Kentucky Soybean Board SoyFoam
Cost-Share Grant Promotes Soy, Aids our First Responders

SoyFoam™ TF 1122 is the first and only GreenScreen Certified Gold Fire Foam.

Through their soy checkoff and the United Soybean Board, U.S. soybean farmers have supported much of the extensive testing of SoyFoam’s environmental and performance benefits for use as a safer firefighting foam.

SoyFoam™ TF 1122  is the first and only GreenScreen Certified Gold Fire Foam. GreenScreen Certified, owned by the non-profit Clean Production Action, is an independent, certification program that promotes the use of PFAS-free and preferred chemicals in materials, products, and manufacturing.

SoyFoam™ TF 1122 extinguishes and controls fires safely while removing harmful chemicals, ensuring a secure foam blanket that is safe to touch. SoyFoam™ TF 1122 is proudly 100% free of fluorines and intentionally added PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), ensuring a safer and more sustainable firefighting solution.

Firefighting SoyFoam is 100% free of intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called “forever chemicals.” There are also no detectable fluorines (less than 1 parts per billion) in the composition of the foam concentrate. EPA reports PFAS are found in water, air, fish, and soil at locations across the nation and the globe.

Since the 1950s, PFAS were used to put out fires, repel oil and water, reduce friction and more in a wide range of products. They can leak into the environment where they are made, used, disposed of, or spilled. Exposure is linked to several adverse health effects including certain cancers, thyroid dysfunction, changes in cholesterol, and small reductions in birth weight. As a result, governments are prohibiting firefighting foams that contain intentionally added PFAS.

SoyFoam is made with U.S.-grown soy flour and is safer for our first responders AND the environment. It is compatible with existing foam inductors and aerating nozzles so it does not require staffing changes to a fire department’s existing standard operation procedure for Class A and Class B fires. Cross Plains Solutions’ SoyFoam meets the firefighting foam requirements as specified in NFPA 18, the National Fire Protection Association’s standard for wetting agents. It is available in common firefighting supply options, such as 5-gallon pails, 55-gallon drums and 250-gallon and larger totes.

“We believe in this product, and we want to support our local first responders,” said KSPB Chairman Fred L. Sipes. “The PFAS in older formulations are proven harmful to our firefighters’ health and to the environment, and this is a way to not only assist our first responders and also promote yet another soy-based soy-based innovation. I am proud to support this product and a farmer-led program that gets it into the hands of our rural volunteer firefighters.”

Rural Fire Departments may participate in this program by contacting Penny at Cross Plains Solutions  (phicks@CrossPlainsSolutions.com). This is a reimbursement program, so matches must be supported by an invoice and proof of purchase. Rural departments are eligible for up to $1,000 as a one-time 50 percent reimbursement. Funding is limited, and the program is first-come, first-served for rural Kentucky volunteer fire departments only. Program runs until December 31, 2026, or when allocated funds are exhausted.

To learn more about SoyFoam, visit CrossPlainsSolutions.com. For specific inquiries about this program, email info@kysoy.org.

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