As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a ...

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The St. John’s Regional Fire Department has announced the transition to PFAS-free bunker gear for all its active firefighters. Bunker gear traditionally contained PFAS as the chemicals are known for ...

The St. John’s Regional Fire Department (SJRFD) announced Wednesday, Jan. 22, it was transitioning to PFAS-free bunker gear for all its active firefighters. A news release notes that the change ...

"It speaks to how pervasive PFAS ... fire suppressing foam containing PFAS. Ankeles even has a bill to find and locate toxic firefighting foam in Maine. "I have a bill to do a statewide inventory ...

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 ...

The results suggested that with the use of non-PFAS-based water repellent, this unnecessary professional hazard could be eliminated. The International Association of Firefighters has been lobbying for ...