Fire Protection

Question 1

What is the fire protection system consist of

Answer 1

Fire and smoke detection

Fire extinguishing subsystem

Question 2

What areas are monitored by the fire protection

Answer 2

The engines and pylon
The APU
Cargo compartments
Lavatories
Fire extinguisher in the cabin and cockpit

Question 3

How is the lavatories protected against fire

Answer 3

There is a fire bottle on top of the waste can

Question 4

Can you test the fire system with the APU running ?

Answer 4

For not more than 10 seconds

Question 5

How many fire extinguisher bottles are there

Answer 5

Apu bottle
Engines 2 AB
Cargo 2 high, low

Question 6

What will the APU fire extinguisher do.

Answer 6

The APU FOV will close and shut down and chemicals release

Question 7

How many detectors in the aff cargo takes to sound the alarm

Answer 7

2 detectors if one is not working then only one

Question 8

How to extinguish cargo compartment without a fire warning

Answer 8

In flight- press button (high rate bottle) after one minute (low rate bottle will discard)

Ground- press button twice to arm and then discharge high rate bottle. Press again for low rate bottle.

Question 9

How to stinguish cargo fire with fire message

Answer 9

I flight- press button ( high rate) low rate automatic

On ground- press button once ( high rate)
Press again to discharge low rate