Eco-friendly Firefighting Foam

To control the extent of damage caused by forest fires, which are a worldwide menace, firefighters use powerful fire-extinguishing foams. However, these contain chemical agents that have adverse effects on the environment. The Fire Department of Kitakyushu City developed a new soap-based foam to solve this issue, working in collaboration with a local soap manufacturer. Its all-natural ingredients are absorbed into the soil and cause no harm to the environment. The foam has already been successfully tried in SE Asia, where forest and peat fires are a major problem. The world’s first eco-friendly firefighting foam, developed in Japan.

[@lightningfirst689]

Getting *SOAPED UP* and *FOAMED UP* in order to fight *FIRE.*
This combines the lore of Rm Brown and Philosophy Tube almost too perfectly.

[@kristons6010]

Japan has such an appreciation for the environment. In spite of being such an advanced country they never take the environment for granted.

[@e3nethan910]

China could sure learn from them. And America, and pretty much everyone.

[@MrBrownC1own]

Lol says the Fukushima power plant

[@Muonium1]

lol what an embarrassing weeb. look up Minamata disease, then when you're done with that look up Itai-itai disease, then when you're done with that look up the Yokkaichi asthma, then when you're done with that....

[@04smallmj]

Apart from their short-lived houses

[@ompatil436]

Nice

[@6181green]

Japan is amazing thank you so much for sharing👍

[@cooperevans8033]

Nakajima the legend

[@reecebrinkman808]

Hey I actually like this

[@whynotjustmyusername]

2:44 Sorry, but the only thing this part shows is that this product is an inferior fire fighting foam. The durability of the foam bubbles has absolutely no bearing on the environmental impact of any given foaming agent. If I mixed cadmium salts into that soap solution, the foam would vanish just as quickly but be incredibly harmful to the environment. Foam should remain stable for as long as possible to prevent reignition and provide continuous shielding of blanketed surfaces against heat radiation. What do you think is more problematic: A foaming agent that is slightly more harmful to the environment but that, once applied, will remain on a surface for three hours or a foaming agent that is slightly less harmful, but has to be reapplied every five minutes, thereby in much larger overall quantities? This is just nonsensical.

[@ghostreality2965]

FireAde2000

[@izacnewton5761]

yah but . . . .

[@kennyz4953]

Good idea! In year 2019, a better and economy solution has been sent to President Trump through my Twitter account for a air base wildfire rescue.