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Fire Service Engineers
Fire Service Engineers have a major role to play in ensuring that over 3 million litres of fire fighting foam discharged annually as part of maintenance procedures is handled responsibly, for the direct protection of the community’s water supply.

It is worth repeating the message on the Home Page here – fluorosurfactants used in fire fighting foams are persistent and likely to be toxic – they are not extracted by sewage treatment systems. Although 95% of all foam extinguishers are likely to contain AFFF foam, it is essential that protein type foams are not mixed with foams such as AFFF. Proteins require additional pre-treatment before extracting the fluorinated materials.

Foamclean welcomes contact from Fire Service Engineers and we will be pleased to contract you to arrange for the environmentally responsible disposal of your customers’ spent fire fighting foam. We will supply IBCs for foam collection and will remove and process spent fire fighting foam.

We will issue you with the required documentation for you to demonstrate to your customers and to the Environmental Agency that you are handling this material in a responsible manner, compliant with the regulations.