Dale wrote:
In article eUhEe.68$S72.32@trndny06,
George Patterson wrote:

wrote:

Hmmm, so Foam is needed in an airplane fire. Probably takes a specially
equipped and expensive truck, dedicated to airport duty.

Nope. You need the same equipment for auto fires, and for the same reasons.
Most
airports count on service from the local fire department if they need it.


Yes and no.

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If the airport is under part 139 (I think it's still 139) then the
trucks will be dedicated crash/rescue vehicles...they will have to be to
meet the specifications. The trucks can arrive quickly at the crash
sight and dispense huge quantities of fire fighting agent very quickly.
Even the "little" crash trucks put out around 1000GPM, the big guys are
closer to 2000GPM.

Just to keep the score straight, Part 139 only applies to airports that
serve commercial passenger operations, primarily airlines. Therefore
there is no statutory requirement for a dedicated firefighting resource
at the vast majority of public-use airports.

Part 139 overview: http://www.faa.gov/arp/certification/overview.cfm

-cwk.