InFlight Fire the Pilots Perspective Survive, Suppress, Access, Detect, Prevent

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In-Flight Fire the Pilots Perspective Survive,
Suppress, Access, Detect, Prevent

• Captain Thomas J. Phillips
• Airline Pilots Association, International
• Lisbon, Portugal
• November 16, 2004

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In-Flight Fire
Prevent
Detect
Access
Suppress
SURVIVE
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Protection

• Electrical
• Arc Fault
• Insulation
• Composite
• Supplemental Type Certificate

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Prevent
Detect
Access
Suppress
SURVIVE
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Identify
FWD
1601
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FWD
AFT
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In-Flight Fire
Message FWD or AFT CARGO FIRE 1. Cargo
Fire Switch (FWD/AFT)..ARMED 2. 1 Cargo
Fire BTL DISCH SwitchPush, hold for 1 second
3. Proceed to nearest suitable airport for
landing
FWD
AFT
suitable
CARGO FIRE
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In-Flight Fire
FWD
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Detection

• Cockpit Overhead Region Galley
• First Class Galley Overhead
• Cargo
• Avionics Compartment

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Detection

• Lick/Stick
• Wire/Gas analysis
• IR

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Detection

• Silent Knight 5207 Fire Alarm Control/Communicator
  
• Eight zones
• 6 Style A (class B)
• 2 Style D (class A)
• 8 Expander Zones are Style A (class B).

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Prevent
Detect
Access
Suppress
SURVIVE
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Access

• Within Cockpit
• Behind CB panel
• Cabin Area

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MD 82 November 29, 2000

• MD-82 with 61 passengers and 5 crew
• After takeoff, flight attendants saw a flash of
  light and heard a boom.
• Lead flight attendant saw smoke coming from
  fluorescent light fixture, and pulled the
  breaker.
• Another flight attendant saw dark, dense smoke
  coming from ceiling panels above rows 7 and 8.
• Ceiling panels began to blister and turn yellow.

Access
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Prevent
Detect
Access
Suppress
SURVIVE
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Suppress

• Halon extinguishers
• Halon Distribution System
• Access Ports

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Prevent
Detect
Access
Suppress
SURVIVE
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Survive

• Crew Protection
• O2 21 minutes
• Procedures
• Training

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-note- Consider Diversion to Nearest Airport
DRAFT
IFALPA believes that whenever smoke or odor of
an unknown source appears in the aircraft, the
smoke and fire fighting operating procedures
should reflect the need to prepare to land
the aircraft expeditiously, within a time frame
that will minimize the possibility of an
in-flight fire being ignited or sustained.
LAND IMMEDIATELY
DRAFT
Electrical
Air Cond
DIVERT IMMEDIATELY
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-note- Consider Diversion to Nearest Airport
O2 Masks Smoke Goggles (as required)
Crew Communications
Initial Steps
DIVERT IMMEDIATELY
Electrical
Air Cond
Materialsl
If Source Not Eliminated
LAND IMMEDIATELY
-Time permitting- Additional source
identification steps- ACCOMPLISH
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In-Flight Fire
Prevent
Detect
Access
Suppress
SURVIVE
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In-Flight Fire
SURVIVE
Suppress
Access
Detect
Prevent