AFFF Resources - TRS Group

Bringing The Heat® Webinar

Bringing The Heat® Webinar: AFFF Cleanout at SEA Airport

Transitioning to Fluorine Free Foams Webinar

PFAS Thermal Desorption Webinar

Goodbye AFFF, Hello F3 Webinar

Triple Rinse vs. PerfluorAd Webinar

Regulating PFAS Under CERCLA Webinar

Cleaning PFAS from Firefighting Systems: Field Results Webinar

Addressing PFAS Remediation Challenges Webinar

Cleaning Out AFFF Delivery Systems Webinar

PFAS: An Environmental Attorney's Perspective Webinar

PFAS Remediation Webinar

PFAS in Water Webinar

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Join Gorm Heron, CTO of TRS Group, as he talks to some of the foremost PFAS remediation experts in the world. Our AFFF resources webinars are archived here so that you can review topics relevant to your work and that interest you personally. TRS provides a certificate of attendance to webinar participants that can be forwarded to
appropriate parties. If you have any webinar questions or comments, please contact TRS at info@atriplef.com.

Bringing The Heat® Newsletter

AFFF is removed from a fire truck at Sea-Tac airport using PerfluorAd.

TRS Group and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Remove Forever Chemicals from Firefighting Vehicles

The Port of Seattle Fire Department at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, working with TRS, is the first airport in the US to use the PerfluorAd^TM process to remove and thoroughly clean AFFF from all its aircraft rescue and
firefighting vehicles.

TRS installed heater wells horizontally to thermally desorb PFAS in a 2,000 cubic yard soil pile at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson.

Field Demonstrations of the Thermal Desorption of PFAS-Impacted Soil

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated some common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds as hazardous substances, regulated under CERCLA. While the environmental community has focused on reducing the exposure risks associated with PFAS-impacted groundwater, most of the contaminant mass remains in the soil column.

Firefighters spray an airplane with firefighting foam.

Transition to flourine-free foam: Now or later?

As regulatory agencies will soon prohibit the use of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), fire fighters, especially at airports, have begun the transition to foams without per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In this article we discuss issues related to the transition.

Example of AFFF residue inside an AFFF foam tank after initial AFFF draining. The residue is difficult to remove using water alone but dissolves readily in heated PerfluorAd.

Triple rinse – how effective is it compared to PerfluorAd?

TRS recently compared the effectiveness of triple-rinse (three rinses of the AFFF tank using potable water only) to rinsing with a PerfluorAd^TM solution.

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Cleaning AFFF from a Major International Airport Firefighting Vehicle

Applying the PerfluorAd^TM process at a major, west coast, international airport in July 2022, TRS, with EFI Global, Inc., performed a clean-out of AFFF on a firefighting vehicle.

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Field Results from AFFF Removal and Cleaning of Firefighting Vehicles

TRS Group treated five firefighting vehicles at the Eastern Connecticut Fire School in Willimantic, cleaning each in less than five days. The cleanouts involved several rinsing cycles using warm PerfluorAd and water. Additionally, we treated the rinsate using flocculation and granular activated charcoal, producing a total of less than 50 gallons of waste.

Steve Pistoll, Field Services Manager, looks over a fire truck at a site in Connecticut where TRS completed the first AFFF clean out of fire equipment using PerfluorAd.

AFFF Clean Out

TRS Group recently completed the first commercial application of the PerfluorAd^TM technology in North America, cleaning out aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) impacted firefighting equipment for the State of Connecticut.

A protective cover shields a FlexHeater site at Eielson Air Force Base near North Pole, Alaska, where TRS is performing PFAS remediation services on an ex-situ soil stockpile.

A Letter from the North Pole: The Gift of PFAS Removal

We anticipate an early present this year in North Pole, Alaska, just a sleigh ride away from Eielson Air Force Base, where TRS Group is applying its patented FlexHeater® thermal remediation services to remove PFAS from an ex-situ soil stockpile.

