Solberg Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. was awarded a three year contact for the supply of RE-HEALING RF3x6 ATC™ Class B and FIRE-BRAKE™ Class A foam concentrates for use by both the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) and Fire & Rescue NSW (previously known as New South Wales Fire Brigades). Additionally, included under this contract are NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services, Forestry Corporation of NSW, other State related agencies, plus member agencies of the Australasian Fire Authorities Council.
RE-HEALING RF3x6 ATC is a high performance fluorochemical free foam concentrate that easily extinguishes hydrocarbon (petrol) and polar solvent (ethanol) fuel fires. RE-HEALING foam concentrates can also be used to prevent re-ignition of a liquid spill and control hazardous vapours. Fire & Rescue NSW, and NSW Rural Fire Service will no longer use AFFF, FFFP or other fluorochemical based foams that are environmentally persistent with their transition in firefighting foam technology.
FIRE-BRAKE Class A foam, achieved fame in the 1994 in assisting NSW firefighters in successfully extinguishing the largest wildfires to ever surround Sydney. By making water up to ten times more effective the product was later recognized as one of The Top 100 Australian Inventions and Innovations of the Last Century by the Sydney Powerhouse Museum and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.