Beginning in 2025, a fire suppressant containing so-called forever chemicals that never break down in the environment will be prohibited from manufacture, sale and distribution in Illinois - and ...

Fire department foam operations are not the most exciting tactics that we conduct. In addition to that, they can be difficult and a bit technical. What this often results in is engine companies that ...

Workers from Revive Enviromental and Republic Services open up containers from the Allenstown Fire Department to inspect them for PFAS compounds in the AFFF that they might have during the drop off at ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (Grand Haven Tribune)- Firefighters often use foam to suffocate any embers still smoldering in house fires and to create a fun area at open-house events, but this Class A foam does ...

Oct. 27 -- TRAVERSE CITY, MI -- A foam used to fight fires contains a contaminant that continues to be found in water supplies across the state. Thousands of gallons sit at fire stations. The state’s ...

Revive Environmental president and CEO David Trueba is showing Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA director Anne Vogel one of the PFAS annihilator units that will be used to destroy AFFF. Ohio has launched ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- As of Friday, the Madison fire Department outfitted all of its rigs with a foam they say is free of PFAS. The University of Notre Dame tested the new foam, called Knockdown Class A ...

The Madison Fire Department has replaced its firefighting foam with foams that have shown to be PFAS-free, becoming the first major city in the state to make the change. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The Santa Maria Airport just purchased new equipment that allows the fire department to test its fire-fighting foam, while protecting the environment. The device meets a new FAA ...

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