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December 2022: Plenty Victoria. CFA shed with PFAS chemicals
14/4/19: Mount Gambier Fire Station. PFAS
26/9/22: Mick Tisbury’s 12 year fight to protect firefighters from PFAS toxic foam contamination
28/9/21: PFAS detected in soil at Alice Springs Fire Station
2019/20: Bell Bay AMC Search Firefighter Training Centre.
2020: Canberra Airport Fire Station (A.C.T.)
2020 – DFES Training Academy (Forrestfield, Western Australia). PFAS
2018/20: Hoxton Park Rural Fire Service (NSW) – Sediment
2018: Lavington (Rural Fire Service) (NSW) – Sediment
2020: CFS Brukunga (South Australia) – PFAS
2018: Wellington Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2018 – South Nowra Rural Fire Service
2016/18: Greenacre Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Alexandria Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2016/19 – Ayr Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Coloundra Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Bundaberg Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Maryborough Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Noosa Heads Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Home Hill Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Townsville Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Airlie Beach Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Rockhampton Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Arana Hills Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Southport Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Windsor Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Annerley Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Sarina Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Dysart Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Charleville Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Mt Isa Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Cairns South Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Cairns Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Proserpine Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Enoggera Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Mackay Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016: Gladstone Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2018 June: Shoalhaven Rural Fire Service Nowra (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December: High levels of PFAS contamination linked to Adelaide firefighting boat (South Australia)
December 2018 – Belconnen Fire Tower (ACT) – PFAS
2018/19 – Largs North Fire Station (South Australia) – PFAS in Firefighters
2017 – Londonderry TestSafe and Fire and Rescue (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Kemps Creek Rural Fire Service, Kemps Creek (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Total Fire Solutions – Heatherbrae (New South Wales) – PFAS
2016/18 – Deniliquin Fire and Rescue, Deniliquin (New South Wales) – PFAS
2016/18 – Armidale Fire and Rescue, Armidale (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Albion Park Fire and Rescue (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Former Greenway Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Former Charnwood Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Kambah Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Phillip Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Ainslie Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Chisholm Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Gunghalin Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Fyshwick Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Belconnen Fire Station and Training Centre (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Fire Service Training Cambridge (Tasmania) – PFAS
2017 – Longerenong Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Fulham (West Sale) Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Huntly Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Wangaratta Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Bangholme Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Penshurst Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Fiskville Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – DFES Training Academy – Forrestfield (Western Australia) – PFOS, PFOA

Australian PFAS Map

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pfas.australianmap.net is a detailed resource, providing information relating to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) substances. PFAS chemicals have been described as “the next asbestos” and have been used in a diverse range of products including: fire fighting foam, scotchguard, non-stick cookware etc. They are bio-accumulative and repel water. They are ubiquitous in the environment.

Australian PFAS Map

Australian PFAS Map

This map hopes to inform the general public about the location of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) substances in the Australian environment.

PFAS chemicals are now ubiquitous in the environment being concentrated in waterways and sediment. The most controversy with their use has been in fire fighting foams used on military bases, airports and industrial areas.

PFAS chemicals have also been used in domestic houses, with common non-stick cookware and the stain repellent spray, Scotchguard being widely used by the public. Some of the highest PFAS levels have been detected in homes and where Scotchguard has been used – including vehicles.

PFAS chemicals have been linked to a number of diseases, yet the Australian Government stubbornly refuses to end the use of PFAS chemicals in Australia, even after they have been banned overseas.

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