Los Angeles wildfires claim at least 24 lives as Gavin Newsom faces new funding scrutiny
California authorities have confirmed that 24 have died as wildfires continue to rage around Los Angeles on Sunday. Meanwhile ...
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Alaska law requires switching to toxin-free firefighting foam; are safer alternatives safe enough?
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 ...
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Non-PFAS Fire Fighting Foam
The FAA ended 2024 by issuing a National Part 139 CertAlert (No. 24-11) concerning Output Based Testing After Completion of Fluorine Free Foam (F3) Transition. The Alert specifies the types of ...
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Japanese officials inspect Yokota fire training area months after suspected PFAS leak
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japanese officials visited a training facility at this airlift hub in western Tokyo where firefighting foam likely overflowed into stormwater drains last summer.
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‘Little fire engines' creator describes homemade water pump that saved home from Palisades Fire
A San Gabriel Valley man who built a water pump that was credited with saving a home from the Palisades Fire is getting inundated with calls and emails from apprehensive homeowners looking to ...
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Here’s What 9,000 Pounds Of Aerial Firefighting Liquid Does To A Car
The liquid coats flammable materials in a substance that helps prevent ignition and can starve ongoing fires of fuel or oxygen, which are both essential to keeping a fire from burning. In a video ...
NBC Los Angeles5d
High winds do more than spread fires — they keep firefighting aircraft on the ground
The Sikorsky S70i Hawk has a fixed tank containing 1,000 gallons of water or foam with pilot ... allow for easier transfer and mixing, and red coloring to help pilots see the fire retardant ...
The Sun13d
Panic as Boeing plane aborts take-off on runway as pilot ‘slams emergency brake’ & passengers report ‘tyres exploding’
Emergency workers deployed firefighting foam as a precaution. Initially it was believed that the plane's landing gear caught on fire and the wheels exploded. A passenger apparently on board told a ...
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Creator of homemade water pump that saved home from Palisades Fire speaks out
A San Gabriel Valley man who built a water pump that was credited with saving a home from the Palisades Fire is getting inundated with calls and emails from apprehensive homeowners looking to ...
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NH destroyed firefighting foam full of PFAS chemicals. Now a lab is testing the results.
That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to answer for years, as they looked to dispose of thousands of gallons of old firefighting foam filled with PFAS – so-called ...
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Firefighting pilots face high-pressure job: ‘It gets a bit scary’
Firefighting aircraft have been unleashing tens of thousands of gallons of water and bright-pink fire retardant on the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles over the past week. These aircraft have ...