Fluorine Free Foam Global Firefighting School

Fluorine Free Foam Global Firefighting School

MARCH 2-4, 2027

Hilton Conference Center & TEEX Fire Training Field in College Station, TX.

Watch our 2025 Firefighting School highlight video and get excited!

For questions about the school, please email Rick Isaacks, National Foam Training Manager, at: rick.isaacks@nationalfoam.com.

What is included?

  • Certified Instructors

  • Legacy and Fluorine Free foam emphasis

  • Discuss New Firefighting Foam Legislation

  • Case study review and discussion

  • One Day Classroom

  • Two Days Live Fire Training

What will you learn?

    • Changing firefighting foam legislation (State and Federal)

    • Legacy AFFF vs. SFFF (F3) foam chemistry – What is the difference?

    • Does SFFF (F3) work? – How do we know it works?

    • How does SFFF (F3) foam solution vapor suppress without film forming?

    • New SFFF (F3) developments in foam concentrates

    • Chemicals of high concern – The phase out of AFFF / AR-AFFF

    • Determining foam application rates

    • Type II and III application methods

    • Foam application density – What is it?

    • Determining water and foam requirements for different hazards

    • Tank type III fuel-in-depth firefighting

    • Spill fire (tank and dike, truck rack, roll over)

    • Crude oil – Why is this special?

    • Shore based Marine (fresh and salt water)

    • How does a fixed system protect a hazard?

    • Tank and Dike

    • Loading Rack

    • Sprinkler System

    • Fixed Perimeter System (Oscillating Monitors)

    • Strategy and tactics for portable systems

    • How to determine correct equipment such as:

      • Pumps

      • Monitors

      • Guns

      • Educators

      • Proportioners

    • Preplan – What to know about your facility

    • Size-up – Real-time assessment

    • Strategy – Rescue, exposure, contain/confine, extinguish protocol (RECEO).  Water and foam supply.

    • Tactics – Task oriented, putting it all to work

    • Command – Roles and functions

    • Other assigned resources

    • Real life case studies of SFFF (F3) in use

Future School Dates:

March 28 - 30, 2028

February 27 - March 1, 2029

Two days of live fire training –All live fire field exercises will be conducted using approved TEEX training foam. SCBAs are required and provided by TEEX.

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Bunker gear is not provided. However, Delta Fire and Safety can assist with rental gear for a fee: www.deltafas.com. 

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National Foam secured a room block at the same great rate of $149/night with our new host hotel, the Hilton Conference Center for the 2026 School. Check back in September for more details about the 2027 room block.

2027 Registration Available September 2026

Registration fee is $2,599 per individual participant.

Registering 5 or more participants from the same company? Email us to learn about our group discount offer: CUSTOMER.SERVICE@NATIONALFOAM.COM.