Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Colorado Newsline. Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is well aware of the dangers of ...

From Spokane Valley Fire Department: SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) has replaced a previously used firefighting foam with a new safer foam in an effort to improve ...

Air Force firefighters are transitioning to a new PFAS-free foam to combat fuel fires, eliminating what had been a key source of chemical contamination in water systems near military installations.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — South Metro Fire Rescue has a new tool to help keep firefighters and residents safe while fighting fires. They said they are one of the first fire departments in the country to ...

Recent studies have shown that firefighters who worked with aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, face an increased risk of developing kidney cancer, testicular cancer, pancreatic cancer, or other types ...

Courtesy of the Washington Department of Ecology Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) - Firefighting foam in a hangar at Brunswick Executive Airport has been been removed, and mitigation is underway on four retention ponds following Maine’s biggest accidental ...