ICAO regulations require real fire training on aircraft most frequently landing at any given airport.
This means that typically a “mock up” is normally created to incorporate key features of aircraft most frequently utilising that airport.
We work very closely with the aircraft manufacturers to ensure that all dimensions are as per actual and location of key safety devices and operation of emergency doors, hatches etc are as per original.
We can create virtually any type of “fire scenario” – wheel and brake, main engine, APU, wing tank, cabin seat fire, overhead bin fire, galley fire, toilet fire, cockpit fire, cargo fire and even main cabin flashover and large fuel spills.
Computer control allows us to vary fully the parameters of the fire (fire intensity,
smoke generation / opacity, etc) and to monitor the effectiveness of the fire fighting
operation and we can pre-
Full computer diagnostics/control allow us to monitor the structural integrity of the fire training system and ensure maximum safety for the fire fighters.
Increasingly larger aircraft with greater numbers of pax on board means that the fire fighting techniques must be optimized to prevent serious loss of life.