ARFF Solutions

Welcome!

I hope that you find this website useful for Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) information.

Please e-mail me with any questions or comments. dpierce@arffsolutions.com

Hot ARFF Topics

- The Coalition Letter in Opposition to ARFF Standards (below) identifies some of the people and organizations you can thank for shooting down adoption of the national consensus (NFPA 403) ARFF standards at America's airports by the FAA.

Coalition Letter in Opposition to ARFF Standards

Read the ARFFRWG Final Draft to Update FAR Part 139 to better understand what is needed to update FAR Part 139 airport safety.

H.R. 658 has been approved by the House and the Senate and is awaiting a signature from the President.

Here is the link to the bill's status..

Congress has accepted the subjective information identified in the ACRP 7 & ACRP 12 reports (see below - Important ARFF Documents) referenced in the coalition letter, as empirical evidence. The AAAE lobbyists and coalition have succeeded at stopping the FAA adoption of NFPA standards to current U.S. certificated airport ARFF response requirements identified in FAR Part 139. Congress has determined it is not necessary to have adequately staffed ARFF vehicles to rescue victims in a timely manner who are incapacitated in an aircraft accident.

Unless more ARFF professionals decide to actively get involved in doing whatever they can to make our elected officials aware of the need for additional ARFF resources at airports in order to save lives, the AAAE will continue to lobby Congress that expenses on any additional airport emergency resources is unnecessary and creates a financial hardship. In these times of a tough economy, airports are reducing what they consider unnecessary costs for continued operations. I hope your job will not be at stake.

IF YOU WANT CHANGE TO SAVE LIVES, GET INVOLVED, EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!

Here is the letter I received from my U.S. Congressman.

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-New FAA ARFF DVD released - Check with your regional office for the new ARFF training video on Aircraft Forcible Entry, Fire Fighting with the HRET, and Cargo Fire Fighting.

-FAA Advisory Circular AC 150/5200-31C (Airport Emergency Plan) Mandated by 12/31/2010 for Certificated Airports here.

-Increased use of composites on new commercial and general aviation aircraft construction. Beware!

-New quad-agent ultra high pressure fire suppression system. Is this the ultimate handline fire suppression system? http://www.afctinc.com/

-New Halon replacement agent developed for Eclipse 500. Will it be used for ARFF? - PhostrEx

-New Technology for Aircraft Interior Fire Suppression Here

Aviation Section/ARFF Technical Committee News

The NFPA ARFF Technical Committee will meet in Newport Beach CA 1/31/2012 through 2/2/2012 to revise the NFPA 403 and NFPA 412 standards.

The new 2012 edition of NFPA 414 was approved at the 2011 Boston conference.

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The NFPA Aviation Section Board of Directors held a teleconference on 7-20-2011.

Topics for discussion included

1. 2 new Directors elected.

New Board of Directors:

Office	Name	Company	Term Expires
Chair	Fred K. Walker	U.S. Department of the Air Force	2011 (1^st term)
Vice Chair	James Doctorman	Boeing Corp.	2012
Secretary	Danny Pierce	ARFF Solutions	2012
Executive Secretary	Barry Chase	NFPA	-
Director	John O’Sullivan	John O’Sullivan	2012
	Joseph L. Scheffey	Hughes Associates, Inc.	2012
	Ray Syms	Ray Syms & Associates	2012
	David Burkhart	Code Consultants	2013
	Jack Poole	Poole Fire Protection	2013
Past Chair	Nathaniel Addleman	Hughes Associates, Inc.	-