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Regulation OTAR Part 140 - Rescue and Fire-Fighting Services (RFFS) Requirements

OTAR.140.103 Rescue equipment and medical supplies
An RFFS provider shall set up systems and procedures to ensure that:
(a) all responding rescue and fire-fighting personnel are provided with protective clothing [3] and
respiratory equipment to enable them to perform their duties in an effective manner; and
(b) as a minimum, rescue equipment and medical first aid kits equal to the RFFS category is
provided on the rescue and fire-fighting vehicle(s).
(c) fire-fighting protective clothing and personal equipment is inspected on a regular basis to ensure
that items are not excessively degraded and retain an appropriate level of protection for the
individual(s) [3].
Note: ICAO Airport Services Manual (Doc 9137), Part 1 – Rescue and Fire- Fighting gives
guidance.
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3 See: NFPA 1851.
OTAR.140.105 Commissioning, maintenance, test and inspection
An RFFS provider shall establish systems and procedures to ensure that:
(a) immediately prior to, or on receipt of new or replacement vehicles, equipment, facility, plant or
untested supplies appropriate commissioning is carried out to ensure compliance with
specification, and to verify or .
(b) in order to ensure that foam production by an RFFS vehicle is of an acceptable standard a Foam
Production Performance Test (i.e. an “Acceptance Test”) is carried out:
(1) when an RFFS vehicle is first acquired by the certificate holder for operational use at
an aerodrome.
Note: Acquisition may mean the new or second-hand purchase, leasing or hire or
donation of a RFFS Vehicle.
(2) when significant maintenance, refurbishment or component replacement has been
undertaken on an RFFS vehicle that could cause a change in the foam quality or
production performance of the foam-making system. This includes a change of foam-
making branches, nozzles or monitors. Only those parts of the system that could have
been affected by the work undertaken or the component change need to be tested.
(c) a system of preventive maintenance of rescue and fire-fighting vehicles is employed to ensure
effectiveness of the equipment and compliance with the specified response time throughout the
life of the vehicle; and
(d) all equipment and supplies are regularly inspected, tested and undergo structured maintenance
to assure reliability; and
(e) consequential action is taken where an inspection has revealed a defect or deficiency; and
(f) all RFF vehicles equipped with foam-making equipment are formally tested at least once a year
to ensure that the quality of foam production is maintained; and
(g) foam proportioning systems are subjected to regular quality testing based on a recognised
standard and checked for induction accuracy.

OTAR.140.125 Extinguishing agents
An RFFS provider shall set up systems and procedures to ensure that:
(a) both principal and complementary agents are provided at an aerodrome; and
(b) the principal extinguishing agent is a foam meeting performance level B or C; or
(c) for aerodrome categories 1 and 2, and surface-level heliports up to 100 per cent of the water
may be substituted with complementary agent; and
(d) the complementary extinguishing agent is a dry chemical powder suitable for extinguishing
hydrocarbon fires, or an alternative complementary agent having equivalent fire-fighting capability.
Complementary agents shall comply with the appropriate specifications of the International
Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and that the discharge rate of complementary agents is
selected for optimum effectiveness of the agent; and
(e) the amounts of water for foam production, foam concentrate and the complementary agents to
be provided on the rescue and fire-fighting vehicles are in accordance with the aerodrome
category determined by ICAO Annex 14, Volume 1, Chapter 9, Table 9-2 and the discharge rate
of the foam solution is not less than the rates shown in Table 9-2; or for heliports in accordance
with ICAO Annex 14 Volume 2 Table 6-2 and 6-3 respectively; and
(f) the quantity of foam concentrates provided separately on vehicles for foam production are in
proportion to the quantity of water provided and sufficient to produce at least two loads of foam
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