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American Fire Retardant Corp. Announces Contract for Vacation Village.


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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2002

American Fire Retardant fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide  Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB

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:AFRC AFRC Air Force Reserve Command (formerly AFRES)
AFRC Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Sierra Leone)
AFRC Agricultural and Food Research Council (United Kingdom) 
) (www.americanfireretardant.com), a fire protection company that specializes in fire prevention and fire containment, announced today that the company has begun fire proofing services for Vacation Village in Kissimmee, Fla.

Vacation Village at Parkway is less than five minutes from Walt Disney's (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:DIS) Magic Kingdom's main gate and offers lovely accommodations in stylish West Indies decor. The resort puts you in the center of Orlando's many attractions such as Epcot, SeaWorld, Universal Studios and Pleasure Island. Historic St. Augustine, the Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S.

launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562]

See : Astronautics
, Busch Gardens, Cypress Gardens and Silver Springs are all within a short driving distance.

"We are very pleased to do the work at Vacation Village. More than 1,200 Americans over the age of 65 die as a result of fire and 3,000 are injured due to residential fires each year," stated American Fire Retardant Corp. President Stephen Owens.

According to the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NFPA National Food Processors Association
NFPA National Fluid Power Association
NFPA National Federation of Paralegal Associations (Edmonds, WA) 
), a fire occurs somewhere in the United States every 18 seconds, resulting in an injury every 23 minutes and a death every 130 minutes.

About American Fire Retardant Corp.

American Fire Retardant Corp. is in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing a line of interior and exterior fire retardant chemicals. The company provides fire resistive resistive /re·sis·tive/ (re-zis´tiv) pertaining to or characterized by resistance.  finishing services through its "Textile Processing Center" for commercial users.

American Fire Retardant Corp. also designs new technology for future fire resistive applications that are being mandated by local, state and governmental agencies. Additionally, the company is active in the construction industry as sub-contractors for fire stop and fire film installations.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this new release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results in the future periods to differ materially from forecasted results.
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