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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES MANUAL
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
202.015i AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE: JULY 2019
Current Revision Date: 07/31/19 Next Revision Date: 07/31/22
Author’s Name/Rank: Keola Park, Fire Captain Review Level: 2
Administrative Support:
Sherrie L. Badertscher
Management Analyst II
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to outline Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF)
operational requirements as required by Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 14 CFR
139.319, Off Airport Procedures, and Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) Ring
Down procedures.
APPLICATION
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OPERATIONAL POLICY
OFF-AIRPORT ARFF RESPONSE
Only one (1) ARFF vehicle will be sent off the airport for mutual-aid response during
air carrier operations, and only under all of the following conditions:
a. Prior approval of the Airport Operations Manager or Airport Public Safety
(APS) Manager.
b. No known airport or aircraft emergency is in progress or impending.
c. AR-2 is the preferred apparatus.
d. ARFF capability must be maintained on the airport. Mutual-aid from the
California Air National Guard (CANG) can be requested so the required ARFF
Index continues to be maintained.
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OPERATIONAL GUIDELINE
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PROCESS
ALERT SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES
The following alert systems and procedures are established and maintained for
alerting ARFF personnel to any existing or impending emergency requiring their
assistance:
a. Alarm System.
A direct telephone hotline (crash phone) connects the Airport Traffic
Control Tower (ATCT) to the Airport Public Safety Division/Fresno Fire
Department, the facilities, personnel equipment and supplies of which are
located approximately 250 feet southeast of the ATCT building.
When the crash phone is activated, it sounds an alarm in various areas of
the airport fire station, establishes two-way voice communications
between ARFF and ATCT, and broadcasts on the airport UHF hand-held
and base station transceivers.
The alarm system is tested daily at 0800 hours.
b. Alert Procedures.
ARFF personnel on duty are alerted to airport emergencies via the crash
phone alarm system by ATCT personnel.
Upon being alerted of an impending or actual airport emergency, ARFF
personnel are to immediately don their personal protective gear and
occupy their pre-assigned vehicle(s), and drive the vehicle(s) to their pre-
assigned standby locations or directly, by the shortest route, to the site of
the emergency, as appropriate.
The initial alert message should contain essential information to allow ARFF
personnel to select the most expedient and effective response route. Supplemental
information, if unavailable at the time of the initial message, will be given while the
vehicles are en-route (e.g., aircraft type, nature of emergency, status of fuel and
occupants, presence of hazardous cargo, and other pertinent or useful information).
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INFORMATION
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations identifies operational requirements for aircraft
rescue and firefighting, as applied at Fresno Yosemite International airport. For more
information on operational requirements, click the following link:
§ 139.319 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting: Operational Requirements.
DEFINITIONS
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CROSS-REFERENCES
Fresno Yosemite International Airport Emergency Plan
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 14 CFR FAR 139.319
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