The fire that devastated the USS Bonhomme Richard last year was the result of multiple, compounding failures that sufficient oversight and training would have prevented, according to two Navy reports ...

(WASHINGTON) — Testing is still at a small scale, but U.S. Navy researchers are encouraged by their work to develop new firefighting foams that do not contain the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, ...

A hazardous chemical found in firefighting foam commonly used at Navy installations to put out aircraft accidents could be contaminating drinking water near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, so ...

An estimated 1,300 gallons of aqueous film forming foam concentrate spilled from the fire suppression system at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in November 2022. Crews excavated and removed ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- After the U.S. Navy's toxic firefighting chemical spill this week, Board of Water Supply officials are demanding the military use alternative fire suppressants while working to ...

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The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) has been selected by the U.S. Navy to provide mission critical firefighting and damage control training to Navy and Coast Guard ...

Firefighting teams were briefly removed from the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard in San Diego early Thursday morning due to safety concerns and “an initial shift in the ship’s list,” ...

Across California, active-duty, reserve and National Guard commanders began mobilizing military might to support firefighters battling blazes. At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, commanders from ...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – The Hawaii Department of Health is weighing legal options for obtaining video footage from the Navy showing toxic firefighting foam spilling last week at the Red Hill fuel ...

A sailor washes the flight deck of the carrier Ronald Reagan last year after an exercise, using the kind of firefighting foam that can contain cancer-causing chemicals. (MC2 Kenneth Abbate/Navy) The ...