No, we do not have such a test facility.  We don’t do that kind of work.

Craig L. Prahl
Fire Protection Group Lead/SME
CH2M
200 Verdae Blvd.
Greenville, SC  29607
Direct - 864.920.7540
Fax - 864.920.7129
CH2MHILL Extension  77540
[email protected]


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Subject: Shelf life of AR-AFFF foam concentrate [EXTERNAL]



The ChemGuard chemist told me, back in the day, that 20 years was their 
expectation.

I seem to recall 3M put a 25-year shelf life on their PFOS (perfluoroctane 
sulfanate) /PFOA (perfluoroctanoic acid) AFFF, but then their 
electro-telomerization formulation was halted long-before that expiration date 
arrived.


Surely CH2M-Hill has a test facility where you can put some of this foam 
through its paces with a turbulent pool fire?  We remamber that 
ease-of-extinguishing tank fires scales exponentially, and not just due to the 
square of the radius.


​Scot Deal
Excelsior Fire & Risk Engineering
gsm:  +420 722 141 478


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