The Schafer Group posted on June 19, 2009 11:00
Sometimes simple technology used in an innovative way can change an industry. Take the case of CryroResponse with recently accepted patent(s) on it's fire freezing technology and delivery system .
Imagine instead of seeing firefighters shooting gallons of water (or chemicals) onto a fire , they will be shooting frozen pellets that literally freeze the fire, and 'smother' the ability for oxygen to reach the fuel. Effectively this cuts off the fuel supply for the fire, and it puts itself out.
Injecting these frozen pellets into a oil tanker fire / spill stops the fire, and freezes the oil. This makes cleaning up what used to be a very difficult problem much easier, and can even temporarily 'seal' the leak with oil frozen in the hull of the ship.
No longer will fires 're-start' themselves or need toxic chemicals being left behind (First Video | Second Video )
Check out their video of the technology. It's amazing stuff... click on the link above.