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§ 139.317
(5) Index E includes aircraft at least
200 feet in length.
(c) Except as provided in § 139.319(c),
if there are five or more average daily
departures of air carrier aircraft in a
single Index group serving that airport,
the longest aircraft with an average of
five or more daily departures deter-
mines the Index required for the air-
port. When there are fewer than five
average daily departures of the longest
air carrier aircraft serving the airport,
the Index required for the airport will
be the next lower Index group than the
Index group prescribed for the longest
aircraft.
(d) The minimum designated index
shall be Index A.
(e) A holder of a Class III Airport Op-
erating Certificate may comply with
this section by providing a level of
safety comparable to Index A that is
approved by the Administrator. Such
alternate compliance must be de-
scribed in the ACM and must include:
(1) Pre-arranged firefighting and
emergency medical response proce-
dures, including agreements with re-
sponding services.
(2) Means for alerting firefighting
and emergency medical response per-
sonnel.
(3) Type of rescue and firefighting
equipment to be provided.
(4) Training of responding fire-
fighting and emergency medical per-
sonnel on airport familiarization and
communications.
[Doc. No. FAA–2000–7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10,
2004; Amdt. 139–26, 69 FR 31522, June 4, 2004]
§ 139.317 Aircraft rescue and fire-
fighting: Equipment and agents.
Unless otherwise authorized by the
Administrator, the following rescue
and firefighting equipment and agents
are the minimum required for the In-
dexes referred to in § 139.315:
(a)
Index A.
One vehicle carrying at
least—
(1) 500 pounds of sodium-based dry
chemical, halon 1211, or clean agent; or
(2) 450 pounds of potassium-based dry
chemical and water with a commensu-
rate quantity of AFFF to total 100 gal-
lons for simultaneous dry chemical and
AFFF application.
(b)
Index B.
Either of the following:
(1) One vehicle carrying at least 500
pounds of sodium-based dry chemical,
halon 1211, or clean agent and 1,500 gal-
lons of water and the commensurate
quantity of AFFF for foam production.
(2) Two vehicles—
(i) One vehicle carrying the extin-
guishing agents as specified in para-
graphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section;
and
(ii) One vehicle carrying an amount
of water and the commensurate quan-
tity of AFFF so the total quantity of
water for foam production carried by
both vehicles is at least 1,500 gallons.
(c)
Index C.
Either of the following:
(1) Three vehicles—
(i) One vehicle carrying the extin-
guishing agents as specified in para-
graph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section; and
(ii) Two vehicles carrying an amount
of water and the commensurate quan-
tity of AFFF so the total quantity of
water for foam production carried by
all three vehicles is at least 3,000 gal-
lons.
(2) Two vehicles—
(i) One vehicle carrying the extin-
guishing agents as specified in para-
graph (b)(1) of this section; and
(ii) One vehicle carrying water and
the commensurate quantity of AFFF
so the total quantity of water for foam
production carried by both vehicles is
at least 3,000 gallons.
(d)
Index D.
Three vehicles—
(1) One vehicle carrying the extin-
guishing agents as specified in para-
graphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section;
and
(2) Two vehicles carrying an amount
of water and the commensurate quan-
tity of AFFF so the total quantity of
water for foam production carried by
all three vehicles is at least 4,000 gal-
lons.
(e)
Index E.
Three vehicles—
(1) One vehicle carrying the extin-
guishing agents as specified in para-
graphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section;
and
(2) Two vehicles carrying an amount
of water and the commensurate quan-
tity of AFFF so the total quantity of
water for foam production carried by
all three vehicles is at least 6,000 gal-
lons.
(f)
Foam discharge capacity.
Each air-
craft rescue and firefighting vehicle
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used to comply with Index B, C, D, or
E requirements with a capacity of at
least 500 gallons of water for foam pro-
duction must be equipped with a tur-
ret. Vehicle turret discharge capacity
must be as follows:
(1) Each vehicle with a minimum-
rated vehicle water tank capacity of at
least 500 gallons, but less than 2,000
gallons, must have a turret discharge
rate of at least 500 gallons per minute,
but not more than 1,000 gallons per
minute.
(2) Each vehicle with a minimum-
rated vehicle water tank capacity of at
least 2,000 gallons must have a turret
discharge rate of at least 600 gallons
per minute, but not more than 1,200
gallons per minute.
(g)
Agent discharge capacity.
Each air-
craft rescue and firefighting vehicle
that is required to carry dry chemical,
halon 1211, or clean agent for compli-
ance with the Index requirements of
this section must meet one of the fol-
lowing minimum discharge rates for
the equipment installed:
(1) Dry chemical, halon 1211, or clean
agent through a hand line—5 pounds
per second.
(2) Dry chemical, halon 1211, or clean
agent through a turret—16 pounds per
second.
(h)
Extinguishing agent substitutions.
Other extinguishing agent substi-
tutions authorized by the Adminis-
trator may be made in amounts that
provide equivalent firefighting capa-
bility.
(i)
AFFF quantity requirements.
In ad-
dition to the quantity of water re-
quired, each vehicle required to carry
AFFF must carry AFFF in an appro-
priate amount to mix with twice the
water required to be carried by the ve-
hicle.
(j)
Methods and procedures.
FAA Advi-
sory Circulars contain methods and
procedures for ARFF equipment and
extinguishing agents that are accept-
able to the Administrator.
(k)
Implementation.
Each holder of a
Class II, III, or IV Airport Operating
Certificate must implement the re-
quirements of this section no later
than 36 consecutive calendar months
after June 9, 2004.
[Doc. No. FAA–2000–7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10,
2004; Amdt. 139–26, 69 FR 31523, June 4, 2004]
§ 139.319 Aircraft rescue and fire-
fighting: Operational requirements.
(a)
Rescue and firefighting capability.
Except as provided in paragraph (c) of
this section, each certificate holder
must provide on the airport, during air
carrier operations at the airport, at
least the rescue and firefighting capa-
bility specified for the Index required
by § 139.317 in a manner authorized by
the Administrator.
(b)
Increase in Index.
Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (c) of this section, if
an increase in the average daily depar-
tures or the length of air carrier air-
craft results in an increase in the Index
required by paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion, the certificate holder must com-
ply with the increased requirements.
(c)
Reduction in rescue and firefighting.
During air carrier operations with only
aircraft shorter than the Index aircraft
group required by paragraph (a) of this
section, the certificate holder may re-
duce the rescue and firefighting to a
lower level corresponding to the Index
group of the longest air carrier aircraft
being operated.
(d)
Procedures for reduction in capa-
bility.
Any reduction in the rescue and
firefighting capability from the Index
required by paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion, in accordance with paragraph (c)
of this section, must be subject to the
following conditions:
(1) Procedures for, and the persons
having the authority to implement, the
reductions must be included in the Air-
port Certification Manual.
(2) A system and procedures for recall
of the full aircraft rescue and fire-
fighting capability must be included in
the Airport Certification Manual.
(3) The reductions may not be imple-
mented unless notification to air car-
riers is provided in the Airport/Facility
Directory or Notices to Airmen
(NOTAM), as appropriate, and by direct
notification of local air carriers.
(e)
Vehicle communications.
Each vehi-
cle required under § 139.317 must be
equipped with two-way voice radio
communications that provide for con-
tact with at least—
(1) All other required emergency ve-
hicles;
(2) The air traffic control tower;
(3) The common traffic advisory fre-
quency when an air traffic control