The Alert specifies the types of testing that must be done on ARFF vehicles following the transition by the Airport from AFFF ... type of fire fighting foam that does not contain PFAS chemicals.
and environmental impacts associated with the use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), there is a need to develop fluorine-free foam alternatives ...
Barrels of firefighting foam were collected around New Hampshire and sent to Ohio. Last month, remnants of the foam returned ...
As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a ...
They’re called “forever chemicals” but the program destroying PFAS in New ... cancer in some fire departments. In 2019, New Hampshire banned the use of the foam, known as AFFF or “A3F ...
Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer alternatives. A Brunswick legislator is ...
Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting ... of our fire departments about liability,” he said. Destroying the PFAS in that ...
As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a new Charles Darwin University (CDU) project is aiming to increase the ...
Firefighting foam with PFAS was ... rekindle following live fire training.” Given the property’s history of AFFF use and the many health risks associated with PFAS, Osgood was concerned ...
Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting ... of our fire departments about liability,” he said. Destroying the PFAS in that ...