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