes while the control plank reaches full involvement in under 90 seconds.
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Case Studies & Real-World Results
From the silk curtains aboard Air Force One to the residential blocks of Pacific Palisades during the January 2025 fire front, this is what AFT chemistry has done when the cost of failure was measured in lives, capital, and irreplaceable assets.
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Featured Case Study · January 2025
Holding the Line at Pacific Palisades
When the Palisades fire front advanced on residential streets, AFT field crews pre-treated structures and surrounding vegetation in coordination with LAFD. Homes treated with AFT Fire Inhibitor were measurably defensible by the time the flame front arrived — letting engine companies focus suppression on the parcels that hadn't been reached in time.
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Drag the handle to compare. Pre-treatment imagery from the Palisades response, January 8 2025.
“AFT crews treated our home perimeter the morning before flames reached our street. We came back to an intact house when half the block was gone. I have no other way to explain it.”
Sarah Mendez
Homeowner · Pacific Palisades, CA
The Portfolio
Six Programs. One Chemistry Family.
Each card links to the full write-up. Every study has a downloadable PDF packet with test data, photos, and a rep-ready summary you can forward.
Pacific Palisades, CAWildfire ResponseResult
Thousands of gallons deployed in 72 hours
Holding the Line at Pacific Palisades
When the Palisades fire front advanced on residential blocks, private firefighters used AFT to pre-treat structures and surrounding vegetation. Homes treated with the AFT Fire Inhibitor were measurably defensible when the flame front arrived, allowing crews to focus suppression where it mattered most.
Multiple homeowners + private firefightersRead the story
Washington, DCAviation / GovernmentResult
Silk curtain treatment cleared cabin-grade flammability spec
FAR 25.853 in the Presidential Cabin
The VC-25 cabin specified bespoke silk curtains that had to meet FAR 25.853 flammability without altering hand-feel, drape, or color. AFT Fire Inhibitor was applied during finishing and passed the full vertical-burn test panel on the first submission.
Boeing VC-25 programRead the story- Savannah, GAAviation OEM
Result
100% pass rate, FAR 25.853
Gulfstream Tested Three Treatments. One Passed.
Gulfstream put three competing fire treatments through their cabin-textile qualification protocol. AFT Fire Inhibitor was the only chemistry to pass every panel of FAR 25.853 testing without compromising the soft-goods feel buyers expect.
Gulfstream AerospaceRead the story 
Middlebury, INRecreational VehiclesResult
OEM-standard for entire model year
Standardized Across the Production Floor
After internal trials on cabinetry, wall panels, and trim, Jayco standardized AFT Fire Defense Coating across an entire model-year build. The coating integrates inline with existing finishing without slowing throughput, giving every coach a measurable head start against fire propagation.
Jayco IncRead the story- Wichita, KSAviation OEM
Result
Cabin-grade FAR clearance
Lear Cabin Textiles Meet Spec
Lear Jet needed a finishing partner who could deliver cabin-textile fire compliance without disrupting their existing supplier workflow. AFT Fire Inhibitor cleared cabin-grade FAR testing across multiple fabric stocks and is now part of the qualified materials list.
Lear Jet programRead the story 
ManufacturingIndustrial TextilesResult
Inline fire-inhibitor finishing
Process-Integrated at Schneider Textile
Schneider integrated AFT Fire Inhibitor directly into their textile finishing line, replacing a legacy treatment that had compliance drift between batches. Output is now consistent, environmentally cleaner, and qualifies finished goods for downstream aviation and transit buyers.
Schneider Textile FinishingRead the story
By the Numbers
Across Aviation, Manufacturing, and the Fire Line
Aggregated outcomes from documented AFT deployments, qualification programs, and field response work.
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FDNY · UL · NFPA 701
Acceptances stacked on every chemistry
GREENGUARD Gold
Indoor-air-safe — cabin and home interiors
ASTM E84 Class A
Highest surface burning characteristic class
Watch It Happen
Video Case Studies, Unedited
No CGI, no time-lapse trickery — direct-flame footage, side-by-side burn tests, and field deployments. Forward these to engineering teams who want to see the chemistry behave before they spec it.
