To improve the effectiveness of aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) equipment, the Federal Aviation Administration reviewed the current methodology for calculating the total amount of firefighting agent required to combat aircraft crash fires. The approach was to review the historical basis of the calculations, review the loss history of aircraft accidents, and conduct a hazard analysis. The methodology was then assessed based on this analysis. The overall analysis is contained in a technical report, A Technical Review of Methodologies for Calculating Firefighting Agent Quantities Needed to Combat Aircraft Crash Fires (DOT/FAA/AR-11/29). The current report is a complementary report detailing the heat transfer and agent calculation analysis presented in the above-mentioned report. The current report provides the detailed technical analysis and calculations for analyzing the suppression effects on aviation fuel fires, which may threaten an aircraft and its occupants. The current method for determining firefighting agent quantities required at an airport is based on the concept of a critical area, a rectangular box defined by the aircraft's length and fuselage width.


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    Title :

    Analysis of Suppression Effects on Aviation Fuel Fires Around an Aircraft. Final Report


    Contributors:
    J. L. Scheffey (author) / R. L. Darwin (author) / S. Hunt (author)

    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    99 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English