The Des Plaines Fire Department already is using PFAS-free foam to combat flammable liquid fires. Here, fire engineer Kevin Murphy shows where the equipment for foam operations is stored.

Fire suppression foam was accidentally released from a United Airlines hangar at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas around 5:30 a.m. Thursday.

The Nebraska Soybean Board recently participated in the Nebraska State Fire School expo, collaborating with Cross Plains ...

A firefighter and two other people were hurt after a fire in Green Tree on Tuesday caused an explosion and damaged multiple ...

New York, United States , Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Fire Stopping Materials Market Size is to Grow from USD 1.63 Billion in 2022 to USD 5.87 Billion by 2032, at a Compound ...

NEW YORK — Crews spent hours battling a fire at a Queens tire shop Tuesday. It broke out around 5:15 p.m. at a two-story shop on Liberty Avenue near 88th Street in Jamaica. New York City Fire ...

Major players in the fire stopping material market are Hilti Corporation, 3M Company, Sika AG, Etex Group, Morgan Advanced Materials, Knauf Insulation, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A, BASF SE ...

A Pentagon PFAS task force stood up in 2019 has been charged with assessing the extent of the contamination, searching for fire-fighting foam alternatives and leading efforts to clean up bases.

The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, issued a warning that people should stop using certain Classic Brands Holdings Cool Gel Ventilated Memory Foam mattresses ...

This announcement involves about 21,655 “Classic Brands” 10-inch “Cool Gel Memory Foam” mattresses, which were manufactured in Spain between January 2021 and August 2022.

Congress gave the Department of Defense a Oct. 1, 2024, deadline to stop using AFFF foam when it passed the 2020 defense budget. Some AFFF formulations contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...