To Aspirate or Not to Aspirate AFFF? Tests, Advice Help Answer Question - Fire Engineering: Firefighter Training and Fire Service News, Rescue

2022-09-10 04:28:50 By : Mr. wills Wang

To Aspirate or Not to Aspirate AFFF? Tests, Advice Help Answer Question

Foams have been used in the United States for fighting flammable liquid fires for more than a half century, but it was just prior to the outbreak of World War II that mechanical foam was introduced. Rapid progress was made in foam technology in the succeeding years and finally, about a decade ago, aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) became available to civilian fire fighters. AFFF had been developed by the United States Navy in the mid-1960s.

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