Current Air Force firefighting equipment does not 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. Keywords: Firefighting equipment; Firefighting; Halon; Aircraft fires; Aircraft skin penetrator. (KT)


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    Titel :

    Navy Fleet Evaluation of the Aircraft Skin Penetrator


    Beteiligte:
    M. A. Plugge (Autor:in) / H. D. Beeson (Autor:in) / R. B. Calhoun (Autor:in) / J. L. Walker (Autor:in) / B. Barrow (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1988


    Format / Umfang :

    118 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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