As of July 2019, you will need to update your firefighting foam products and practices if you are in Queensland.
The focus of the policy is the phase out of firefighting foams containing PFAS chemicals and primarily industrial sites that hold stocks of fluorinated firefighting foam for use in an emergency situation, such as industrial ports and bulk fuel storage facilities.
Fluorinated organic compounds have been a common ingredient in firefighting foams for many decades, being the key to the properties and effectiveness of some foams. There has been a growing awareness in recent times of the potential for very significant, long-term and widespread adverse human health and environmental effects of these compounds, with the result that this has brought them under particular scrutiny and has driven a reassessment of their use, fate, effects and the need for non-persistent alternatives.
PFOS (perfluoro-octane sulfonate) and PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid ) are the most often mentioned fluorinated organic compounds and are well recognised as being of serious concern for human health and the environment.
Any firefighting foam containing PFOS or PFOA compounds have been completely banned by the Queensland Government since July 2016. All firefighting foam which contains Long-chain fluorinated organic compounds will need to be completely phased out in July 2019. You can read more about it here https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/disasters/investigation-pfas/firefighting-foam.
Our QLD Compliant ECO Foam extinguisher
Our ECO Foam extinguisher is designed for Class A and Class B fire. It has achieved 3A:20B rating as a 9L stored pressure extinguisher.
It can form an aqueous film which flows quickly over water-insoluble hydrocarbon fuel surfaces causing rapid fire extinguishing and vapour suppression. It also provides excellent penetrating and wetting qualities when used on Class A fires.
ENVIRONMENTAL & TOXICITY
The agent of our ECo Foam extinguisher is fully biodegradable and leaves minimal environmental impact. Approximately 97% was almost completely degraded after 14 days.
It is a new generation firefighting product. It complies with global Standards such as EN regulations and contains no PFOS & PFOA’s. It is fully compliant with the latest Queensland government Operational Policy - Environmental Management of Firefighting Foam.
