Fire retardant bio-friendly practice munition

A method according of fighting fires comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of munitions, each having shell-shaped cases each containing a chamber therein;
• securing an air-bag power module in each chamber of each munition;
• containing fire retardant in each chamber of each munition;
• closing each chamber of each munition with a lid;
• connecting switches on each munition to an air-bag power module;
• stowing said munitions on bomb racks of an aircraft;
• transiting said munitions aboard said aircraft to a fire;
• dropping said munitions from said aircraft toward said fire;
• and
• providing signals from said switches for each air-bag power module to create sudden forceful displacement of each lid from each chamber by each air-bag power module and sudden forceful ejection of fire retardant from each chamber and out of each shell-shaped case by each air-bag power module to suppress said fire.

A munition for fighting fire comprising:

• a shell-shaped case having a chamber therein, said shell-shaped case having nose, cylindrical, and open end portions, said nose portion being connected to one end of said cylindrical portion, and said open end portion being connected to an opposite end of said cylindrical portion;
• an air-bag power module in said chamber;
• fire retardant contained in said chamber;
• a lid disposed in said open end portion of said shell-shaped case to close said chamber, said lid being forcefully displaced from said open end portion by said air-bag module and said fire retardant being forcefully ejected from said chamber through said open end portion by said air-bag power module;
• a plurality of switches on said shell-shaped case to provide control signals for said air-bag power module to create sudden forceful displacement of said lid from said open end portion by said air bag module and sudden forceful ejection of said fire retardant from said chamber and out of said shell-shaped case by said air-bag power module;
• mounting lugs connected to said cylindrical portion of said shell-shaped case to connect to an aircraft bomb rack to allow air-dropping of said munition therefrom;
• and
• fins mounted on said shell-shaped case to orient said nose portion in a downwardly direction and said open end portion in an upwardly facing direction during descent thereof to assure said ejection of said fire retardant upwardly and behind said shell-shaped case.