Fluorine-free F3 foam extinguisher (AB)

Bioclass F3 fluorine-free foam extinguisher

Good fire protection is not only effective and safe for the user, but also takes the environment into account. Since the start of the Milieukeur for fire extinguishers, Saval has repeatedly succeeded in further reducing the fluorine content in fire-fighting foam. Now Saval is taking a fundamental step: the new Bioclass F3 foam extinguishers are completely fluorine-free, without making concessions to the extinguishing capacity, on solids, liquids and the 9 liter variant even has a NTA 8133 rating for Lithium-Ion fires (up to 600 Wh). With Bioclass F3 the choice is simple: choose safe and choose our environment.

The hidden risk of fluorine

Fluorosurfactants and other perfluorinated compounds play an important role in all kinds of products: cleaning and maintenance products, packaging materials, fabrics and coatings. But also in fire extinguishing foams, the special properties of fluorine compounds ensure higher effectiveness and a long shelf life. But these man-made chemicals have a major drawback: they are so stable that they cannot be broken down by nature and they also accumulate in animal fat tissues. At present the measured levels are still low, but in the long term fluorosurfactants could also end up in the human food chain in harmful amounts.

There is only one good solution for this problem: ensuring that these substances can no longer end up in the environment. We took the first step a few years ago by placing the harmful fluorosurfactants in a separate container in the extinguisher. Now we are taking the ultimate step: the new Bioclass F3 foam extinguishers are 100% fluorine-free.