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17 Cards in this Set
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Hazards with fires involving metals used in aircraft construction |
Aluminium, titanium, magnesium - react when water applied |
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Position of fuel tanks on airliners |
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Types of aviation fuel used for piston engines (light aircraft) |
Gasoline and AVGAS |
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Types of aviation fuel used for turbine engines (Jets, large modern propeller aircraft, modern helicopters) |
AVTUR (Will not ignite under normal pressures and temperatures) AVTAG (Will readily ignite at normal temperatures and pressures) |
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Safe approach distances to jet engines |
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Aircraft firefighting techniques |
Keep fire away from fuselage and escape routes Main jet water spray Foam to knock back fire |
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Undercarriages Hazards and actions |
High pressure hydraulics 'ium' metals Use fine water spray to surround No spot cooling |
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Safe approach routes to helicopters |
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What are these and what are the hazards associated? |
Automatic flotation devices Can be unintentionally deployed, destabilising the helicopter Use water spray instead of jets where possible |
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What is this and what are the hazards associated? |
ADELT Automatically Depolyable Emergency Locator Transmitters Unintentional deployment Remains live after isolation Use water spray instead of jet where possible |
ADELT |
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Safe radio distances for military aircraft |
10m for fire ground radios 50m for appliance airwave radios |
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Isolating an ejector seat |
Look for Sear pin to insert into sear, which is normally near the head Pins marked with bright orange or red tabs "Main gun Sear pin" Safety pins normally stowed on racks Us aircraft store pins in nylon bags near crew |
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Types of fuel tank on aircraft |
Rigid Integral Flexible |
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What are MMMFs? |
Man made mineral fibres, used in aircraft construction |
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Incident sectorisation for aircraft engine fire |
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Safety clearance from front or side of any engine |
10m |
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RFFS |
Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Service |
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