Transcript ARAC - ARFF Requirements Working Group Airport Certification Issues Group

ARAC - ARFF Requirements
Working Group
Airport Certification Issues Group
Review of Final Report
14 CFR Part 139- Subpart D
October 6, 2004
Airport Certification Issues
Group
• Tasking: Review the existing ARFF
Requirements in 14 CFR part 139, subpart
D and identify requirements that should be
added, modified, or deleted. This review
shall include the current rule, other related
FAA documents, and other recognized
ARFF standards issued by other
organizations. Federal Register / Volume 66, No 56 - March 22, 2001
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Task
• As part of this project, ARAC should
address the following issues:
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Quantity of Agent & Number of Vehicles
Vehicle Response Times
Staffing Requirements
Airport ARFF Index
ARAC Certification Issues - New Task - 3/14/01
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ARFF Requirements Working
Group
• Members need not be ARAC members
• Members appointed by the Working Group
Chairpersons
• Membership must be “balanced” with equal
representation from opposing sides of the issues.
• We also attempted to include airport geographic
location and size to that balance.
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ARFFRWG Members & Support
• Ben Castellano - (FAA) ARAC Assistant
Executive Director
• Ian Redhead - (ACI) ARAC Assistant Chair,
Airport Certification Issues Group
• Jack Kreckie - (ARFFWG)
Member/Co-Chair
• Armen DerHohannesian (ADA-LLC)
Member/Co-Chair
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ARFFRWG Members & Support
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Charles Burroughs (IAFF) Member
Mark Conroy (NFPA) Member
Tom Farrier (ATA) Member
Ken Gilliam FAA Representative
Don Hilderbrand (IAFC) Member
Captain Shannon Jipsen (IPA) Member
Kathy Lord-Jones (Aviation Cabin Safety
Specialists Inc)
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ARFFRWG Members & Support
• Dawn Lucini (ACI-NA) Member
• Les Omans (San Jose Fire Dept) Member
• Bill Pahuta (Charlottesville Albermarle
Airport, VA) Member
• Brad Penrod (Pittsburgh Int.) Member
• Pam Phillips (PANYNJ) Member
• Captain Tom Phillips (ALPA) Member
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ARFFRWG Members & Support
• Jeff Vitti (Sacramento Fire Department)
• Craig Williams (AAAE) Member
• Keith Baggot (FAA R&D) Technical
Support
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Mission Statement
• “To reasonably and responsibly recommend
ARFF standards, which provide for the
safety and welfare of the travelling public,
the aviation community and emergency
responders. Secondarily, to make
recommendations to the ARAC Airport
Certification Issues Group, as necessary to
maximize the ARFF effectiveness of 14
CFR FAR Part 139.”
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Work Plan
• ARAC Working Groups are required to
submit a “Work Plan” in compliance with
FAA procedures described in “Operating
Procedures for the ARAC” (Green Book).
• The ARFFRWG “Work Plan” was
submitted and approved in April of 2002.
This approval served as our “Notice to
Proceed”.
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Historic Perspective
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Task Groups
• 139.303 - ARFF Staffing
– Task Group Leader - Brad Penrod
– Chuck Burroughs, Dawn Lucini, Bill Pahuta
• 139.315 - ARFF Index Determination
– Task Group Leader - Craig Williams
– Shannon Jipsen, Tom Phillips, Jeff Vitti
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Task Groups
• 139.317 - Number of Vehicles, Quantities of
Agent
– Task Group Leader - Pam Phillips
– Mark Conroy, Jack Kreckie, Les Omans
• 139.319 - ARFF Response Times
– Task Group Leader - Tom Farrier
– Armen DerHohannesian, Don Hilderbrand,
Kathy Lord Jones
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Meetings
• Total of 12 formal meetings, followed by 3
conference call meetings of the ARFFRWG.
These meetings were hosted by:
• ACI-NA Washington, DC
• AAAE Washington, DC
• GOAA - Orlando ARFF
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Meetings
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Pittsburgh International Airport
Boston-Logan International Airport
MWAA-Reagan National Airport
DFW International Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
– Portions of these meetings were sponsored by,
ALPA, ADA-LLC and the IPA.
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Interactive Research Sessions
• Orlando International Airport ARFF
• Pittsburgh International Airport ARFF
• Boston-Logan International Airport ARFF
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Informational Briefings
• Derivation of airport revenue / funding
alternatives and administrative approach to
operational & maintenance issues.
• NTSB perspective of aviation safety
• History & background of aircraft
extinguishing agents.