Fire Defense Coating — Invisible Barrier Demo
Painted onto trim and cabinetry, the coating disappears into the finish. Direct-flame demo shows the substrate refusing to combust under sustained torch contact.
Read the Jayco storyHome Protection Solution — Pre-Treatment Walkthrough
The same portable system AFT crews used in Pacific Palisades, deployed by a homeowner. Roof, eaves, perimeter vegetation, fence line — all in under an hour.
Read the Multiple storyMaterial Evidence
The Lumber Test Every Buyer Asks For
Same species, same dimensional stock, same ignition source. The only variable is whether the plank was pre-treated with AFT Fire Inhibitor. The treated piece chars, vents, and self-arrests where the control plank reaches full involvement.
- This is the same chemistry deployed on Jayco coachwork.
- Test conditions documented in the downloadable PDF packets.
- Replicable on-site for buyer evaluation by appointment.
Send the Link, Forward the Packet
Download a Case Study PDF
Each packet contains the full narrative, qualification data, applicable certifications, and a one-page rep summary your prospect can take into a meeting.
- Holding the Line at Pacific PalisadesMultiple homeowners + private firefighters · PDF · ~2.4 MB
- FAR 25.853 in the Presidential CabinBoeing VC-25 program · PDF · ~2.4 MB
- Gulfstream Tested Three Treatments. One Passed.Gulfstream Aerospace · PDF · ~2.4 MB
- Standardized Across the Production FloorJayco Inc · PDF · ~2.4 MB
- Lear Cabin Textiles Meet SpecLear Jet program · PDF · ~2.4 MB
- Process-Integrated at Schneider TextileSchneider Textile Finishing · PDF · ~2.4 MB
Voices From the Field
The People Who Stood Where It Mattered
AFT crews treated our home perimeter the morning before flames reached our street. We came back to an intact house when half the block was gone.
Home saved · January 2025
Buyer Questions, Answered
Before You Forward This Page
The questions reps get most often after sharing these case studies. If yours isn't here, reach out — we will answer in writing.
On interior textiles and cabinetry treated in finishing — including the Air Force One silk curtains and Gulfstream / Lear cabin stock — the treatment is durable for the service life of the substrate. For exterior wildfire pre-treatment, performance is rated for one full fire season under typical weather; reapplication is recommended after heavy rain events or after the burn window has passed.
Yes. AFT crews staged ahead of the front in direct coordination with LAFD and on-scene incident command. Pre-treatment was prioritized along defensible-space lines so suppression resources could be concentrated on structures that did not have the AFT chemistry already in place — multiplying the effective reach of the available engine companies.
AFT chemistries carry FDNY acceptance, UL listings, GREENGUARD Gold for indoor air quality, NFPA 701 (textiles), ASTM E84 Class A (surface burning characteristics), FAR 25.853 (aircraft cabin flammability), and EN 13823 (single burning item). Test reports for each case study are included in the downloadable PDF packets.
Both. The Home Protection Solution kit is the same chemistry our field crews used on residential blocks during the Palisades response, packaged for owner-operator deployment with commercially available sprayers. For larger properties, HOAs, or full neighborhoods, we run the same treatment as a managed service.
It is on every coach in the qualified model year. Jayco integrated AFT Fire Defense Coating inline with their existing finishing process after internal trials, which means cabinetry, wall panels, and trim ship from the factory with the treatment baked in — no aftermarket step required.
Tell us what you are trying to protect and what failure looks like for you. We will scope a pilot, run the qualification testing alongside your existing protocol, and document outcomes the same way we did with Boeing, Gulfstream, Lear, and Jayco. Most B2B partnerships start with a single line or a single building.
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Tell us what you are trying to protect and what failure looks like for you. We scope a pilot, run qualification against your existing protocol, and document the outcome the same way we did with Boeing, Gulfstream, Lear, and Jayco. Most B2B partnerships start with one line, one building, or one block.
FDNY · UL · GREENGUARD Gold · NFPA 701 · ASTM E84 Class A · FAR 25.853 · EN 13823