Aircraft Emergencies MP202.17 Flashcards
What are 2 types of aircraft crashes?
- Low impact
2. High impact
Tactical Benchmarks Aircraft Emergencies
1st arriving engine takes command and make every effort to prevent an unnecessary evacuation by immediately contacting the flight crew and reporting What to them?
exterior conditions
Tactical Benchmarks Aircraft Emergencies
If emergency evacuation is in progress, assist
evacuation of passengers and/or provide them a path
of egress, by discharging Class B foam only, from apparatus. Create a path through the burning flammable liquid from the escape exit door to a safe area. If Class B foam is not available, use What?
Protect the aircraft fuselage from direct flame impingement since fire can burn through fuselage within 60 seconds. Ensure your own supply line. Master stream appliances
(Stang Guns) utilizing fog patterns; provide quick water in large volumes to protect passengers during evacuation.
large volumes of water.
Tactical Benchmarks Aircraft Emergencies
Provide interior ventilation as soon as possible inside the aircraft. Fatalities in survivable aircraft crashes are usually due to What?
Use wide angle fog pattern and PPV unburned portion. Ventilation should be started at the same time as the attack lines are put into operation, if possible.
smoke inhalation.
Tactical Benchmarks Aircraft Emergencies
Be aware that aircraft have numerous high pressure hydraulic lines that operate at what psi?
3,000
Tactical Benchmarks Aircraft Emergencies
Off airport responses consider requesting what type of Truck?
ARFF foam trucks, Medical support 19 or foam 34 or 54.
Tactical Benchmarks Aircraft Emergencies
Off airport ARFF responses from Sky Harbor has a how many mile radius?
and be coordinated through BC19, District 19 Chief. The airport must maintain an index of 3 foam trucks.
5-mile radius