15.1

How is the ARFF index of an airport determined?

By the length of the most demanding aircraft having at least 5 average daily departures

15.2

What three actions must an airport manager do if ARFF is not avaiable?

1.  Issue a NOTAM

2.  Reduce the index

3.  Retrict Operations

15.3

How does an extinguishing agent work?

1.  Smothers

2.  Supresses the release of fuel vapors

3.  Separates combustible material

3.  Cools the temperature

15.4

True or False

Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) is the most common aircraft extinguishing agent today.

TRUE

15.5

What extinguishing agent is preferred due to its abilities to seal and suppress the release of fuel vapors and to provide a cooling effect and resist breakdown from other chemical agents.

AFFF

15.6

What is the primary responsibility of ARFF crews upon reaching an accident site?

Clear a path!

15.7

According to Part 139, what are the performance measures for ARFF vehicles if there is an accident?

(8 criteria)

1.  At least one ARFF vehicle must reach the midpoint of the furthest air carrier runway within 3 minutes of an alarm

2.  All personal must be suited

3./  Application of an extinguishing agent must have begun

4.  All other ARFF vehicles have to reach the midpoint of the furthest air carrier runway within 4 minutes of an alarm

5.  Response must be avialable 15 minutes before the first operation of the day and 15 minutes after the last operation of the day

6. Must test alarm system daily

7.  Must be able to respond to each emergency, if not then NOTAM it out

8.  Must pre-position ARFF for all Alerts.

15.8

What are the seven purposes of an Airport Emergency Plan?

1.  Delegate authority

2.  Assign responsibilities

3.  Coordinate efforts by responding personnel

4.  Orderly transition from normal to emergency operations

5.  Provide framework for community response

6.  Provide inventory of response options and capabilities

7.  Provide alternative actions due to circumstances

15.9

What are the first two steps in developing an AEP?

Define scope

then

Define procedures

15.10

What are the three "C's" essential for resolving an emergency?

Command

Control

Communication

15.11

What is the IC system?

The Incident Command System which is an adopted methodology for on-scene control and coordination of multiple resources to major emergencies

15.12

What three things does the IC System accomplish?

1.  Establish chain-of-command

2.  Assign tasks

3.  Monitor procedures

15.13

The ability to act with clearly defined authority and to dominate the actions of many elements in order to reach the objective of resolving the emergency is referred to as what under the IC system?

Command

15.14

The establishment of procedures that coordinate the activities of many participants so that the emergency is effectively resolved without a duplication of resources is referred to as what under the IC system?

Control

15.15

The transmitting and receiving of information without delay or confustion is referred to as what under the IC system?

Communication

15.16

What are the five phases of an emergency

1.  Discovery

2.  Identification

3.  Response

4.  Resolve

5. Restore

15.17

A precautionary approach to a situation where a real or suspected emergency exists on an aircraft but the nature of the emergency would not normally cause serious difficulty or make landing unsafe is what level of an alert?

Alert I

15.18

What level of an alert is declared when there is an actual emergency in flight and an accident may well occur with injuries and aircraft damage?

Alert II

15.19

What level of alert is called when there is an actual aircraft accident?

Alert III

15.20

In descending order, what are the three priorities of ARFF personnel under the AEP?

1.  Clear a path

2.  Extinguish the fire

3.  Help the injured

15.21

Controlling access to the site, setting up traffic control points and securing the wreckage is the responsibility of which party in the AEP?

Security personnel

15.22

What are the four responsibilities of operations personnel during an emergency?

1.  Expeditious execution of command responsibilies

2.  Insure notification of mutual aid organizations

3.  Coodinate with air carrier and GA aircraft operation

4.  Activate call list

5.  Issue NOTAMs

15.23

What are the on-site medical responders responsibilities in an emergency?

1.  Triage

2.  Stabilization

3.  First Aid

4. Expeditious removal of injured to hospitals

15.24

Per Part 139, what are the three methods an airport can exercise its AEP?

1.  Annual table top exercise

2.  Annual partial exercise

3.  Mandatory tri-annual full scale exercise

15.25

True or False

Category II, III and IV airports do not have to have a tri-annual full scale exercise, but rather can coordinate on an annual basis with responders and identify issues to resolve.

TRUE

15.26

True or False

The NTSB investigates all accidents regardless of aircraft size

FALSE

Only greater than 12,500 pounds.  Under 12,500 pounds the NTSB delegates to the FAA, however the  NTSB can investigate some accidents under 12,500 pounds

15.27

What are the seven responsibilities of the NTSB?

1.  Investigate and determine cause of accidents

2.  Make safety recommendations

3.  Report the facts and circumstances involved in all U.S. civil aviation accidents

4.  Support accident prevention by conducting safety studies

5.  Conduct special investigations

6.  Review of appeal on airman certificates

7.  Make rules and regulations governing notification and reporting of aircraft accidents

15.28

True or False

The NTSB has investigative responsibility for an accident involving both a military and a civilian aircraft

TRUE

Military will be called in though

15.29

Whodoes the NTSB call in when a foreign flag carrier crashes in the United States?

Department of State

Investigative counterparts from country of registration of carrier

15.30

What is an ELT?

Emergency Locator Transmitter

15.31

What color are pipes carrying jet fuel and 100 Octane AvGas?

JetA = black

 100 LL AvGAS - blue

15.32

What three elements comprise the fuel triangle?

