Be patient and check back often. Due to some upcoming site changes, the top, pages menu is going to change. A new section header on “Concentrates” will be added. Tis section will address the new “A/B” and “Green” Foams. This will result in a realignment of several of the current topics pages.

Stay tuned!!!!

UPDATED – 4-29-24

The AFoam Authority’s new web site (AFoamAuthority.org) is now in business. In order to join forces on the proper education of Foam use in firefighting, the new site is housed within the CompressedAirFoam.com web site. Check out their new page –  AFoamAuthority. 

July 2024

• Continued the Menu re-alignment
• Added a page on UL
• Added Water vs Foam
• Added a Concentrates new header page
• Added a page on “Green Screen Certification”
• Added a page on Wetting Agents
• Added a new section and page on Concentrates – Basic Facts/Properties
• Added a CAF Advanced page on Ground Cover Protection
• Added a Class A Concentrate sub page on Class A Foam on House Plants
• Added a “What’s New” header in the right column
• Added a page currently under Posts on Fun Links
• Relocated “How Long Bubbles Last” to the Foam section and added “Drain Time”
• Added a corrosivity test to the Perf Eval – DIY page

June 2024

• Added the CAFS Componemt Pages (18)
• Added additionl header photos
• Added the all foam tag line to the home page
• Added the TEEX test information to the secondary menu
• Began sorting the pages and menu items to add B & A/B and other concentrates

May 2024

• Calibration (for Proportioners)
• Battery Fires
• Video Shorts (Gallery/Video Page)
• CAF Doors Page under Gallery

April 2024 – Added the following pages:

• How to Purchase Foam Concentrate
• Compressor Warm Up
• Viscosity
• AHJ
• Updated – How Long Do Bubbles last
• Foam Concentrates – Performance Evaluation – DIY
• CAF System Apparatus Checks
• $tart $mall
• Library – updated, reorganized, added articles
• What to Learn?
• Where is the Water…..? (STMR)

10-19-22 – Added the following pages and added the slider message box in the right column.

• EVT & Foam
• Special CAF Tools
• CAFS operator Trouble Shooting Scenarios
• CAF Components
• Sump
• CAF & Fire Investigation
• FireFighting Foam Banned – replaced the right column message with a page

10-18-22 – Modified the CAF sub-menu and added the following pages:

• How Long Will Bubbles Last?
• Adding Air to the Fire – Flow Path
• Video Links Page

10-6-22 – Added New pages (listed below, and upgraded numerous diagrams and formulas), and added a new video (Compressor Bleed Down) to our You-Tube Channel and linked on our Videos Page (Under Gallery)!!

• CAF System Design – Advanced (under CAF Advanced Topics)
• CAF – Wildland vs Structure (Under CAF Advanced Topics)
• CAF OPS – THE RIGHT WAY!! – (Under CAF Basics)
• QPL – (Under A-Foam Basic Facts/Concentrates)
• Compressor Post Ops Bleed Down (Under CAF Advanced Topics)

8-8-22 – Air Circuit Control Adjustment Procedure.

7-20-22 – The Trouble Shooting Chart under Maint was updated.

7-16-22 – CAF Flow Chart Page added

The following pages were added on 7-15-22

• CAF Nozzles
• Exposure Protection
• NAF Nozzles – Homemade
• How NOT to Destroy a CAF System.

Check back often as new information is added frequently.