WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water system, prompting the water district to order thousands of residents not to ...

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) -- Firefighters in the "Bourbon Capital of the World" have a new tool to help keep the community safe. The Bardstown Fire Department just turned its water tanker into a foam ...

National Foam announced this week the completion of its fluorine-free foam manufacturing line expansion in Angier, North Carolina. This expansion, along with ongoing product initiatives, is designed ...

A new IMO resolution will see the phase-out of foam firefighting systems that use fluorinated foams containing perfluoro-octane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as the foam-producing component. The new rules come ...

Over 1,600 gallons of firefighting foam containing hazardous PFAS "forever chemicals" spilled in Brunswick, Maine early Monday morning after a fire suppression system malfunctioned at the former ...

Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water system, prompting the water district to temporarily order thousands of residents not to drink the ...

National Foam is the recognized leader in professional firefighting technology. Our foam concentrates and delivery systems, firefighting hose and engineered solutions have brought groundbreaking ...

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.

The Federal Aviation Administration is urging the nation’s airports to use firefighting foam that contains so-called forever chemicals only during emergencies. The agency wants to cutback on the foam, ...

Alternative fire suppression systems are common in many commercial buildings throughout the United States. Wet-chemical, dry chemical, systems utilizing foam, clean agent, and carbon dioxide ...

In 2023, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) published a set of best practice and recommendations for the safe carriage of electric vehicles, and it has now published an updated version ...

A private firefighting company from Louisiana will begin spraying foam to suppress the massive blaze burning at an Illinois chemical plant after the building was rocked by an explosion Monday, ...