1.  Combustible material

2.  Heat source

3. Oxygen (>16%)

15.33

Which is more flammable material - AvGas or Jet A?

AvGas

15.34

For a substance to be considered flammable, it must have a flash point lower than what temperature OR a pressure per square inch lower than what?

100 degrees F

40 psi

15.35

For a substance to be considered flammable, it must have a flash point greater than what temperature?

100 degree F.

15.36

What is the flashpoint?

The point in which the vapors of a substance form an ignitable mixture.

15.37

What are the three factors that affect the fire hazard of aircraft fuel?

1.  Susceptibility to ignition

2.  Available and amount of combustible material

3.  Availability of ignition source

15.38

What are the seven training requirements of fuel personnel?

1.  Grounding

2. Public protection

3.  Access control to storage areas

4.  Fire safety

5.  Mobile fuel device fire safety

6.  Training of personnel in fire safety

7.  Knowledge of local fire code

15.39

What are the three ways that water can get into fuel?

1.  Condensation

2.  Leaks

3.  As a fine suspension in the fuel

15.40

What act covers the treatment, storage and disposition of used oil and other hazardous substances?

CERCLA

15.41

What regulation requires airport management to report releases of reportable quantities of hazardous substances or material?

EPCRA

15.42

What is the difference between the response requirements of the OPA and the CWA?

Scope of the plan.

CWA considers smaller leaks whereas the OPA considers a worst casse scenario

15.43

What seven items does a SPCC address?

1.  Spill prevention

2.  Inspections

3.  Reporting

4.  Equipment and Operations

5.  Security

6.  Personnel

7.  Training

15.44

How are above ground storage tanks protected?

1.  Double barraled wall construction

2.  Dike wall that can contain 100 to 110% of the total volume of the tanks

15.45

Which piece of federal legislation limited the release of volatile organic compounds?

The Clean Air Act

15.46

How is security a dual responsibility between the carriers and the airports?

Air carriers were responsible for the screening of passengers while the airport was responsible for providing LEOs to support both air carrier and airport security programs

15.47

What piece of federal legislation transferred the safety and security responsibilities from the airline to the airport management?

The Aviation Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996

15.48

The enhancing of aviation security by tighting screening for employees and requiring immediate background checks of new employees at Category X airports was a key aspect of what piece of federal legislation?

Aviation Security Improvemet Act of 2000

15.49

What piece of federal legislation allowed President Bush to consolidate 22 federal agencies into a single cabinet-level department (DHS) and created the TSA?

Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001

15.50

What section of 49 CFR governs security sensitive information and protects it on an "operational need to know" basis?

Section 1520

15.51

True or False

Section 1520 deems all SSI safe from FOIA requests, rule making and discovery

TRUE

15.52

What are three primary duties of the Airport Security Coordinator?

1.  Develope and maintain the Airprot Security Plan

2.  Take corrective action if the airport is found in non-compliance

3.  Ensure the airport is in compliance with Part 1542, the ASP and any Security Directives

15.53

What are the five key elements of an Airport Security Plan?

1.  Define and set boundaries for secure area, AOA and SIDA

2.  Designate one or more ASCs

3.  Provide LEO support

4.  Outline procedures to comply with Criminal History Background Checks

5.  Describe access control system including personnnel and vehicle ID systems

15.54

What is a valid ID?

15.55

What is the primary driver for the success of the ASP?

The committment of employees to security and following established protocols.

15.56

What is a computer aided system that identifies passengers whose travel characteristics meet a pre-defined profile requireing closer scrutiny?

Computer Aided Passenger Screening (CAPS)

15.57

Aiport security is regulated by what agency?

The TSA

15.58

Airport security badges must be worn in what locations at the airport?

SIDA locations

Secure locations

15.59

What does 49 CFR Section 1540 address?

Civil Aviation Security

15.60

What does 49 CFR Section 1542 address?

Airport Security

15.61

What does 49 CFR Section 1544 address?

Aircraft Operator Security:  Air Carriers and Commercial Operators

15.62

What does 49 CFR Section 1546 address?

Foreign Air Carrier Security

15.63

What three areas does the TSA consider to be restricted?

1.  Secured area

2.  SIDA

3.  AOA

15.64

What is a Security Directive?

A mandatory instruction to initiate security countermeasures arising as a result of a threat assessment or to a specific threat against civil aviation.

15.65

What must an airport manager do when receiving a Security Directive?

1.  Verbally acknowledge receipt of SD to the TSA

2. Specify how the airport will comply

3.  Comply

15.66

True or False

The TSA has to respond to all comments received on a Security Directive.

FALSE

They only have to consider comments received

15.67

What are the nine types of emergencies considered in an AEP?

1.  Aircraft incidents and accidents

2.  Bomb incidents

3.  Structural fires

4.  Fires at fuel farms

5.  Natural disasters

6.  Radiological incidents

7.  Sabotage and Hijackings

8.  Power failures

9.  Water rescue

15.68

What are the six types of extinguishing agents used at airports?

1.  AFFF

2.  Protein Foam

3.  Dry chemical

4.  Carbon Dioxide

5.  Halon or Halitron

6.  Water

15.69

Dry chemicals such as potassium bicarbonate are like by ARFF personnel for what capability?

The ability to knock down a fire by smothering

15.70

All ARFF personnel are required to participate in a live drill once every ___ months

12

15.71

Part 139 requires the airport management to inspect fueling operations how often?

Once every 3 months