A fire-suppressing foam that the Pentagon is phasing out because of health risks was inadvertently discharged in a hangar at a North Carolina Marine base on Jan. 6, the Marine Corps confirmed. A ...

Hundreds of gallons of firefighting foam spilled in June at a National Guard facility in South Burlington, Vermont, requiring a clean-up of the hazardous substance. Approximately 800 gallons of ...

Sep. 18—The last sprinkler inspections of the Brunswick Executive Airport hangars that use toxic foam to fight fires reveal that all three systems — not just the one in Hangar 4 that released last ...

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The Columbia Fire Department has announced that it is replacing its foam due to environmental concerns. The fire department announced that it is phasing out aqueous film-forming foam because of its ...

Aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, has been linked to an increased risk of several types of cancer, including kidney cancer, testicular cancer, and pancreatic cancers. Civilian and military ...

Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) has been used to extinguish fires aboard maritime vessels since its introduction in the 1960s. For decades, AFFF was the foam of choice due to its effectiveness and ...