Since 1877, when foam was first introduced as a fire suppression agent, it has been part of the firefighters’ arsenal. Over 100 years later, in the 1980s, foam was popularized as an effective wildland ...

ORLANDO – There’s more to specifying foam systems for apparatus than simply checking off the option box on the specifications, according to experts who lectured at the 27th annual Fire Department ...

Consumer Fire Products Inc. announced another successful deployment of its products in the Santa Barbara area. For a second time, its FOAMSAFE Mobile Systems were deployed to protect structures in ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) tested a newly-renovated fire suppression system inside the Phillips Army Airfield aircraft hangar on APG North (Aberdeen) ...

With inadvertant hangar foam system discharges on the rise, the aviation industry ponders if they reallly meet the purpose they were intended for. Accidental hangar fire foam discharge is a growing ...

This report is a product of a research study on the impacts of low-expansion foam, high-expansion foam and deluge systems in aircraft hangars. A survey was conducted to determine the circumstances and ...

An internal incident report from the St. John's Regional Fire Department says three apparatus had its firefighting foam systems fail during a fire on Willow Drive in Paradise in June. (CBC News ...