An Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting team dispenses foam on a fuselage during training. Credit: Perimeter Solutions Now that the FAA no longer requires airports to maintain foam fire-suppression ...
Over 1,600 gallons of firefighting foam containing hazardous PFAS "forever chemicals" spilled in Brunswick early Monday morning after a fire suppression system malfunctioned at the former Brunswick ...
Sep. 18—The last sprinkler inspections of the Brunswick Executive Airport hangars that use toxic foam to fight fires reveal that all three systems — not just the one in Hangar 4 that released last ...
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Sep. 12—A fire suppression system at Brunswick Executive Airport was flagged as "deficient" 14 months before it malfunctioned and discharged more than 51,000 gallons of toxic chemical foam that ...
The National Fire Protection Association’s revision of its 409 Standard on Aircraft Hangars removes the mandate for foam fire systems in Group 2 hangars. With the 2022 revision to NFPA's Standard on ...