Navy Fleet Evaluation of the Aircraft Skin Penetrator

Abstract

Current Air Force firefighting equipment does now allow quick and easy entry to airframe voids. Fires are frequently located in and enclosed or limited access area, to which entry can be time-consuming, and dangerous, in that creating an opening can increase the intensity of the fire. Considerable effort has been expended in designing firefighting equipment that can penetrate an aircraft skin and apply a firefighting agent. AMETEK, Inc./ORED designed an aircraft skin penetrator/agent applicator tool which met the requirements specified by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy under Contract F08635-82-C-0472. The tool was tested and evaluated over a 60-day period. This report describes the testing and performance evaluation conducted, and offers recommendations for improvements of the tool and training of firefighting personnel in its use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA213276

Entities

People

  • Bobby Barrow
  • Harold D. Beeson
  • Joseph L. Walker
  • Martin A. Plugge
  • Richard B. Calhoun

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Fires
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire Extinguishing Agents
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Maintenance Equipment
  • New Mexico
  • Research Facilities
  • Safety
  • Safety Engineering
  • Safety Equipment
  • Tools

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design