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 2026

• CAFS & COFEE – Interviews with the Gurus -Folks working with CAFS since the “Old Millinium“
• Lots of little tweaks and small page changes have been made. To many to list here.
• Added a Right Column link to NFPA Fire Service Road Map – Keep up with what’s going on in the B-Foam World!!
• Lots more to come!!!!

February 2026

• Completed the 2025 DIY Eval for Concentrate Reactivity
• Cleaned up several pages for content & grammar
• Added a video on Burn Trailer Clips – lik on hte bottom of the page.
• Added a Gallery on a recent Foam Class in Phoenix AZ
• Now celebrating 20 yrs – Since 2006

Nov 2025

• New Post – Free Foam Training – Know Your Foam – time sensitive
• Misc MSDS Sheet – Library – NWCG Docs
• Combined ia old.com site with this site – is Foam Training, lower menu

May 2025

• Added NWCG Docs & Page to Library
• Added Foam Applications Magazine to Library as an NWCG Sub-Page
• Reorganized and Added an additional Structural Fire Document to the Library/Govt Docs page.
• New Videos – Slug Flow & Pre-Treatment
• Modified/Combined Pre-Treatment Pages

April 2025

• Posted new YouTube video – DIY Foam Eval
• Less Firefighters Page (CAF basic)
• References Page (Library)
• Exposure/Pre-treatment Page – CAF Advanced
• Modified Safety Page
• Added 2025 DIY Eval – Corrosion Page and right column link.
• Added additional Library Article – “The Foam Advantage”

Feb 2025

• Added New Articles
• Chemical Foam page added
• Foam Task Force/DIY Foam Day page added
• Added new article to library

Jan 2025

• Updated the front page Welcome Box
• Reorganized the Air/Agitation section
• Class A Concentrate use on Class B Fuel – page added
• Protein Foam Page Added
• UL-162 Page added
• Class A Foam page update
• Mixing Foam Concentrates page added
• The Salem Tests added to 2nd menu

Dec 2024

• Corrosivity Photos added to Corrosivity Page
• Menu – Modified
• B-Foam Concentrate – upgraded
• A/B Foam – page added
• Surface Tension – page added
• Encapsulators/Emulsifiers – page added

Nov 2024

• Concentrates Page – added chart
• Surfactants – page added
• CAFS Warm Up Video – added to You-Tube Channe

Oct 2024

• B-Foam – How Much Does it Take – page added
• Concentrates Page – combined, modified
• Manufacture’ Recommendations – page added
• Air page – modified
• Water Page – modified
• SFFF – added to Terminology

Sept 2024

• Corrossivity Page – added the chart
• Gels – page added
• Wetting Agents – page added
• Green Certififcations – page modified
• Flourinated Foam Concentrates – page added
• Wye Cleanout Video – added to You-Tube Channel

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.