Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Progress continues in the AFFF firefighting foam lawsuit, which has been moving through the courts since 2022. Some recent ...

Inside Fire Station 22 in Bellbrook, Ohio, Lt. Jay Leach helped remove buckets of firefighting foam known as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) — a tool undeniably effective at suppressing and ...

Toxic AFFF firefighting foam endangers Ohio’s firefighters and citizens, but “safe” alternatives are not always safer Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a class-B type of firefighting foam ...

The cancer risks associated with aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF); a firefighting solution that contains per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are undeniable today. Despite its remarkable fire ...

Even as the environmental and health risks associated with aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, became clear, what remained unclear was what firefighting agencies both in the state and nationwide ...

About 13-hundred gallons of fire fighting foam leaked in one of the tunnels ... the same contractor’s failure to disable or “lock out” the AFFF concentrate pumps from automatically ...

Learn more. In recent days, our community has faced a significant environmental challenge following the accidental release of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) at Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM).