Well before Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill on July 20 banning the immediate use of firefighter foam containing “forever chemicals,” in training, many local fire departments had long-eschewed using the ...

South Central College’s campus in North Mankato is one of more than a dozen sites that have been targeted for testing to determine if firefighting foams have contaminated soil or drinking water. The ...

Today’s firefighters are trained in a host of topics and the amount of information that they are exposed to can become quite overwhelming. Nevertheless, it is the responsibility of all members to ...

Ethanol isn’t your granddaddy’s automotive fuel. In a training video shown as part of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Ethanol for First Responders program, a frustrated engine company ...

U.S. Air Force and New Jersey state fire protection specialists from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing battle a simulated aircraft fire with Aqueous Film Forming Foam at Military ...

MAYVILLE — It appears fire training foam used near the former Mayville school in the last decade may have infected the village water supply. William T. Boria attended the Mayville Village Board ...

Firehouses across the country can finally safely dispose of their stockpiles of AFFF COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Battelle, the world’s largest nonprofit, independent applied science and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press The U.S. Air Force is changing the foam it uses to fight fires because of concerns the substance has contaminated ...

Firefighters would receive more training for appropriate use and safe handling of firefighting foam containing PFAS under legislation passed in the Michigan House Thursday. The three-bill package, ...

Doha, Qatar September 12 th 2011: International Gulf Trading Company (IGTC)-Chubb Fire Qatar, the country's leading supplier of fire safety equipment and security solutions, is pleased to announce the ...