EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT

COCKPIT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT LIST

The standard cockpit emergency equipment components are:

• Flashlight,

• Portable Halon fire extinguisher,

• Life vest for flight crew,

• Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE),

• Crash axe,

• Fireproof gloves.

CABIN EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT LIST

The standard cabin emergency equipment components are:

• Portable Halon extinguisher,

• Portable oxygen cylinder and portable oxygen mask,

• PBE,

• First aid kit,

• Megaphone,

• Portable ELT survival beacon,

• Flashlight,

• Manual release tool,

• Demo kit,

• Life vest for infants,

• Spare life vest,

• Life vest for passenger (one stowed under each seat),

• Life vest for cabin crew (one stowed under each cabin attendant seat).

Regulatory Requirements

Hand fire extinguishers must be provided for use in crew, passenger, and cargo compartments in accordance with the following:

• The type and quantity of extinguishing agent must be suitable for types of fire.

• At least one hand fire extinguisher in the cockpit – for flight crew use.

• At least one hand fire extinguisher in the cabin – more than 6 but less than 31 passengers.

• At least two hand fire extinguishers in the cabin – more than 30 passengers.

• First aid kits for treatment of injuries likely to occur in flight or in minor accidents must be provided.

• Each airplane accommodating more than 19 passengers must be equipped with a crash axe.

• Each passenger-carrying airplane must have a portable battery-powered megaphone.

• Megaphones are readily accessible to the crew members assigned to direct emergency evacuation.

• One megaphone at the most rearward location in the passenger cabin – for more than 60 but less than 100 passengers.

• One megaphone is installed at the forward end and one is installed at the most rearward location – 100 or more passengers.

EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT

The emergency equipment includes:

• Escape facilities for the cockpit

• Rope & Sliding Windows

• Escape facilities for cabin

• Escape-slides

• Evacuation signaling equipment

• EVAC CMD buttons in cockpit & cabin

• First aid equipment

• First Aid Kit

• Doctors/Medical Kit

• Defibrillator

• Universal Precaution Kit

• Miscellaneous emergency equipment

• Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)

• Underwater Locator Beacon (ULB)

• Floatation and survival equipment

• Slide Raft

• Survival Kit

• Supplemental Life Raft

• Life Vest

• Life Lines

• Portable fire-extinguishers

• Portable oxygen devices for flight crew

• Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE) for Cabin Crew

• Portable oxygen-devices for cabin crew

• Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE) for Cabin Crew

• Portable Oxygen Cylinder

• Continuous-Flow Oxygen Mask

• A rapid-decompression safety system

• Rapid-decompression panels (cargo compartments)

• Dado panels (cabin)

• Air grills (stowages and lavatories)

• Cockpit door

EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IN THE AIRCRAFT

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

H20 Fire Extinguisher

• The H20 Fire Extinguisher is GREY or BLUE in color

• A CO 2 cartridge is fitted in the grip. Twisting the grip causes the cartridge to be punctured by a hollow pin. The pressure is fed to the bottle and the water charge is expelled via the nozzle when the valve is depressed.

• Effective for Class A fire only

• Approximately 12 feet (3,6 meters) in range

• Approximately 30 seconds in duration

Preflight Check

• Proper location

• Secure in bracket

• The validity date is still valid

• The wire seal through the handle is intact

• Check the hole in the handle to verify cartridge is inside
  

Decompression

When the cabin altitude reaches > 11.300 feet the following will happen :

• The EXIT signs will come on

• The Cabin lighting comes on 100% or (CAM assigned value)

• The FASTEN SEAT BELT and NO SMOKING signs come on

Note: In the case of decompression, the lavatory RETURN TO SEAT signs do not come on.

DECOMPRESSION

RAPID / EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION

Slow/Insidious Decompression

Time of Useful Consciousness