Fire Retardant To Be Sprayed Around Rose Bowl June 27

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�PASADENA FIRE APPLIES PHOS-CHEK FIRE RETARDANT JUNE 27 AROUND ROSE BOWL IN PREPARATION FOR FOURTH OF JULY �

PASADENA, Calif.—The Pasadena Fire Department will be applying Phos-Chek, a wild land fire retardant to brush areas surrounding the Rose Bowl beginning at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 27. �

The Phos-Chek retardant helps keep trees and grassland from burning.� The main ingredients are phosphates and fertilizers which help revegetate burn areas after a fire is out.� Fire retardant like Phos-Chek is one of the main tools firefighters use as a preventive measure and to help contain growing fires in untreated areas.�

The Pasadena Fire Department is taking this proactive approach in an effort to mitigate potential hazards during the Fourth� of July weekend and into the summer season.�

For further information, call the Pasadena Fire Department at(626) 744-7276 or go online to www.cityofpasadena.net.�

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:� June 19, 2012 – 031-012

News Media Contacts: �William Boyer, Public Information Officer, City Manager’s Office�

(626) 744-4755, wboyer@cityofpasadena.net , or�

Lisa Derderian, Pasadena Fire Department, Fire Public Information Officer�

(626) 744-7276, (626) 945-5169, lderderian@cityofpasadena.net �

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