System Review PTM CH-08 (Fire Protection)

Question 1

The engine fire protection monitors for what?

Answer 1

Heat

Question 2

Pushing the ENGINE FIRE button does what?

Answer 2

Closes respective Fuel firewall shutoff.

Closes respective Hydraulic firewall shutoff.

Deactivates respective GEN.

Disables the respective TR.

Arms squibs to both fire bottles.

Question 3

What provides fire detection in the aft baggage compartment?

Answer 3

2 optical smoke detectors.

Question 4

The BAGGAGE FIRE and SEC BAG BOTTLE buttons are continuously armed and will automatically discharge, T/F?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The Baggage Compartment and APU use a shared bottle. Discharging it causes what CAS?

Answer 5

FIRE BOTTLE LOW BAG-APU

Question 6

The BAGGAGE FIRE button discharges the dedicated baggage fire bottle located in the nose at what rate?

Answer 6

At a low rate designed to provide up to 180 minutes of fire suppression between FL330 and FL390

Question 7

The SEC BAG BOTTLE button discharges the Baggage-APU bottle at what rate?

Answer 7

At a high rate for the purpose of executing a descent from cruise altitude.

Question 8

What happens when you push the BAGGAGE FIRE button?

Answer 8

Discharges the shared baggage/APU fire bottle, the low-discharge rate squib on the dedicated fire bottle, and deactivates the APU.

Question 9

If the APU FIRE button isn’t pressed within 8 seconds, what happens?

Answer 9

Shared baggage APU fire bottle discharges automatically.

Question 10

How many fire extinguishers and where are they located?

Answer 10

There are 2. One is outboard of the copilot’s seat and the second is in the forward closet with O2 bottle and AED.