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Firefoam Testing Inc, is an independent testing laboratory, serving customers throughout the world.

In fire fighting systems with foam it is very important that the foam concentrates have the quality that you can expect.

Our services helps customers to be in confident of their Foam System / Foam concentrates, which would help them to tackle the emergency fire situations in Oil / Gas Sector and Manufacturing Industries.

Firefoam Testing Inc,  offers quality control testing of foam concentrates stored on ships, industries etc.,

The test program also complies with IMO MSC/Circ.582 section 4. It is recommended to perform a quality control annually.

What kind of tests will be performed?

The tests performed for judging the quality of a foam concentrate is depending on foam type. If not enough information about the foam type is available more extensive testing may be needed.

Below is a list of tests that could be valid depending on foam type:

§                          Expansion Ratio and Drainage Time

§                          pH-value

§                          Viscosity

§                          Sediment

§                          Resistance against solvents (AR-foam)

§                          Film forming ability (AFFF)

§                          Refractive index

§                          Density

How can I get my foam tested?

 The test sample should be minimum 3 L of foam concentrate delivered in a plastic can marked with a description of the content. The sample should be representative of the content in the storage tank.In order to ensure an objective and fair judgement of the quality of the foam we need as much information about the foam concentrate as possible. Below are a form with instructions that should be used when ordering a quality control test.