Firefighters say a soybean-based foam is keeping them safe while also helping the environment. ” There is no poly-fluoroalkyl ...

A vote in the House has not yet been scheduled, but if passed, it would make Oregon the 16th state to essentially outlaw PFAS ...

Training for a host of different scenarios is a hallmark of firefighting around the globe, and the situation is no different ...

The Environment and Natural Resources committee voted in favor of LD 400, which directs the Office of the State Fire Marshal to conduct a statewide inventory of all aqueous film-forming foam ...

The new executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Dan Stevenson, says it plans to turn the aging ...

The take-back program will be voluntary; while fire stations welcome the state’s offer to assume the cost and responsibility of storing and disposing of the toxic old foam, some departments can ...

It’s called “SoyFoam” and Corydon Civil Defense Fire and Rescue began using it last summer, instead of traditional foam. King says it works the same as traditional foam and comes at the same ...

Efforts to get harmful “forever chemicals” out of firefighting foam used in Oregon are closer to being realized.