Bangors Air National Guard Base Fire Station replaces toxic foam [Video]

BANGOR, Maine — The fire station at Bangor’s Air National Guard base is replacing its toxic firefighting foam with a new foam that does not contain PFAS.

At the Bangor Air National Guard Base Fire Station, firefighters finished draining AFFF from their fire trucks on Friday.

The fire station, which serves Bangor International Airport, removed the foam that contains PFAS as part of a Department of Defense initiative to replace it with a non-toxic fluorine-free foam.

“The safety of every single firefighter here is first and foremost; protection of the environment is right up there. It truly is very important to us,” Kevin Marin, Bangor’s Maine Air National Guard installation fire chief, said.

The crew took precautions to ensure there was no cross-contamination between the old foam and new …