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Regulation OTAR Part 121 - CAT - Large Aeroplanes

OTAR.121.700 Medical and emergency equipment
(a) An aircraft shall be equipped with:
one or more first aid kits, stowed in accessible places.
(b) (1) Contents of first aid kits shall be appropriate to the nature of the flight, and suitable to treat
minor injuries; and
(2) where passengers are carried, the number of first aid kits shall be as specified in Table
3; and
(3) for aircraft required to carry cabin crew as part of the operating crew, first aid kits shall
be suitable for the use of cabin crew in managing incidents of ill health.
(c) (1) An aircraft required to carry cabin crew as part of the operating crew shall carry a universal
precaution kit for the use of cabin crew members in managing incidents of ill health associated
with a case of suspected communicable disease, or in the case of illness involving contact with
body fluids; and
(2) an aeroplane authorised to carry more than 250 passengers shall carry two universal
precaution kits; and
(3) an aeroplane authorised to carry more than 100 passengers, on a sector length of
more than two hours, shall carry a medical kit, for the use of medical doctors or other
qualified persons in treating in-flight medical emergencies.
Note: Appendix B contains information on medical supplies.
(d) An aircraft shall be equipped with:
(1) at least one fire extinguisher, located in reach of a flight crew member and of a type that
will not interfere with the proper functioning of essential aircraft equipment; and
(2) at least one fire extinguisher in each compartment that is separate from the pilots’
compartment; and
(3) where passengers are carried the number of fire extinguishers shall be in accordance
with Table 4.
(e) An aeroplane with a maximum approved passenger seating configuration of more than 19
passenger seats shall be equipped with an axe that is readily accessible to the crew; and
(f) An aeroplane with a maximum approved passenger seating configuration of 61 passenger seats
or more shall, when carrying passengers, be equipped with portable battery-powered
megaphones:
(1) readily accessible to a normal cabin crew seat for crew members assigned to direct
emergency evacuation; and
(2) installed in accordance with Table 5; and
(g) Any agent used in a built-in fire extinguisher for each lavatory disposal receptacle for towels,
paper or waste in an aircraft for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual
aircraft, was issued on or after 31 December 2011 and any extinguishing agent used in a portable
fire extinguisher in an aircraft for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on
or after 31 December 2018 shall not be of a type listed in Annex A, Group II of the Montreal
Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, 8th Edition, 2009.

Note: Information concerning extinguishing agents is contained in the UNEP Halons Technical
Options Committee Technical Note No. 1 – New Technology Halon Alternatives and FAA Report
No. DOT/FAA/AR-99-63, Options to the Use of Halons for Aircraft Fire Suppression Systems.
(h) Each item of equipment required by paragraph (a), (c) and (d) shall clearly indicate its method of
operation.
(i) Each compartment or container that contains any item of equipment required by paragraph (a),
(c) and (d) shall be marked to indicate its contents.
Table 3 – First aid kit
Table 4 – Hand-held fire extinguishers
Table 5 – Megaphones

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