HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawai’i Department of Health announced that it is investigating the spillage of approximately 1,100 gallons of a fire suppressant material, Aqueous Film Forming Foam. Strong ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawmakers are pushing military leaders to act on replacing perfluorinated chemicals used in firefighting foam that have been found to contaminate ground drinking water. The ...
Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But ...
The Defense Department is looking for a safer alternative to its current firefighting foam. (Airman 1st Class Caitlin Russell/Air Force) The Defense Department is officially requiring any new ...
The Columbia Fire Department has announced that it is replacing its foam due to environmental concerns. The fire department announced that it is phasing out aqueous film-forming foam because of its ...
Foam forming technology gives exciting opportunities to develop new recyclable and light weight wood fiber products. It also gives a possibility to decrease raw material and production costs ...
About 60 percent of Colorado fire departments report that they have firefighting foam with synthetic chemicals known as PFAS, according to a recent survey by the Colorado Department of Public Health ...
Alan Robidas was grateful as his team prepared containers of firefighting foam at the New Hampshire Fire Academy to be collected and destroyed. The foam, long used by firefighters nationwide to ...
Every firefighter knows when you put water on the fire, things are going to get better—usually. Water, as efficient as it is, obviously is not the perfect agent for all situations. For example, foam ...
SANTA CLARA — Fluffy white foam filled a Santa Clara street Friday when a fire-suppression system at a privately-owned hangar at San Jose International Airport malfunctioned. The substance, known ...
The Pentagon is funding research for an alternative to its potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam. (Ken Wright/Air Force) Under pressure from environmental groups, the Defense Department is on ...
Most of us who have been in the military have either heard of or used firefighting foam. It is commonly known as either Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl ...