Development of a minimum performance standard for hand-held fire extinguishers as a replacement for Halon 1211 on civilian transport category aircraft

Webster, Harry; William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.). Fire Safety Branch

Advanced Search

Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

Advanced Search
Custom Query

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT or funded partners. As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.

i

Development of a minimum performance standard for hand-held fire extinguishers as a replacement for Halon 1211 on civilian transport category aircraft

2002-08-01
By Webster, Harry

[PDF-13.34 MB]

Select the Download button to view the document

This document is over 5mb in size and cannot be previewed

English

Details You May Also Like

Details:

Creators:

Webster, Harry
Corporate Creators:

William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.). Fire Safety Branch
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research
Subject/TRT Terms:

[+]

Aircraft Cabins Aviation Safety Equipment Tests Evaluation And Assessment Fire Extinguishers Fire Extinguishing Agents Performance Tests
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FAA/AR-01/37 ; NTIS-PB2003100453

DOT/FAA/AR-01/37 ; NTIS-PB2003100453 Less -
Resource Type:

Research Paper
TRIS Online Accession Number:

945304
Edition:

Final report
Corporate Publisher:

William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.) ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration

William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.) ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration Less -
NTL Classification:

NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy;
Abstract:

One or more Halon 1211 hand-held fire extinguishers are specified in Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 25.851 as a requirement on transport category aircraft with 31 or more seats. Halon 1211 has been linked to the destruction of the ozone layer and production of new Halon 1211 has been halted per the Montreal Protocol in 1993. The phase out of Halon 1211, as the hand-held firefighting agent of choice, for civilian transport category aircraft has necessitated the development of a Minimum Performance Standard (MPS) to evaluate replacement agents. The purpose of the MPS is to insure that there is no reduction in safety, both in terms of effectiveness in fighting onboard fires and toxicity to the passengers and crew. The MPS specifies two new tests that replacement agents must pass in addition to requiring national certifications such as provided by Underwriters Laboratories. The first test evaluates the "flooding" characteristics of the agent against a hidden in-flight fire. This test determines the ability of a streaming agent to function as a flooding agent. The second test evaluates the performance of the agent in fighting a terrorist fire scenario and the associated toxicity hazard. This test measures the agent's ability to extinguish a triple-seat fire in an aircraft cabin under in-flight conditions and the toxicity characteristics of both the neat agent and the products of decomposition. This MPS will insure that the replacement agents will meet or exceed the performance of Halon 1211 both in fighting fires and maintaining a safe breathing environment in aircraft cabins.
Format:

PDF
Alternate URL:

http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/pdf/01-37.pdf
Collection(s):

US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:

[+]

urn:sha256:6fecbbfac1e759f4e471a37ec40ea2fe62e877af5e106c985dfc9a90aa509e6a
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16410/dot_16410_DS1.pdf
File Type:

No Additional Files

More +

Development of a minimum performance standard for hand-held fire extinguishers as a replacement for Halon 1211 on civilian transport category aircraft

Details:

Supporting Files

You May Also Like