New Technologies, New Questions Cutting into a composite fuselage. With new technologies comes new questions especially in the firefighting world. In 2011 Boeing delivered the first 787 to ANA (ALL Nippon Airways) introducing to the world the first commercial aircraft in which major structural elements are made of composite materials rather than aluminum alloys. 787s […]
ARFF WORLDWIDE FAMILY The Aircraft Rescue Firefighters are not only just in the United States; but, at all airports worldwide. We all do the same job and have basically the same requirements. Our focus is to respond to aircraft emergencies as well as medical calls and structure fires on airport property. We are the frontline […]
Decision making for incident commanders. How can we strengthen our incident commander’s decision making in complex and chaotic situations? That was the question that we wanted to look into. We launched a project aimed that subject in relation to airport fire and security services. The updates on this project have been posted on the FaceBook […]
Effective Communication Applications for Structural, ARFF Firefighting. The question is why and how do we improve upon one of the most critical components in emergency response—communications. In this second installment of a multi-part series I will delve into the applications of the fire ground and ARFF communications models and will discuss what common features are present […]
MODERN AIRPORT ARFF FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS. This is not going to be a long article. However, this article will cover a subject that is all too familiar to the Aircraft Rescue Firefighter. Those of us who have been around Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting at airports, including those of us who are retired, but can’t seem […]
