AFFF System

Question 1

What four spaces are protected by AFFF sprinklers?

Answer 1

1. Hangar
2. Flight deck
3. Incinerator Room
4. FWD HPU

Question 2

What three spaces are protected by AFFF bilge flooding? Where is each valve located?

TEST

Answer 2

Diesel 1 - located in aux 1- stbd aft bulkhead at ankle height

Diesel 2 - located in aux 2- stbd side of the doghouse to diesel 2 at chest height

Turbine room - located in aux 3 port of the doghouse to turbine room on the overhead (gravity fed system)

Question 3

Name all nine AFFF hose stations

Answer 3

1. Aux 1
2. Aux 2
3. Aux 3
4. Aux 4
5. ECC
6. Machinery Foam
7. IT Passageway
8. Hangar port side
9. Hangar STBD side

Question 4

Where are the AFFF controllers?

Answer 4

Local: In Helo Foam and Machinery Foam
Remote: ECC

Question 5

How do you operate the AFFF valves?

Answer 5

Locally: Manual - open V1, V2, V3, V; Electronically - using local control panels
Remote: Using control panels in the ECC

Question 6

Where is the cross connect between Helo Foam and Machinery Foam?

Answer 6

In helo foam

Question 7

Where are all of the AFFF cans stored?

Answer 7

1. Hangar
2. Machinery Foam
3. Helo Foam
4. Boiler Shack

Question 8

When/why would you use AFFF?

Answer 8

Bravo fires; to create a vapor barrier between the fuel and oxygen