Large Frame Aircraft (LFA) Fire Fighting Validation. TCA/PCA Methodology Evaluation.
Abstract
This technical effort examines the technical and analytical basis of the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) methodology for determining minimum fire fighting agent quantities and flow rates for airport fire departments. The objective is to establish the validity of this methodology as representative of actual crash site conditions, and as an accurate means of estimating required agent quantities to effectively control and extinguish large frame aircraft (LFA) exterior and interior fires. The research consists of an analysis of past experimental program data, LFA crash statistics, recent Air Force fire department LFA crash experience, and NFPA 403 explanatory documents to determine TCA/PCA methodology areas of technical and operational weakness. (MM)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA300680
Entities
People
- Benjamin R. Partin
- George F. Hall
- John H. Storm