Creating a regional foam cooperative

Lancaster County Foam Task Force (LCFTF) is a joint task force of one career and three volunteer departments committed to developing application tools and create a regional foam cooperative. The task force relies on each fire company to use its own financial resources to maintain specific equipment and foam inventories. The three volunteer companies include Neffsville Community Fire Company, Lafayette Fire Company, and Haz-Mat 2. Lancaster Bureau of Fire is the only career department in the task force, with three fire stations and three engines. LCFTF has preplanned foam application rates, water supply requirements, and apparatus placement for fixed-facility incidents. It also has preplanned minimum application rates and water supply requirements for hydrocarbon and polar solvent incidents. LCFTF goal is to establish a relationship with out-of-state emergency services and foam resources in the Maryland County, which is the border of Lancaster County.