The Utilities Board of the Town of Grove Hill has filed a federal lawsuit accusing major chemical manufacturers of ...

Transitioning from AFFF to fluorine-free foam (F3) involves complex technical, environmental, and operational challenges. This white paper explains how a strategic, risk-informed approach can help ...

Since 1966, the fire suppressant AFFF has been used by firefighters to extinguish Class B fires, which stem from combustible and flammable liquids and gases such as gasoline, alcohol, jet fuel, ...

The North Carolina legislature is in the midst of budget talks. But one element of the proposed budget poses a problem: a controversial training facility firefighters say could give them cancer. The ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - At a young age, Kevin Ferrara answered the call. First, as a volunteer firefighter, and eventually, as an airman at various military bases. “At 16, my passion was to give back to ...

The authority in charge of Brunswick Landing has removed firefighting foam containing forever chemicals from one of its airport hangars. Hangar 6 held 975 gallons of aqueous film-forming foam ...

The Air Force has disconnected foam firefighting systems at more than 1,000 facilities over concerns about cancer-causing chemicals, according to the service’s Installation and Mission Support Center.

Over the past generations, aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) have stood as the gold standard in firefighting, particularly in suppressing intense fuel-based fires. Praised for their effectiveness, ...