Discover what Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) is and its dangers, including environmental impact and health risks due to PFAS chemicals. Learn about its use and safety concerns in fire suppression.

A new Alaska state law bans using the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) based firefighting foams. The law, adopted in July 2024, establishes a foam disposal reimbursement program and ...

On Jan. 11, an airborne imaging spectrometer managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew over Los Angeles County to ...

Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ... Located at La Cañada Flintridge, in the Crescenta Valley, it is in a mandatory evacuation zone for the Eaton Fire. It is closed to employees and visitors. In ...

Two large fires and two smaller ones continue to burn. The biggest, the Palisades Fire, is just 17 per cent contained and has destroyed 23,713 acres of land. The Eaton Fire is 35 per cent ...

THE Jeju Air jet crash in South Korea and the failure of ... officials," he said. "They had 35 fire engines there, which they brought them all in, so that's quite impressive." ...

Nick has authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles on PFASs, including a recent publication assessing EPA Method 1633's comprehensiveness in analysing PFASs at AFFF-impacted sites ... following ...

RED HOUSE, W.Va. — The 2025 Putnam Union PSD water meetings will be held the first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the W.Va. 34 Fire Department in Red House, West Virginia.

The manufacturers of AFFF (aka firefighting foam ... It was particularly favored by military fire departments since it could put out jet fuel fires. The military is currently phasing out the use of ...

Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend, model Vittoria Ceretti, were spotted arriving in Mexico on a private jet as the devastating fires in Los Angeles continue to spread. Over 100,000 people have been ...