Did you know that Copenhagen Airport Environment department is still working on cleaning up from AFFF pollution in other areas of the airport where AFFF foam has been used?

"Just to maintain the sewer system around the fire training ground, the airport spends more than 1.5 million EUR every year and expects to be doing this at least the next 80 years!" (Kim Olsen, Head of Copenhagen Airport Fire & Rescue Academy.).

Developed in the 1960s firefighting foams with PFAS have seen significant advancements in the last decades. Today, cutting-edge technologies allow environmentally safe alternatives. The IPEN report emphasizes that fluorine-free firefighting foams offer significant benefits over persistent fluorochemical-based foams. These advantages include financial, socio-economic, public health, and environmental aspects. Unlike highly persistent PFAS in AFFF, fluorine-free foams are non-persistent, and biodegradable, with short-term, localized, and self-remediating effects. This stands in contrast to the toxic and bio-accumulative nature of PFAS, causing environmental and human health concerns, including extreme long-range transport and global contamination.

What kind of fire fighting foams are commonly used in aviation in your country?