Firefighting Foam Advancements... Then & Now

摘要

It is often said that in order to shape the future you need to look back and understand the past. A colleague of mine recently asked: "when and what was the last great innovation in firefighting foam?" I have to admit, I had to think about the question and before I could answer he stated: "Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) in the early 1960s, at a time when vacuum tubes and black-and-white television were considered advanced technology and John F. Kennedy was the U.S. President." This time period is considered the last significant innovation in firefighting foam - nearly some fifty years ago. So it got me thinking about the advancements in firefighting foam and where does the future of firefighting foams lie.