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Situations people often research.
AFFF firefighting foam claims often involve PFAS exposure through occupational duties, military service, or community water contamination near sites where AFFF was used. You don't need to know the legal terms — basic information about exposure, work history, or a related diagnosis is enough to start.
- Firefighters involved in training exercises or live emergency response
- Military personnel — Navy, Air Force, Army, Marines — exposed to AFFF on bases or ships
- Airport and aviation firefighting crews
- Industrial workers at refineries, plants, or chemical sites using foam suppression
- Communities living near AFFF training areas, military bases, or airports with contaminated groundwater
- Diagnosis of kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, or other PFAS-related condition with possible AFFF exposure history
AFFF case review form.
Start with the situation that best fits, then briefly describe what happened. Contact information is requested so someone can follow up if your submission appears to match an available review path.
What happens next.
Your information may be reviewed to understand whether it relates to an AFFF lawsuit category, claim pattern, sponsored case-review path, or possible law firm follow-up.
If there appears to be a possible fit, a participating law firm, legal advertiser, intake provider, or other partner may contact you to ask for more information.
No attorney-client relationship is formed unless and until you sign an agreement directly with a law firm.
Where AFFF exposure most often arose.
AFFF was the standard foam for fuel fires for decades, which put it in a fairly specific set of places. Most exposure histories reviewed in this category trace back to one of them.
- Military fire training pits, where foam was discharged repeatedly during drills
- Navy vessels and shipboard firefighting systems
- Airport and aviation rescue crews, where foam was required for aircraft fires
- Municipal fire departments, through training and live response to fuel and chemical fires
- Refineries, chemical plants, and fuel terminals with foam suppression systems
- Homes and schools on or near those sites, where foam use reached the groundwater
The pattern that comes up most often is repeated exposure rather than a single incident. Training discharges, equipment cleaning, and gear contact tend to matter more in a review than one large fire.
Where AFFF claims are being handled.
AFFF cases are consolidated in a federal multidistrict litigation in the District of South Carolina. It is one of the largest active MDLs in the country, and it has grown steadily since it was created.
Two very different kinds of claim sit inside it, and confusing them is the most common misunderstanding on this subject. Water providers and property owners have brought claims over contamination and the cost of cleaning it up. Those produced the large settlements people have read about. Personal injury claims, brought by individuals over a diagnosis, are separate, and the water settlements did not resolve them.
The personal injury side has been organized around a set of conditions selected for the first test cases: kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, and ulcerative colitis. Other diagnoses appear in filings as well. Which conditions a particular review path covers can change as the litigation moves.
What people often gather beforehand.
Nothing on this list is required to submit the form. It is what tends to be asked for later.
- Service records or a DD-214, including bases and dates for military exposure
- Employment or union records for fire service and industrial work
- The names of bases, airports, or stations where foam was used, and the years
- Any notice from a water utility or the state about PFAS in the water supply
- The address and dates of residence for exposure through drinking water
- Medical records confirming the diagnosis and its date
- Any blood testing showing PFAS levels, though most people do not have this
Questions people ask first.
Is an AFFF claim the same as a PFAS claim?
They overlap. AFFF is a source of PFAS, so an AFFF claim is a PFAS claim with a specific route of exposure behind it. If the exposure came from foam, this is the right page. If it came from drinking water with no foam connection you know of, the PFAS case review page fits better.
The manufacturers already settled. Is it too late?
The settlements that made news were with public water systems over contamination and cleanup costs. They did not resolve individual personal injury claims, which are still moving through the litigation.
I was not a firefighter. Does that rule me out?
No. Exposure histories in this category include people who lived on or near bases and airports where foam use reached the groundwater, along with others who worked around the foam without fighting fires themselves.
I do not know how much foam I was around.
Most people do not. Where and when is usually more useful than any estimate of quantity, because base and site records can often fill in the rest.
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