AFFF exposure check
An AFFF exposure check is the record you build before anyone reviews it: where you worked around firefighting foam, which years, what you did there, what a doctor later found, and which records can prove each part. This free tool walks you through those facts, returns a checklist of the records to gather and the office that usually has each one, and then sends the whole record to a licensed attorney to read. It does not say whether you have a claim. That is what the review is for.
A free tool. Not legal advice. Starting a case check does not mean we represent you.
What you walk away with
- A checklist built from your own history
- The office that usually has each record
- A licensed attorney reads it when you send it
Nothing is sent until you press send at the end. Print what you want to keep.
Step 1 of 4. Where you were around the foam
Where you were around the foam
Pick every place that fits. You can choose more than one if your work or training took you through different settings.
Not sure whether a place counts? Pick it anyway. This list only decides which records get suggested to you.
Call or text (435) 383-8833. Starting a case check does not mean we represent you.
Records that matter, and who usually has them
With the interactive version you answer a few questions, get the shorter list that fits your own history, mark what you already have, and send the record to an attorney. Here is the whole list either way. None of it is required to start.
Proof of where you were, and when
- A written timeline of the years, the places, and the jobs
- A record of the years you were on the payroll
- Discharge paperwork, usually the [DD-214]
- Orders and base assignments, with the dates on them
- A fire department personnel file, with stations and years
- Academy training records, certificates, and live burn logs
- Crash rescue training and certification records
- An employment file with job titles, units, and dates
- Something that shows the years you lived there
Proof of what you did there
- A plain description of what you did around the foam
- The name of a foam product, if any name can still be found
- Live burn or drill logs with your name on them
- Apparatus, tank, and gear cleaning or testing logs
- Safety data sheets or chemical inventories for the site
What a doctor found, in writing
- A list of every place you have been treated, and roughly when
- The records from wherever you were treated
- The pathology, biopsy, or imaging report behind a diagnosis
- The note that shows the date you were told
- Any VA claim file or VA treatment records
The site itself
- The full name of each base, station, airport, or plant
- Any public notice about these chemicals at that site
- The yearly water quality report for the address you lived at
How the exposure check works
Five steps about a working life. You can go back and change any answer, and the checklist rebuilds itself every time you do.
Say where you were around the foam
A military base or airfield, a fire department, a training academy, an airport crash crew, an industrial site, or a home on or near one of those places. Pick as many as fit.
Say what you did there
Fighting fires, crash rescue, training with foam, cleaning gear and trucks, working on the site in another job, or living there. The job decides which paperwork exists.
Add the years and the places
Rough years are fine. The names of the base, the station, the airport, or the plant matter more than exact dates do.
Say what a doctor found
What it was called, what year you were told, and where you were treated. This decides which medical records are worth asking for. You can skip all of it.
Get your checklist and send it in
Each record comes with the office that usually has it. Print it or copy it, then give us your name and the best number and a licensed attorney reads the whole record.
Who this is built for
People whose exposure came from a job, a service record, or an address, and who now need to prove where they were before anyone can look at the rest.
See what to have ready- Firefighters, career and volunteerStation years, academy burns, foam trailers, and washing gear after a call. Retired members are included, and so are the paid per call and volunteer sides of the service.
- Military members and veteransFire school, flight line work, hangar foam systems, and crash crews at any airfield.
- Airport and industrial crewsCrash rescue, refineries, chemical plants, shipyards, and plant fire brigades.
- Families who lived on or beside a siteBase housing, or a home near a base, an airport, or a plant, including years spent there as a child.
Being on this list is not a statement that anyone qualifies for anything. It only describes who tends to find this tool useful.
What this tool will not do
- It does not say whether you have a claimThat is what the attorney review is for.
- It does not estimate what anything is worthNo honest calculator can. Amounts you see online come from other people's files.
- It does not work out how much time you haveTime limits change by state, by court, and by what happened to you. Do not take a number off a website, including this one.
- It does not say a product caused an illnessThat is decided with evidence, in a court, case by case. This page only helps you find the evidence about your own history.
Questions people ask about this tool
- Does this tool tell me if I qualify for the AFFF lawsuit?
- No, and it is built so that it cannot. It returns a list of records and who usually has them, and it sends the record you build to a licensed attorney if you ask it to. Whether an exposure history and a diagnosis add up to anything is decided by the attorney who reads your file.
- When does what I type here reach you?
- Only when you fill in your name and number on the last step and press send. Until then every answer stays in your browser, and nothing is put in the web address at any point. If you close the tab before you send, it is gone, so print or copy anything you want to keep.
- How do I get my military service records?
- Service records are held by the National Personnel Records Center, which is part of the National Archives, and a veteran can request their own at no cost. Your discharge paperwork often does not name the airfield you worked at, so ask for the orders and assignments too.
- My old fire department closed. Are those records gone?
- Not always. When a department closes or merges, its personnel files usually move to the city or county human resources office, and a union local often knows where they went. A Social Security earnings statement can also show the years you were on that payroll.
- I do not have any records. Can I still start a case check?
- Yes. Missing records never block a case check. Rough years and the name of a base or a station are enough to begin, and nobody asks a hospital or a base for your file until you sign a release that names the place and what is being asked for.
Starting a case check does not mean we represent you. This page is not legal advice. Depending on where you live and what happened, another law firm may need to assist or handle it. We will name that firm and ask your permission before sharing anything.
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When you want a person to look at it
The exposure check ends with your name and the best number, and a licensed attorney reads the record you built. The checklist is yours to keep either way.
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