Fire Chief decides?
The Fire Chief decided not to foam the runway?
Well well! I would say that if the Commander requests foam he should get it.
I had a runway foamed once (also for an MD type ) and waited gladly 35 minutes to get it. Later I took the boys in the Fire shop a barrel of beer so they had some foam of their own.
This slipperiness argument is wrong. There are studies over 10 years old showing this. The usual tenuous argument for not foaming is if there is no dedicated equipment, you might use up fire fighting foam that you will need later to put out the blaze that you wouldn't have had if you had foamed the runway.
I suggest the Fire Chief reads the reports. I'll see if I can find them.
FC.