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2. Firefighting foam - Wikipedia

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   Firefighting foam is a foam used for fire suppression. Its role is to cool the fire and to coat the fuel, preventing its contact with oxygen, thus achieving suppression of the combustion. Firefighting foam was invented by the Moldovan engineer and chemist Aleksandr Loran in 1902. [1] The surfactants used must produce foam in concentrations of ...

3. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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   June 2001 According to a June 2007 article in the Industrial Fire Journal (IFJ), the Firefighting Foam Coalition (FFC) was created by "[m]anufacturers of firefighting foams and the fluorosurfactants they contain" as a "focal point" for co-operation with "several environmental authorities" regarding "potential environmental impacts of its products."

4. Attorney general sues chemical makers, marketers over ... - AOL

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   They also were used in firefighting foam, a material routinely used in fire training centers, airports and military bases. The material, known formally as aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, was ...

5. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department - Wikipedia

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   The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is a combination career and volunteer organization that provides fire suppression services, emergency medical response services, technical rescue services, hazardous materials Response services, water rescue services, life safety education, fire prevention and arson investigation services to Fairfax County, Virginia.

6. Pilots praised after Etihad plane’s tyres deflated following ...

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   "The Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service responded to a request from the aircraft and deployed firefighting foam as a precaution. "Due to damage to the aircraft’s tyres, we have been unable ...

7. Firefighting foam is toxic. Indiana launches new program to ...

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8. Compressed air foam system - Wikipedia

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   After testing a dry type 2 foam in several situations, Johnny Murdock notes, "The emerging consensus is that the dryer foams (type II; maybe type I) should be used to suppress vapors, protect unburned structures, build wildland fire lines involving unburned fuels; … and that structural fire suppression requires a wetter foam (type IV or type ...

9. Pittsboro sues forever chemical, firefighting foam ... - AOL

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