Foam Cycle, Augusta, New Jersey, a manufacturer of packaging recycling systems, was recently issued a utility patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “method and system of recycling ...

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 ...

One of the most promising technological advances to occur within the fire service over the last 25 years was the technology associated with Class A foam and compressed air foam systems (CAFS). This ...

In case you were wondering: Mixing alcohol with muscular fire suppression foam systems is not a good idea. A Marine in Okinawa, Japan, who was allegedly drunk, learned that lesson recently, according ...

November 2, 2007 This simple but revolutionary firefighting system features what its inventor claims is the smallest, lightest and most inexpensive Compressed Air Foam System on the market. Mounted on ...

Waterous, a global leader in firefighting technology announced the release of the ULTRAFLOW™ Industrial Foam System at FDIC that took place last week in Indianapolis, Indiana. The ULTRAFLOW Industrial ...

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 ...

Workers clean up firefighting foam containing forever chemicals that was discharged at Brunswick Executive Airport on Aug. 19. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer, file The last sprinkler ...

TOKYO — The U.S. military is moving to rid three Army installations on Okinawa of fire-suppressant foam that contains toxic PFAS compounds – “forever chemicals” suspected of causing serious health ...

Turkish modular construction manufacturer Karmod has developed a new line of storage tanks specifically designed for use in foam fire suppression systems, the company announced Friday. Engineered to ...

It has been a mantra of TreeHugger that where possible, it is better to build foam free. Plastic foams are sometimes made with blowing agents that have serious global warming potential; they are made ...