TO 00-25-172 - Robins Air Force Base
TO 00-25-172 - Robins Air Force Base
TO 00-25-172 - Robins Air Force Base
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plicable information in this technical order and to Table<br />
3-1 for a summary of installed fire suppression system<br />
requirements and vehicle standby requirements.<br />
c. Fire Department Standby Requirements. Table 3-1 lists<br />
various fire protection requirements for <strong>Air</strong>craft Rescue<br />
and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles. Due to a limited<br />
amount of ARFF equipment available, on occasion<br />
the fire chief or SFO is required to direct standby<br />
vehicles to emergencies. An example is when the fire<br />
department responds to an IFE. During IFEs, ARFF<br />
vehicles are pre-positioned along the runway when an<br />
emergency landing is anticipated. The following fire<br />
protection policy applies during emergency situations.<br />
(1) Operations, which may continue. Concurrent Servicing<br />
Operations (CSO) during Combat Sortie<br />
Generation may continue fuel servicing until the<br />
present CSO is completed. No fuel servicing portion<br />
of a new CSO may begin unless authorized<br />
by the wing commander (or senior local operational<br />
commander) until the ARFF vehicle has returned<br />
to a standby posture. As a condition of<br />
continuance, there must be an immediate means<br />
of recalling the fire department in case of an onsite<br />
emergency. Additionally, two 150-pound Halon<br />
1211 extinguishers must be located with one<br />
on each side of the aircraft. Servicing personnel<br />
shall be trained in the use of these extinguishers.<br />
Maintenance, fuel servicing, and aircrew personnel<br />
must exercise extra vigilance during this time<br />
period. When the fire chief releases the ARFF vehicles<br />
from the emergency scene, they will reservice<br />
as necessary and return immediately to a<br />
standby posture.<br />
(2) Operations which must cease. All aircraft hot refueling<br />
operations, concurrent fuel servicing of<br />
aircraft with passengers on board, fuel servicing<br />
of medical evacuation flights with passengers/patients<br />
on board, defueling when an aircraft has a<br />
fuel leak, is damaged from fire or impact, defueling<br />
into open containers or drums, or defueling<br />
where safe distance criteria cannot be met or static<br />
grounding points are not available. These operations<br />
shall cease immediately. Fuel flow will be<br />
stopped and pressure relieved from the fueling<br />
system until the ARFF vehicle has returned to a<br />
standby posture.<br />
(3) The fire chief or SFO is the primary individual<br />
for determining standby posturing requirements<br />
and ARFF vehicle standby locations for the various<br />
aircraft operations. This will include having<br />
an ARFF vehicle on standby status in the fire station<br />
or other location for operations listed in Table<br />
3-1 as he deems appropriate. The goal for the fire<br />
chief is to not take away from other critical firefighter<br />
duties i.e., training, equipment maintenance,<br />
etc., while still maintaining a heightened<br />
state of alert for aircraft involved in the listed<br />
operations. Final determination for standby requirements<br />
is at the discretion of the installation<br />
commander.<br />
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