23 Oct 2026
Planning trigger
Important management-planning and operating conditions apply for continued qualifying PFAS-foam use.
PFAS-FREE FOAM · HYDRAULIC ASSURANCE
Prove your PFAS-free foam system will work — before you modify it.
AMELA uses measured foam behaviour and your actual installation to prove hydraulic performance, identify only the modifications that are truly needed, and provide review-ready engineering evidence.
Discuss your foam transitionPlan the transition
Why act now?
The PFAS transition is a multi-year engineering programme. Complex sites need time for selection, testing, design, review, procurement and implementation.
23 Oct 2030
General restriction
The general PFAS firefighting-foam restriction applies, subject to specific derogations.
23 Oct 2035
Seveso backstop
The relevant Seveso derogation ends. Site-specific obligations still need confirmation.
The complication
The foam changes. Your existing system may not behave the same.
Pressure losses can increase.
Pumps may have less margin.
Remote routes can become critical.
Compliance still has to be demonstrated.
Can the selected foam and our actual installation meet every required fire scenario — and what is the minimum change if they cannot?
Three layers of assurance
AMELA answers that question in three steps.
PROVE
Does the existing system work?
Characterize the selected foam, model the existing network and calculate pressure and flow for normal and relevant contingency scenarios.
IMPROVE
What exactly needs to change?
Test practical options such as strategic pipe upsizing, rerouting, additional pumping capacity or proportioning changes before investing.
CLOSE OUT
Can the solution be defended?
Translate the results into traceable engineering evidence for compliance management, fire-safety documentation, review and final verification.
Transparency matters
Evidence beneath the conclusion.
PFAS-free foams can be more viscous and less ideal than legacy foams. A defensible answer needs the right evidence at every step.
01 · MEASURE
Actual foam behaviour
Use the selected foam's real flow characteristics.
02 · MODEL
Your real installation
Calculate pressure and flow through the routes that matter.
03 · DOCUMENT
Traceable evidence
Give technical teams and reviewers a clear basis for decision-making.
Industrial reference case
What this looks like in practice.
Industrial reference case
Large terminal at Botlek Rotterdam
The terminal needed to introduce PFAS-free foam into an existing firefighting system. Unknown flow behaviour created uncertainty around pressure loss, pump loading and the modifications that might be required — delaying important investment decisions.
What the analysis changed
Hydraulic uncertainty removed
Scenario analyses showed pressure loss, pump loading and system behaviour before changes were made.
Modification scope became clear
The terminal could see which technical changes were actually necessary for the new foam.
Investment decisions accelerated
Engineering choices could be assessed before spending money on pumps, foam, piping or other modifications.
Transition successfully completed
The selected solution could be integrated safely into the existing system; the installation is now operating with a fluorine-free foam system.
Two possible outcomes — both useful.
SYSTEM PASSES
Use the calculation as proof.
Demonstrate sufficient pressure and flow at critical points, including relevant blocked-route or alternative-route cases. The calculation package can support compliance management and fire-safety documentation.
SYSTEM FALLS SHORT
Design only what really needs to change.
Compare targeted interventions such as wider pipe sections, alternative routing, extra pumping capacity for remote locations or proportioning changes — then verify the selected design.
What AMELA needs to start
- PFAS-free foam sample and concentration
- System drawings, routes and elevations
- Pump and proportioning data
- Required fire and contingency scenarios
What the client receives
- Measured foam flow behaviour
- Pressure and flow margins at critical points
- Clear pass / shortfall assessment by scenario
- Modification options and review-ready evidence
Two-pager
The PFAS transition approach in one overview.
Download the two-pager for the approach, the key questions and the evidence for your installation.