Content
Course content
This course covers the following topics:
- The importance of aircraft familiarization.
- The three core objectives of the ARFF service.
- The role of an aircraft database and crash charts.
- The main categories of aircraft.
- The major stresses to which all aircraft are subjected.
- Common materials used in external aircraft construction and cabin furnishing.
- The five main components of a fixed-wing aircraft.
- Common design differences of cargo aircraft.
- Structural differences in helicopter construction.
- Key features of the aircraft mainplane / wings, tail, and undercarriage.
- Aircraft engine types and how they work.
- Aircraft fuel types and fuel systems.
- The types of pressurized systems found in an aircraft and their purpose.
- Aircraft electrical and extinguishing systems.
- The components of an aircraft evacuation system.
- Potential biological hazards ARFF responders may encounter and standard precautions to minimize the risks of exposure.
- The risk of composite fibres to ARFF personnel and protection measures that can be taken.
- The types of environmental hazards ARFF personnel may encounter.
- Responding to aircraft undercarriage incidents.
- The danger zones around an aircraft.
- How military aircraft can pose a hazard to ARFF personnel.
