Air Force firefighters are transitioning to a new PFAS-free foam to combat fuel fires, eliminating what had been a key source of chemical contamination in water systems near military installations.

Rough estimates place Maine’s remaining volume of firefighting foam with PFAS at upward of 40,000 gallons. Despite a 2020 recommendation by the Governor’s PFAS Task Force to inventory and collect AFFF ...

Aug. 18—It sounds simple: remove harmful chemicals from firefighting foam to both keep public water supplies pure and protect the health of firefighters. But finding an effective substitute, figuring ...

Pasco Fire removed 140 gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF foam from the city. The Washington Department of Ecology runs statewide collection and 90 stations signed up. Pasco replaced the toxic foam with ...

Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or PFAS ...

Courtesy of the Washington Department of Ecology Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever ...

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japanese officials visited a training facility at this airlift hub in western Tokyo where firefighting foam likely overflowed into stormwater drains last summer. The Aug. 30 ...

Members of the St. John's Regional Fire Department responded to at least two significant fires in the last year without having immediate access to firefighting foam, according to incident reports ...

During 21 years working as a municipal firefighter, “I had hyper-exposure” to foam, recalled Jim Graves, director of training at the Maine Fire Service Institute. Graves entered the fire service at ...