15 Jan 2025

Assess your current fire safety equipment and plan for the switch to safer alternatives.

Changes to legislation - The Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations (POPs)- use of specific foam fire extinguishers.

There are some significant upcoming regulatory changes on the way which will affect foam fire extinguishers. We would advise our members to read this advice News-Latest-changes-to-fire-extinguishers-and-class-B-firefighting-foams to understand what it means for you.  This is part of an ongoing phase-out of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from firefighting products due to the lasting harmful impact on the environment. 

If your fire extinguishers have been regularly serviced, refilled or replaced every five years, its unlikely they contain PFOS or PFOA.