Thomas J. Martin Ph.D: Chemguard’s ECOGUARD Fluorine-Free Fire Fighting Foam

Published: 10 November, 2009

With heightened regulatory scrutiny and increasing customer demand for ecologically friendly foam alternatives, several fire-fighting foam manufacturers have developed fluorinefree foams to complement their existing AFFF and AR-AFFF product line. A comparison is made of the performance of Chemguard’s ECOGUARD Fluorine-Free Fire Fighting Foam to similarly used fluorine-containing foams based on physical properties and UL 162 standard testing.

About the speaker

Dr. Thomas Martin, a research chemist by training, received his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in the area of polymer surfactants. He worked in various research positions for the surfactant and intermediates company Sasol North America (formerly Condea Vista Chemical) for a number of years at its R&D campus, and also at Baker Petrolite in the oil field chemicals business. He joined Chemguard in 2006 where he is currently Director of Chemical Technology supporting both the Fire Suppression Foams and Specialty Chemicals businesses. He and his wife and 3 children live in the DFW suburb of Mansfield, TX.

Contact details
Dr. Thomas J. Martin
Director of Chemical Technology
Chemguard Inc.
204 S. 6th Ave.
Mansfield, TX 76063
tel: 817-473-1036 x267
tmartin@chemguard.com

File: Click here to download in PDF format. (635k)

Bookmark this

Foam in focus – 1st National Foam Forum and Workshop on Fire Fighting Foam
Industrial Fire Journal reports on the 1st National Foam Forum and Workshop on Fire Fighting Foam that was held as part of the Contaminated Site Remediation Conference ‘CleanUp 2011’ in Adelaide, 11th September 2011.
Zambian firefighter responds to the feature on a two billion dollar investment in Russia
Billy Jack Mhlanga from Ndola Fire Brigade in explains why an investment in the Zambian Fire Service is required in response to the article published in Fire and Rescue issue 84 “Russian reform”.
Fire Commander responds to article on increasing risk adversity in the fire service
"The missing component is the need to have a defendable process that clearly indicates the decision tree".
New rescue pumper for South Australia County Fire Service
Fraser Engineering, based in New Zealand, has recently delivered a new rescue pumper to the South Australia County Fire Service. The vehicle is now operational in Morphett Vale, located in the suburbs of Adelaide, and is based on a CFS Iveco Eurocargo Pumper.
Firefighters urge caution during ‘severe cold weather’
‘We’ve recently heard of people putting heaters and hairdryers in their beds to stay warm and this is a disaster waiting to happen” – Dave Brown, Assistant Commissioner for Operations and Mobilising, London Fire Brigade.

Sign Up

For the latest news and updates from Hemmingfire.

Company Profiles

Angus Fire – global innovation in fire fighting

Angus Fire is a global leader in fire fighting technology with a long history of pioneering innovation. The company occupies a unique world position in the development and manufacture of fire hose, foam concentrates and fire fighting equipment.

Holmatro - Mastering Power

Holmatro Rescue Equipment develops, manufactures, sells and services high-pressure hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical rescue equipment. With a comprehensive dealer network on all continents, manufacturing plants in the Netherlands (head office) and USA, and sales offices in China and UK, we supply our products and services to fire and rescue organizations all over the world.

Dr Sthamer - Hamburg: foam fights fire

Dr Sthamer – Hamburg, has been developing and manufacturing state-of-the art firefighting foams since the 1920’s. Having been founded in 1886 by Dr Richard Sthamer, we are still proudly owned and managed by the Sthamer family. Our base is still at the original site where we started in, on the banks of the Bille River in Hamburg Germany.