See us at Stand: 751 (Hall B6) Autumn 2015 Exploring GSE, airfi eld equipment and infrastructure | www.airsideint.com INSIDE THIS ISSUE... 15 27 53 All set for Building for Keeping things the big event the future safe in ice in Munich in Glasgow and snow unich International Airport’s Fire Depart- ment (its German acronym is AVF) operates a large fleet of fire and emergency vehicles. As M of this year, that fleet incorporates a total of 43 vehicles, including a Rosenbauer Panther airport fire en- EMERGENCY gine, two Kronenburg fire engines, and a number of Ziegler Z8 fire engines. The AVF logged mileage of 219,916km in just 2014 alone. But the airport authority is continuing to invest in new RESPONSE equipment for its fire department. For the coming year, for example, it is intending, to have all of its FLF Z8 Snozzles standardised by the manufacturer (for more on the Snozzle turret produced by Oshkosh of the US, see below) and to be- gin equipping its vehicles with digital emergency response radios. It has also ordered two new operations command vehicles and called for tenders in respect to a new auxiliary fire-fighting vehicle, with the option for four more vehicles of the same kind. The AVF is also rebuilding a trailer into what it terms a ‘logistics trailer’, complete with an AZ50 rapid response tent, heating, seating, a power supply and a toilet. Thanks to the gateway’s integrated airside software, all of the AVF’s vehicles’ locations on the airport are displayed on the screens of air traffic control, the gateway’s traffic management centre and the fire department’s operational command post. RESPONSIBILITIES AND CAPABILITIES The AVF comes under the auspices of Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), the gateway’s operating company, as part of its Aviation Division (AV). It comes under the regulatory ju- risdiction of the district government of Upper Bavaria and, Major accidents at airports are, mercifully, now very rare, but all involved have to be aware of the according to the offi cial notice of certifi cation issued by that dangers and prepare for the worst. The fi rst responders to any crisis are likely to be the gateway’s fi re body, the AVF’s responsibilities include both fi re-fi ghting department. We look at the responsibilities and work of two such teams, at Munich in Germany and and the provision of various forms of technical assistance. It Denver in the US. We then consider just some of the fi re-fi ghting vehicles on which they rely from the also provides fi re safety monitoring for any work carried out at the airport that might involve a fi re risk, handles the de- view of those vehicles’ manufacturers commissioning of all fi re protection equipment and assumes Continued on page 2 FEATURE | EMERGENCY VEHICLES nature of the alarm, the response co-ordination system notifies the re- quired emergency responders and other relevant decision-makers. Daily on-the-job training is a key component of the structured quali- fication and continuing training programmes of the AVF’s fire crews, confirms Andreas von Puttkamer, FMG’s senior vice president aviation. “The focus is on realistic drills on the handling of fire and rescue equip- ment, in particular in the form of fire-fighting exercises relating to both building and aircraft fires, various technical support measures and rap- id-response life-saving efforts,” he notes. There are numerous fire-fighting training facilities on the airport. For instance, a mobile fire simulation facility has been used to provide 130 trainees with realistic training in fighting fires in airport buildings. Continued from page 1 COVERING THE GROUND fi re safety responsibilities for all events held at the airport. Boasting no less than six runways, Denver International Airport is the The approval permit of 22 April 2013 specifies a minimum on-site world’s second-largest airport by land area – it covers a total of 53 square AVF presence sufficient to cover 42 functions with round-the-clock staff- miles (138.8 square kilometres). The airport is twice the size of Manhat- ing. Two crew members are also kept in reserve for the department’s tan Island, and is larger than the city boundaries of Boston, Miami or San first responder vehicle. Francisco. Dealing with fi res and numerous other sorts of emergencies To ensure the required level of safety at the airport, the AVF has two across this enormous space is the work of the airport’s fi re department, fire stations – one in the north and one in the south of the gateway’s led by division fi re chief Angela Cook. grounds. The North Fire Station, with a crew of 11 fire-fighters, includes The airport fire department is a division of The Mile High City’s wider a fire-fighting unit that is responsible for the north runway and the ad- fire department and Cook reports to the city’s fire chief. However, her jacent taxiway system, Ramp 2 and Ramp 3, and general aviation. It also budget comes from the airport operator (the City & County of Denver has a vehicle for addressing lesser alarms. Department of Aviation). The South Fire Station, with 33 fire-fighters, is home to the southern Forming a key part of the airport’s fire department vehicle fleet are fire-fighting unit which covers the southern runway, Ramp 1, the cargo seven Oshkosh 8x8 Striker 4500 aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) ramp and the airport’s aircraft maintenance area. It is also the base for units; the 4500 of the designation relates to the 4,500 gallons of wa- the unit that tackles any airport building or facility fires, which has two ter that the vehicle can dispense, while the vehicle also carries 600 gal- crews and specialist vehicles of its own. lons of foam and 45lb of dry chemical extinguishing agent for tackling The South Fire Station also houses the operational command post of a blaze. the AVF, along with the management and administration support staff. These seven vehicles are distributed across four different fire sta- Munich Airport is currently expanding the North Fire Station to main- tions on the airport grounds. The stations are located in such a way tain a third crew dedicated to structural/building fire safety. that at least one emergency vehicle can reach the centre point of any The operational command post in the South Fire Station forms an of the gateway’s six runways in just three minutes or less, and a full integral component of the first responder chain at Munich Airport. It response of three apparatuses can reach any of the six runways within accepts and evaluates incoming calls under the 112 emergency num- four minutes. ber as well as automatic alarms (such as the automated fire detectors, Supplementing these vehicles are three structural fire appliances hand-triggered alarms and sprinkler systems). Based on the location and (structural meaning airport buildings, terminals and so on, pretty much MIKE BRYANT Editor his special inter airport issue of Airside is crammed full of interviews [email protected] and features that cover much of what has happened airside over the last few months and what we can look forward to this coming autumn/fall. PARVEEN RAJA Publisher We anticipate inter airport in Munich in October, and talk to many of [email protected] the manufacturers, service providers and airport authorities who will Tbe at the industry show. We also assess the changing world of passenger boarding HARLEY KHAN bridges, aircraft de-icing, ground power provision and the emergency fi re-fi ghting Head of Commercial vehicles used at many of the world’s air gateways. [email protected] MIKE BRYANT | EDITOR We hope you enjoy the issue and look forward to seeing you in Munich! 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