RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING
Airport
categories for rescue and fire fighting are based on the over-all length of
the longest aeroplane normally using the airport and its maximum fuselage width
as detail in table 1 :
| Table 1 Airport category for rescue and fire fighting |
| Airport cat. * |
Aeroplane
over-all length (ft/m)
|
Maximum
fuselage width (ft/m)
|
Example | |||
|
ICAO
|
FAA
|
|||||
|
1
|
A
|
0
|
up
to but not including
|
30/9 |
7/2
|
Very little Fokker |
|
2
|
30/9
|
up
to but not including
|
39/12 |
7/2
|
Cessna 207 | |
|
3
|
39/12
|
up
to but not including
|
59/18 |
10/3
|
Cessna 404 | |
|
4
|
59/18
|
up
to but not including
|
79/24 |
13/4
|
Brasilia 120 | |
|
5
|
79/24
|
up
to but not including
|
92/28 |
13/4
|
Dash 8-300 | |
|
6
|
B
|
92/28
|
up
to but not including
|
128/39 |
16/5
|
Boeing 737-400 |
|
7
|
C
|
128/39
|
up
to but not including
|
161/49 |
16/5
|
Boeing 737-800 |
|
8
|
D
|
161/49
|
up
to but not including
|
200/61 |
23/7
|
Boeing 767-300 |
|
9
|
E
|
200/61
|
up
to but not including
|
249/76 |
23/7
|
Boeing 747-400 |
|
10
|
249/76
|
up
to but not including
|
295/90 |
26/8
|
747X ? | |
| * The airport category shown in the Tabulation above should be considered as guideline only. To determine the exact rescue and fire airport category refer to ICAO DOC 9137 Chapter 2/(2.1.6) & FAA regulation 139.315, 139.317. | ||||||
Table 2. shows
the minimum usable amount of extinguishing agent related to the airport categories.
They will be shown in the airport listings as "Fire" followed by the
category number (e.g. Fire 5).
Where fire fighting equipment is available but the category is not defined,
the letter U (Uncategorized) will be published (e.g. Fire U).
If different category numbers are published for one airport, the lowest category
number will be shown. The higher category number with the relevant note (e.g.
Fire 7 PTO, Fire & PPR...etc.) can be found within the airport information
block.
| Tabel 2 Minimum Usable Amounts of Extinguishing Agents |
|
Airport
category
|
Foam meeting
performance level A |
Foam
meeting
performance level B |
Complementary
Agents
|
|||||
|
ICAO
|
FAA
|
Water
Gal/L |
Discharge
Rate foam solution/minute Gal/L
|
Water
Gal/L |
Discharge
Rate foam solution/minute Gal/L
|
Dry
Chemical Powders Lbs/kg
|
Halons
or Lbs/kg |
CO2
or Lbs/kg |
|
1
|
A
|
90/350
|
90/350
|
60/230
|
60/230
|
100/45
|
100/45
|
200/90
|
|
2
|
220/1000
|
210/800
|
180/670
|
150/550
|
200/90
|
200/90
|
400/180
|
|
|
3
|
400/1800
|
340/1300
|
320/1200
|
240/900
|
300/135
|
300/135
|
600/270
|
|
|
4
|
790/3600
|
690/2600
|
630/2400
|
480/1800
|
300/135
|
300/135
|
600/270
|
|
|
5
|
1780/8100
|
1190/4500
|
1430/5400
|
790/3000
|
400/180
|
400/180
|
800/360
|
|
|
6
|
B
|
2600/11800
|
1590/6000
|
2090/7900
|
1060/4000
|
500/225
|
500/225
|
1000/450
|
|
7
|
C
|
4800/18200
|
2090/7900
|
3200/12100
|
1400/5300
|
500/225
|
500/225
|
1000/450
|
|
8
|
D
|
7210/27300
|
2850/10800
|
4810/18200
|
1900/7200
|
1000/450
|
1000/450
|
2000/900
|
|
9
|
E
|
9620/36400
|
3570/13500
|
6420/24300
|
2380/9000
|
1000/450
|
1000/450
|
1000/450
|
|
10
|
12730/48200
|
4390/16600
|
8530/32300
|
2960/11200
|
1000/450
|
1000/450
|
2000/900
|
|
| * The FAA fire fighting categories requires equipment similar to the ICAO fire fighting equipment shown in the table above | ||||||||