Guest rance Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 070078 CYXU LONDON CYXU ARFF DOWNGRADED TO CAT 5: MON/WED/FRI :0113-0444 1045-1225 1255-0043 TUE/THU :0113-0444 1045-1225 1255-1812 1915-0042 SAT :0020-0444 1045-1225 1256-2250 SUN :0113-0444 1045-1240 1310-1812 1915-2300 TIL APRX 0703010500 not sure what cat 5 means thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Cat 5 = 1 Station Officer and 2 Fire Fighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerun Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Crash fire rescue downgraded. Only applicable for take-off, at least in AC's world. Cat 6 required for a 320, Cat 9 for a 340. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rance Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 thanks had me stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Perkins Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Just a bit more info for those inquiring minds. The Category is established by ICAO, based on Aircraft fuselage length and width. This is due to the thoeretical area that needs to be protected during a fire, to enable you (not the fire fighters) to get yourselves out of the aircraft. The Categories range from 1 to 10 with 1 being the least, 10 the most area and consequently the most equipment/foam etc. the A380 will require Category 10, the 744 requires Category 9. Category 5 is enough for a small Dash 8, and involves one fire truck and the driver of that truck. There will possibly be an incident commander (fire Chief) as well, but not all the time. Normally what would happen is that the airport would restrict operations if the service were to be downgraded for any long amount of time. Worth noting that ANY sort of ARFF is available at only the larger airports, those with over 180,000 pax per year. The smaller ones have basically zip/NADA/zilch. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 ARFF...? A ircraft R escue F ire ? ... ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 ARFF...? A ircraft R escue F ire ? ... ?? Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting AGA 8.0 - Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting - Too Little, Too Late Airline Fire Information Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Thanks CD. That sure spells it all out. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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