PFAS remediation in soil site tour demo day in Alaska

From Research and Development to PFAS Project Implementation

Currently, our R&D team is working on reducing the costs of our patented thermal treatment of PFAS system and our patent-pending FlexHeater® thermal conduction heating services.

AFFF System Cleanout

Building International Business Relationships during a Pandemic

In 2012, TRS began a search for European business partners to help with the expansion of our in situ thermal remediation services. Shortly thereafter, TRS and our partners formed the European Thermal Alliance, which included Cornelsen Umwelttechnologie GmbH implementing projects in Germany.

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Cleaning AFFF Fire Suppression Equipment with the PerfluorAd^TM System

Developed by Cornelsen GmbH, TRS Group’s partner in Essen, Germany, the PerfluorAd^TM system is an ideal technology for cleaning out fire suppression systems, including trucks, storage vessels, hoses and piping.

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TRS Group Granted Exclusive License for the PerfluorAd^TM PFAS Remediation Technology in North America

Cornelsen in Germany has granted TRS the exclusive license in North America for applying the patented PerfluorAd^TMtechnology to clean out fire suppression systems impacted by PFAS found in aqueous film forming foams (AFFF).

Total PFAS before and after cleaning with PerfluorAd

Cleaning PFAS-Impacted AFFF Fire Suppression Equipment with PerfluorAd

Airports, municipalities, industrial facilities, the Department of Defense and others have made enormous investments in aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) fire suppression systems. As these foams often contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), using the fire suppression equipment can result in contaminating soil and groundwater.

PerfluorAd AFFF Clean Out

Cleaning AFFF Fire-Fighting Systems

The PerfluorAd^TMsystem is ideal for cleaning out fire-fighting systems, such as trucks, storage vessels, hoses and piping, impacted by aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) that contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

PFAS Thermal Desorption Evaluation

There is an increasing interest in identifying solutions to remove PFAS from vadose zone soils for the protection of groundwater at sites throughout the United States. While much of the current effort focuses on mitigating the environmental liability’s risk by treating groundwater, removing PFAS sources will reduce costs and is far more sustainable than running pump and treat systems indefinitely.

TRS Group Patented PFAS Treatment

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded TRS Group, Inc. (TRS) a patent for the thermal treatment of per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil (Oberle, D and E. Crownover, 2020). The patented process uses heaters to raise soil temperatures to desorb and volatilize PFAS.

FlexHeater® TCH Achieves 99.9% Reduction of PFAS in Soils

TRS developed a thermal remediation technique for the treatment of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), including coal tar, mercury, PCBs and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil.

PerfluorAd is used for PFAS remediation at a fire station in Connecticut.

AFFF Cleanout Challenges and Solutions

PFAS, a component of aqueous film forming foam, is different than the contaminants we have been treating for the last 30 years. We discuss how this affects our solutions.

Case Studies

Final Construction of ISTR System

In-Situ Thermal Treatment of PFAS

TRS applied TCH to soil at a Beale AFB fire training site to reduce PFOA and PFOS levels below U.S. EPA RSLs (126 μg/kg).

Mobile Cleanout of AFFF in Fire Suppression Systems

Mobile Cleanout of AFFF in Fire Suppression Systems with PerfluorAd^TM

TRS recovered over 50 gallons of PFAS sludge from four AFFF wastewater sources.

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AFFF Cleanout of a Firefighting Truck using PerfluorAd^TM at a Major Airport

TRS reduced PFAS concentrations by more than 99.9% during the clean out of a firefighting vehicle at a major West Coast airport.

PFAS Removal from a Soil Stockpile Using TCH

TRS used TCH to remove PFOA and PFOS to below detection limits in the middle of an Alaskan winter.

PFAS Case Study

Netherlands: PFAS Bench Test and Scale Up Evaluation

A defense base in the Netherlands contains soil impacted with per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at its fire brigade training center