Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #60: another State Action on AFFF Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) in Connecticut: ‘The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is investigating after Burlington [CT] firefighters allegedly used firefighting foam illegally to put out a car fire. A DEEP…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #58, Pre-Test! Independent third-party firefighting foam testing – currently available: NFPA 18 UL 162 ICAO A, B & C EN 1568: Parts 1–4 LASTFIRE Total Fluorine Testing US Forestry MIL-SPEC There…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #57, Prop 65 Awareness As fire departments are working through obtaining a ‘clean’ foam, they should be aware of California Proposition 65 (Prop 65). This law came into effect in 1986 with the intention to allow consumers to make…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #56: Multidistrict Litigations Because there are so many PFAS-related lawsuits occurring, the ‘Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigations determined that the AFFF cases filed involved common questions of law and fact such that centralization of the cases was appropriate.’1 Any…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #53, PFAS Effects on Heart Health From David's wife Kristi: When my boys were little, every night from the time they could talk, they asked me if their daddy was going to be home tomorrow. And I always said,…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #52: Endocrine disrupting PFAS ‘The endocrine system, made up of all the body's different hormones, regulates all biological processes in the body from conception through adulthood and into old age, including the development of the brain and nervous system,…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #50, Airport Twists The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates replacements for ARFF apparatus ‘may take over 18 years at current commercial production rates, assuming DoD could acquire 50 percent of current commercial production.’1 However, commercial airports in the United…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #49: Airports, Fire Training & ARFF Training Facilities Christopher Higgins, a scientist who studies PFAS contamination at the Colorado School of Mines, said Pittsburgh and many of these other airports almost certainly do have contamination. ‘If they have their…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #45, PFAS and the Firefighter When PFAS are found in drinking water contaminated from Aqueous Film Forming Foams (AFFF), what happens? The chemicals are ‘persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic.’1 PFAS are very difficult and costly to remediate. Callie Lyons reported:…
Fire Department Service Announcement
Bulletin #41, A Duty to Warn Firefighters have been unaware of the known toxicity in Aqueous Film Forming Foams (AFFF). ‘Aside from standard workplace safety requirements regarding hazardous materials right-to-know, there has been no legal duty to warn or to…