FLINT TWP. -- A white frothy substance that works like dish detergent and looks like shaving cream will soon be seen shooting out of fire hoses in Flint Township. Fire trucks on order since September ...

When resources are stretched thin, as they are in many rural areas, compressed air foam systems (CAFS) help firefighters accomplish more in the first few critical minutes of a fire incident. As such, ...

ESTACADA -- Firefighters used a special extinguisher to put out a small house fire southeast of Estacada Wednesday evening while minimizing water damage to the home. Fire was reported shortly before 7 ...

I’ve been involved in fire service training and education for more than two decades and have seen many promising innovations come and go. But few technologies have represented as significant a step ...

Grand Island firefighters have a new tool for putting out fires in a matter of seconds while decreasing damage to property. The new Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) by Waterous Pump is a new feature ...

Since 1877, when foam was first introduced as a fire suppression agent, it has been part of the firefighters’ arsenal. Over 100 years later, in the 1980s, foam was popularized as an effective wildland ...

Fire departments have used solutions of water and foam for decades to help snuff out the trickiest and most dangerous infernos, from wind-whipped wildfires to chemically laced industrial blazes. But a ...

“This compressed air foam system allows us to use less water. Less water means less damage. So it’s very effective,” Schmidt said. Grand Island firefighters have used the compressed air foam system at ...

In today’s economy, many departments are postponing new apparatus purchases and are instead keeping their existing apparatus in service. A large number of these apparatus were built without foam ...

Outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) and other highly contagious poultry diseases continue to be a concern for those involved in the poultry industry. In the situation of an outbreak, emergency ...