ApexOS Advisory: Policy, Safety & Leadership Blog

Cannon Air Force Base just ran a week of live aircraft fire drills using dish soap instead of foam. Not a typo. Not a budget cut either. For over a decade, the fire service has been fighting the fallout from PFAS-laden AFFF. Departments have been caught in a real bind: how do you keep crews sharp on live-fire scenarios without burning through the actual extinguishing agent meant for the real emergency? Cannon's crews found an answer. Dish soap produces the same foam behavior