• NFPA 403 - NFPA 1710
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Deliverables
• Final Report
• Meeting Minutes
• Related Recommendations, outside the
context of Part 139
• Draft Advisory Circular - ARFF Staffing
Task Analysis
• Bibliography
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ARAC Process
• The recommendations to satisfy the tasking
by ARAC, were submitted to Ian Redhead,
Chairman of the Issues Group 2/14/04
• The Airport Certification Issues Group will
review the document to determine if the
task has been satisfied.
• If approved, the Issues Group submits the
document to the full ARAC Committee.
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Preamble
• 68% of this document is devoted to the
Preamble.
• The Preamble serves as a foundation for
discussion of background information and
data. Subsequently this research effort was
used to assist in the development of
regulatory language, the objective of which
was to satisfy the task assigned by ARAC.
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139.303 - ARFF Personnel
• Preamble - There was NO reference to
minimum ARFF staffing required by Index
in the original 139 document.
– Role of ARFF Personnel
– Sufficient Personnel
• ARFF Training was moved from .319 to .303
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139.303 Regulatory Language
• Consensus
– The Working Group reached “General
Consensus” on the use of a Staffing Analysis to
evaluate ARFF Staffing Levels.
– There were 2 opinions on how best to
determine the minimum required level to
perform those tasks identified within the
specified time objectives.
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139.303 Regulatory Language
• Option 1-Minimum
ARFF Staffing &
Staffing Task Analysis
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Cat 1 - 3 *
Cat 4 - 3 personnel - A
Cat 5 - 6 personnel - A
Cat 6 - 9 personnel - B
Cat 7 - 12 personnel - C
• Cat 8 - 12 personnel - D
• Cat 9 - 15 personnel - E
• Cat 10 - 15 personnel
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139.303 Regulatory Language
• Option 1 - Additionally, a Staffing Task
Analysis will be performed to determine
additional staffing requirements. The
analysis is based on a worst case
accident/incident. The analysis shall be
supported by a risk assessment which
examines risk to aircraft occupants.
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139.303 Regulatory Language
• Option 1 - .303 includes items to be used to
determine the basic contents of the staffing
task analysis.
• A DRAFT Advisory Circular, “ARFF
Staffing Task Analysis” was developed (and
submitted) by the task group as suggested
guidance for conducting a task analysis.
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139.303 Regulatory Language
• Option 2 - A staffing task analysis is the
sole method used to determine minimum
ARFF personnel required.
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139.303 Regulatory Language
Items Used to Determine Contents of Staffing Analysis
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Description / Airport
ARFF Category
Response Criteria
Aircraft Operations
Operational Hours
ARFF Services
Structure
• Level of Personnel
• Level of Supervisors
• ARFF Competence
• Extraneous Duties of
ARFF Services
• Alerting Systems
• ARFF Vehicles
• Extinguishing Agents
• Special Equipment
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139.303 Regulatory Language
Items Used to Determine Contents of Staffing Analysis
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Medical Facilities
Pre-Determined Attendance
Other ARFF Staffing Sources
Incident Task Analysis
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139.303 Regulatory Language
Staffing Task Analysis
• Results shall be recorded with the following
information
– Time Objectives, Starts with initial response
time, ends with all required tasks initiated.
– Listing of all tasks & Priorities
– Resources, Personnel & Equipment required for
each task
– Comments, Explanatory Information
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139.303 Regulatory Language
Staffing Task Analysis
• In either Option 1 or 2, each Certificated
Airport’s Staffing Analysis Will Be Subject
to the Approval of the FAA and Shall Be
Included in the Airport’s Certification
Manual.
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139.303 Training (relocated from .319)
• All ARFF personnel shall be properly
trained to perform their duties. Such
personnel shall be trained PRIOR to
performance of Rescue & Firefighting
duties. The Training curriculum shall
include initial and recurrent training in at
least the following areas:
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139.303 Training
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Practical ARFF Driving Operations
SCBA
Evidence Preservation
Incident Command
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139.303 Training
• All ARFF Personnel shall participate in
recurrent training on at least a monthly
basis. All required topics shall be addressed
at least every 12 months.
• All ARFF Personnel shall be trained to and
maintain certification in the U.S.
Department of Transportation’s First
Responder: National Standard Curriculum
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139.315 – ARFF Index Determination
Preamble
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Harmonizing w/ICAO Airport
Categorization
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Aircraft Width + Fire Protection
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Air Cargo Aircraft
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ARFF Index Remission
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139.315 – ARFF Index Determination
Consensus
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Full Consensus on harmonization with
ICAO’s Categorization
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No Consensus regarding Remission
although a majority favored eliminating
it.
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139.315 – ARFF Index Determination
Regulatory
• Category Determination - Largest Air
Carrier Serving the Airport.
