Under U.S. Naval Fire Protection Program (NAVFAC Guideline P-1021) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements, tests and training on the vehicles and structural pumpers are mandated quarterly and annually. In some cases, based on local airfield requirements, fire chiefs often conduct daily, weekly, or monthly AFFF system tests in addition to the mandated requirements. The use of the No Foam Kit provides an opportunity to meet or exceed these mandates without environmental consequence.

The compliance benefits listed here are only meant to be used as general guidelines and are not meant to be strictly interpreted. Actual compliance benefits will vary depending on the factors involved, e.g., the amount of workload involved.

In the process of testing of No Foam Kit no materials compatibility issues were identified. Moreover it was proved to be safe for human’s health because the tests also showed that there were not found any issues dangerous for health or which could be environmentally dangerous. Also this system has a lot of other benefits the most important of which are as follows: it uses biodegradable and environmentally benign dye solution or water to test the onboard foam distribution system; it reduces AFFF wastewater normally generated during fire fighting equipment testing, which reduces: groundwater contamination; wastewater treatment plant upsets, and hazardous waste management and disposal requirements; also it returns quickly to the foam mode after testing-ready for the fire fighters missions; fire chiefs may perform ARFF vehicle discharge tests more frequently while staying in environmental compliance; it requires minimal training for fire fighters to operate the kit.; the equipment is highly cost-effective.

As for disadvantages no one has been found yet though we must remember that all new equipment needs more time for thorough analysis of its advantages and disadvantages and its influence on people and environment.

But at the same time there is one more very important factor in favour of the No Foam Kit it is its economical characteristics that makes specialists think about high compatibility of this product on the world market. The latest economical analysis shows that the No Foam Kit is currently available for ARFF vehicle models CF4000L (Amertek) and P-19 (Oshkosh). The estimated capital cost is only $7,500. The estimated pay back period is less than two weeks but in some circumstances this period may be prolonged to six months. But these are not the only benefits that No Foam Kit suggests to the owner because it necessary to underline that the owner won’t waste money on hazardous waste disposal, treatment of the wastewater stream and downtime of treatment plants due to upsets.