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ARFF Firefighting
Produced By James Hobbs
3/26/08
What is ARFF Firefighting
• ARFF- Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting
1.ARFF is Airport Familiarization
• PNS occupies 1400 acres (all Fenced)
• PNS has 4 runways 17-35 and 8-26
• PNS has 4 taxiways– Alpha– Bravo– Charlie– Delta
• PNS has a # of Feeders that connect runways and taxiways
PNS has
• Airport Terminal – 8 Jet Ways
• 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 (North Side)• 1 – 3 – 5 – 7 (South Side)
– Restaurant ( Verona’s)– Several Offices (gift shops, car rental facilities, ticket sales)
• Aircraft Flight Training Facility– Pensacola Aviation (trains pilots and works on aircraft)
• Navy Flying Club
• Blue Angel Aviation
PNS has
• Life Guard
• Helaworks
• Innis free
2. ARFF is Aircraft Familiarization
• Several different types of Passenger aircraft fly into PNSDelta / Northwest / Continental /
US Airways / Air Tran
– Boeing • 757 (183 psg)• 737 (154 psg)• 717 (117 psg)
– McDonald Douglass • MD 88 (142 psg)
– Embraer ( Brazilian )• ER4 (50 psg)• ERD (44 psg)• ER3 (33 psg)• ERJ (50 psg)
Aircraft Familiarization cont.Regional Jets
• Bombardier (Canada)– CRJ ( 50 psg )– CR9 ( 86 psg )– CR7 ( 70 psg )
• Beachcraft– BE1 (19 psg )
Civilian Aircraftsmall aircraft (2 – 6 psg)
• Piper
• Cessna
• Cirrus
• Beachcraft
Military Aircraft
• Navy Trainers
• Blue Angels F-18 Hornet
• H-53 Bell ranger Helicopters
• F-15 Eagle
• F-16 Falcon
• T-6 Texan
• T-34 Mentor
3. ARFF is knowing Aircraft Safety and Shutdown Procedures
Throttles / Bottles / Batteries
• Control Shut offs
• Compartment access
• Batteries
4. ARFF is Communication• Ground Control 121.9
– Movement area (taxiways and runways)
– Nonmovement (every thing else on the runway except runways and taxiways)
• Tower control 119.9– Aircraft departing and arriving
within 15 miles of the airfield.
• Tracon (terminal radar control)– Aircraft greater than 15 miles out.
• Arff (PFD 800 MHz) – PFD (structure help)
5. ARFF is Knowledge of Apparatus Performance, tools and
equipment.• Apparatus performance
– 3 E-1 Titan’s ( P-5’s)• R-112 2004 1500gpm snozzle
(1500 gals water/500lb argon/190lb Afff )
• R-110 2003 1500gpm master stream (1500 gals water/500lb dry chem. 190lb Afff )
• R-111 1989 (Reserve App.) 1500gpm master stream
( 1500 gals water/500lb dry chem. 190lb Afff)
Tools
• Harness cutting tool• Disarming tool • Air lifting bags• Partner saws• Halogen tool
6. Knowledge of Tactics and Strategies
• Apparatus standby positions– Predetermined Position on the Runway– Upwind – Preferably primary apparatus at L1 position
facing the pilot / Secondary at R1 facing the pilot.
• Proper Size up (what,who,how)
• Proper selection of Agent
7. ARFF is Knowing the Airport Emergency Plan
• CFR Title 14 Part 139 (FAR)- Class C Airport (Grass -A, Atlanta -D )– Aircraft ( at least 126 ft but less than 159 ).– Three ARFF apps. Capable of 3000 gal water /500lb dry chem.
And 190 gals of AFFF 1 app caring 500 lb clean agent (halatron).
• NFPA 1003 - Airport Fire Fighter Qualification.• Guidelines for Handling various types of emergencies.
– Emergency chain of command– Command post– Staging areas– Arff responsibilities