• Proposed Airport Categories (Table 2)
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Table 2
Index
(Current)
Airport Categories
Recommended
Categories
Aircraft
Length (ft.)
*indicates up to but not including
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Width up to
but not
Including
GA-1
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<30
6.6’
GA-2
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30-39*
6.6’
GA-3
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39-59*
9.8’
A
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59-78*
13.0’
A
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78-90*
13.0’
B
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90-126*
16.4’
C
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126-160*
16.4’
D
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160-200*
23.0’
E
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200-250*
23.0’
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250-295*
25.0’
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139.317 ARFF Equipment & Agents
• Agents - Preamble
– Primary Agent, 3% or 6% AFFF Mil Spec
Foam #MIL F-24385, QPL Listed
– Complementary Agents, Potassium Bicarbonate
or Potassium Bicarbomate Dry Chemical.
– Clean Steaming Agents currently approved are
Halotron and Halon 1211
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139.317 Quantity of Agents
• Consensus: Unanimous agreement that the
current quantities were not appropriate for
current times.
• A majority of the WG agreed that NFPA
quantities were appropriate while a
dissenting opinion concluded that ICAO
quantities with the 1000 gallons added back
were appropriate.
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139.317 Quantity of Agents
• There was also full consensus by the WG
that the additional hazards of the ever
increasing second level passenger deck of
the B-747 have been neglected over the
years.
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Table 3 – Minimum Extinguishing Agent Quantities and Discharge Rates
Note: Categories 1-3 fall outside the applicability of this Part. (* = GA)
AFFF
Water
Discharge
Rate
Potassium Bicarbonate or
Potassium Bicarbomate
Clean Streaming
Agent
Discharge Rate
Discharge Rate
Airport
Category
Index
U.S. gal
gpm
lb
lb/sec
lb
lb/sec
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A
1335
390
300
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300
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2762
825
450
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450
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B
3744
1100
450
5
450
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7
C
4877
1440
450
5
450
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D
7778
1900
900
10
900
10
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9570
2400
900
10
900
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14264
3100
900
10
900
10
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3
10
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139.317 ARFF Equipment & Agents
• ARFF Vehicles - Preamble
– Number of Vehicles - Tactical considerations
– Capacity with regard to agent, personnel,
equipment.
– Equipment loading / performance issues
– Vehicles out of service / maintenance, repairs,
damage.
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139.317 ARFF Equipment & Agents
• Rescue & Fire-Fighting Vehicles Consensus
– The majority of the ARFFRWG felt that the
NFPA recommended number of vehicle were
appropriate; a minority felt that ICAO number
of trucks required were appropriate.
– The number of trucks required is directly
related to required agent quantities as well as to
enhance operational flexibility.
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139.317 ARFF Equipment & Agents
• Rescue & Fire-Fighting Vehicles
– Minimum Required ARFF Vehicles per
Category Described in Table 4
• Maintaining Minimum Number of Vehicles:
Numbers of vehicles in Table 4 shall be met at all
times with the ability to have the largest vehicle Out
of Service.
• All foam producing vehicles to be tested at least
semi-annually, Complimentary Systems Annually.
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Table 4 – Minimum Required ARFF Vehicles per Airport Category
Note: Categories 1-3 fall outside the applicability of this Part.
Airport Category
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Index
GA
GA
GA
A
A
B
C
D
E
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Number of ARFF
Vehicles
NA
NA
NA
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4
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139.319 – Operational Requirements
Preamble
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ARFF response times
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Pre-positioning of ARFF Equipment
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ARFF response location
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Protective Clothing + Personal
Equipment
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139.319 – Operational Requirements
Consensus
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Full Consensus for Pre-positioning of
ARFF vehicles
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General Consensus for Response time
and location
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No Consensus for Protective Clothing +
Personal Equipment – majority for using
NFPA standards
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139.319 – Operational Requirements
Regulatory
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Response Requirements for timed drills
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Pre-positioning of ARFF Vehicles
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Response Time Objectives
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Protective Clothing + Personal
Equipment
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139.325 - Airport Emergency Plan
• Change-Hold a full scale emergency plan
exercise at least every 2 years.
• Additional sections required to address new
age threats.
– WMD-NBC Threats
– Security Threat Level Changes / Modified from
Radiological Incidents
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139.325 - Airport Emergency Plan
– Consensus: There was no consensus on the
issue. The majority felt that the “full scale
emergency exercise” should be harmonized
with ICAO and NFPA, which require full scale
exercises every 2 years.
– The minority held that changing the
requirement to every 2 years poses a financial
and organizational burden on the airport as well
as other resources that play a part in a full scale
emergency response.
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