AEROSPACE EMERGENCY RESCUE AND MISHAP RESPONSE INFORMATION (EMERGENCY SERVICES): Chapters 11-16: USAF Trainer, Utility Helicopter Trainer, Utility, and VSTOL / Cargo / Transport / Paratroop

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: This Technical Order (TO) is a Security Assistance Technical Order Data System (SATODS) used for the management of TOs. It is used by foreign governments or international organizations and is cleared to share this information with the general global public.

This Technical Order (TO) and NATO STANAG 3896 has been designed to provide information and establish procedures that may be encountered during various types of emergencies on US Air Force, US Army, selected commercial for the Civil Reserve Airfleet, US Navy/Marines, USCG, NOAA, other US Government, NASA, NATO and Partners for Peace aircraft.

These aircraft could land or have an incident at your location on any given day, making inclusion in this manual very necessary. Each emergency presents a different problem, but with a thorough knowledge of the TO, you as a Fire and Emergency Services Technician can make knowledgeable decisions in performing a critical aircraft rescue or incident mishap response. Aircraft accident personnel, from post fire to clean-up should also be familiar with this information to aid in a successful conclusion to a aircraft incident.

Firefighting and emergency response is a highly technical profession in and around grounded or crashed aircraft and the rescue of aircraft occupants will take precedence over all other operations until it is established that there is no further life hazard involved. The secondary responsibility is to extinguish and limit the damage to the aircraft by fire or explosion. During the rescue of en- trapped personnel, the sequence of events listed in this TO should be followed. Due to the variations injected in every situation, the senior firefighting officer-in-charge has the prerogative to change or alter the sequencing of events as he/she deems necessary. In addition, the senior firefighting officer-in-charge may use all equipment and resources available to accomplish the rescue regardless of prescribed instructions contained within this TO. Pre-planning for various emergencies is another extremely important function of the Fire and Emergency Services or Emergency Response Technician. Each technician must know his/her duties as they are outlined in the pre-planning for aircraft emergencies. This knowledge cannot be acquired solely from the study of the diagrams published in this TO and should not be construed to replace or substitute frequent “hands-on” training with crew members and aircraft.

Constant attention must be given to the aircraft construction, position and location of crew members and passengers, aircraft skin penetration points, normal and emergency entry points (internal and external), ejection seat safety and canopy jettison removal with associated impact areas for ejected seats and canopies, armament, fuel amount, oxygen systems, batteries, overheated brakes and exploded wheel shrapnel areas, engine intake and exhaust danger areas, radar emitting areas, composite material areas, various hazardous chemicals, gases, fluids, possible radioactive materials and all other points of interest that would lead to early rescue of aircraft personnel safely. Therefore, it is essential that all material contained herein be studied and assimilated by all Fire and Emergency Services and aircraft accident personnel.

The TO information contained herein is based on Source Data that is provided by System Program Offices for specific weapon systems or aircraft manufacturers or systems safety engineers or a verification review by the technical content manager. Modifications to a weapons system where fire fighting procedures are affected or changed are also pro- vided to HQ AFCESA/CEXF. Source Data is provided in ac- cordance with Data Identification Description DI-TMSS 81532 dated 24 January 1997.

All information, once edited and formatted for publishing, is returned to the originator of the information and reviewed for accuracy in all statements and technical procedures.