Resources

The purpose of the manual is to provide municipal, rural, industrial, shipboard, and airport fire and emergency services personnel with knowledge on the selection, production and delivery of all types of foam extinguishing agents.

This book is intended to help fire and emergency responders meet the foam requirements contained in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) professional qualifications standards in NFPA 472, standards in:

NFPA 472, Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents (2002)

NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (2002)

NFPA 1002, Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications (1998)

NFPA 1003, Standard for Airport Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (2000)

NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications (1997)

NFPA 1051, Standard for Wildland Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (2002)

NFPA 1081, Standard for Industrial Fire Brigade Member Professional Qualifications (2001)