Airports Authority of India

Mission :  ''To achieve highest standards of safety and quality in air traffic services and airport management by providing state-of-the-art infrastructure for total customer satisfaction, contributing to economic growth and prosperity of the nation.''                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Vision :  ''To be a world-class organization providing leadership in air traffic services and airport management & making India a major hub in Asia Pacific region by 2016''.
FIRE SERVICE

 

Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) service available at 64 airports and two Training Centre are under the administrative control of AAI, which is responsible for ensuring that the service provided is well organised, equipped, staffed, trained and operated in such a manner as to fulfil its principal objective of Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF).

ARFF has standardized activities which are in conformation to ICAO guidelines like induction of appliances/equipment, manpower, training and standard operating procedures.

Fire Order/Circular for different activities and services which are related to fire safety and emergency services.

The airports fire station is strategically located to ensure full emergency response to any airside location within 2 to 3 minutes of an emergency site.

Airport Fire Service Personnel are trained to fire fighting and safety management which meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements. The Airport Fire Service conducts annual emergency exercise to test the readiness of all the agencies that would be involved in a real emergency, should one occur at the airport.

Details of Fire service

Airport Fire Service responds to different calls comprising primarily of aircraft, medical, general fire and hazardous substance emergencies. A wide range of airfield services are also performed to ensure ongoing compliance with Civil Aviation Rules, including runway inspection, assessing runway surface and visibility, bird control, housekeeping, safety inspection and audit. The Airport Fire Service has complement of 2759 personnel. Airport fire service provides 24 hour on- airport emergency response.

The Airport Fire Service currently has a total of 2759 personnel including Executive and Non Executive staff which are working into different areas ie. Operational unit, training and development, fire safety planning.

To manage 64 airports there are 213 nos. of Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting Vehicle (ARFFV) and 131 nos. of ambulances

Activities of ARFF service at Airports

  1. Fire prevention and protection
  2. Fire investigation and analysis
  3. Safety coverage to flight operation as per ICAO
  4. Safety coverage to the airport infrastructure
  5. Mutual aid fire fighting with other fire safety assistance services
  6. Training to fire crew and other agencies at airports
  7. Ambulance services to the passengers

Level of fire protection

Level of Protection provided at airports for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) purposes according to the designated category of the airport as per the ICAO standard.

Base on the dimensions and movements of aircrafts, the required level of protection for the designated category of the airport to be maintained by availability of fire vehicles provided.

Fire fighting Facilities available to combat Airport Infrastructure fire

  1. First Aid Fire Fighting equipment
  2. Automatic detection and Alarm System
  3. Hydrant System
  4. Sprinkler System


Fire Service Training Centre (Kolkata) Fire Training Centre (Delhi)

Last updated on - 20 October 2010