Denver (KDVR)- On Monday, the Denver Fire Department announced that it had cooperated with Denver International Airport to remove all substances of individual and polyotorokil- also known as “chemicals forever” or PFAS- from all aircraft rescue vehicles and fire at the airport.
Instead, each vehicle is filled with fluorine -free foam. All aircraft rescue vehicles of 11 aircraft and fire controls were strictly rinsed with a “special cleaning technique” to remove several hundreds of gallons of water foam that forms movies, which contain PFAs, from each vehicle.
The foam that constitutes the films was used historically because of its effectiveness to extinguish the oil -based liquid fires. At one point, the Federal Aviation Administration requests the use of foam in commercial airports.
In the past few years, Dia has reduced or eliminated any use of the foam of films to prevent PFAs from being exposed at the airport. Dia began moving to fluorine foam in September 2023.
“With his efforts continuing to become the longest airport in the world, our duty and responsibility as leaders in the aviation industry is to ensure the safety of our firefighters, employees, surrounding societies and the environment,” said Washington, CEO of DIA. “I am proud to say that Den has taken proactive measures and is one of the first airports in Colorado to drive the road.”
In addition, DIA cleans and removed PFAs from nine vehicles used for structural fires. Vehicles were rinsed in the first round of Dia of PFAs cleaning in 2021, but the standards of industry increased, adding new ways to scan PFAS of equipment.