CHEMGUARD’s concentrate portfolio provides foam solutions for a wide range of firefighting challenges, including industrial, marine, mining, municipal, oil, petrochemical, aviation and transportation. CHEMGUARD concentrates are approved, listed, qualified or meet the requirements of a variety of industry specifications and standards, including:

• UL 162
• EN1568-2008
• UL 139
• USDA/USFS Spec 307a
• ULC S560

Our Class B and Class A foams, wetting agents, high expansion foam concentrates and protein foams can be used with most standard industrial exhaust systems and devices. They are suitable for fixed proportioning system applications, ground and air attack, and compressed air foam system (CAFS) applications.

Redefining Performance

For decades, fluorochemical-containing Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) have set the performance standard for Class B fire and vapor suppression. Recently the industry has expanded its foam concentrate offerings to include non-fluorinated products for Class B fuel fires, with the challenge of delivering AFFF-like efficacy.

Setting New Standards

Introducing the patent-pending UL201 CHEMGUARDNFF 3×3 foam concentrate technology that sets a new standard for Class B fire suppression:

• Independently, third party verified to achieve the same application level as UL 162 listed Alcohol Resistant Aqueous Film Forming Foam for controlling and extinguishing hydrocarbon fuel fires
• Effective control and extinguishment of hydrocarbon fuel fires with expansion ratios as low as 3 to 1 – supports the use of standard, non-aspirating and hand-held nozzles for many applications
• Viscosity similar to quality AR-AFFF 3×3, allowing application with the most correctly calibrated proportions
• and release response devices and reduce the need for significant hardware changes.
• Class-leading cross-functional performance for knocking down and controlling fire; durable foam blanket for longer post-extinguishment burnback resistance and vapor suppression
• Flexible response at 3% in fresh, brackish or salt water for Class B hydrocarbon and polar solvent hazards

CHEMGUARD NFF 3×3 UL201 firefighting foam concentrate is UL listed with a variety of CHEMGUARD bladder tanks, proportioners, nozzles and other release devices. See UL listing for full details.

This foam is ideal for use in applications such as:

• Municipal and Industrial Response to Limited-Scale Type III Spills and Hazards
• Foam system with Type II release device

CHEMGUARD NFF 3×3 UL201 Concentrate is defined as a non-fluorinated firefighting foam concentrate, manufactured in equipment free from the use of PFAS chemicals. Because this product is free from intentionally added PFAS chemicals and precautions have been taken to avoid PFAS contamination, this product inherently complies with Directives (EU) 2017/1000 on PFOA and 2019/1021 (EU POPs Directive) as a non-fluorinated product.

Industry Leading Performance

Like all non-fluorinated firefighting foam concentrates, CHEMGUARD NFF 3×3 UL201 foam concentrate is UL 162 tested and listed as a Synthetic Foam. Under this UL standard, the minimum design application rate for this foam is 0.16 gpm/ft2 (6.5 lpm/m2) for Type III hydrocarbon fuel fires.

In addition to the Synthetic Foam listing, this foam passed – under independent third-party witness – the much more challenging UL 162 Type III test protocol for AFFF. This protocol uses a foam application test rate of 0.04 gpm/ft2 (1.6 lpm/m2), which is 33% lower than the application rate for the UL 162 Synthetic Foam test. Under this more challenging protocol, AFFF with the same demonstrated performance as UL201 NFF 3×3 foam would achieve the minimum application design rate of 0.10 gpm/ft2 (4.1 lpm/m2) for all Type III hydrocarbon fuel fires.

NFPA 11 requires a minimum design application rate of 0.10 gpm/ft2 (4.1 lpm/m2) on hydrocarbon fuel spill fires, and third-party certified testing supports the use of CHEMGUARD NFF 3×3 UL201 concentrate at this application rate.

NFPA 11 and UL 162 require a minimum design application rate of 0.16 gpm/ft2 (6.5 lpm/m2) for non-fluorinated foam on Type III hydrocarbon fuel fires. CHEMGUARD NFF 3×3 UL201 foam has demonstrated an increased safety factor at this required application rate with successful test performance on Type III hydrocarbon fuel fires with lower minimum application rates than AFFF. CHEMGUARD NFF 3×3 UL201 performs well and is UL listed with E15 and some polar solvent fuels as well.