EAWS 2

FIREFIGHTING

100

What is the primary and secondary duty of a firefighter?

The primary duty of the firefighter is saving lives. The secondary responsibility is to extinguish fires and limit the damage to aircraft, shipboard, airfield installed equipment, and/or airfield structures.

200

What elements compose the Fire Tetrahedron?

Oxygen

Temperature

Fuel

Chain Reaction

300

What are the four classes of fires? Summarize them.

Alpha - Burning wood, cloth, paper

Bravo - Flammable liquids: gas, oil

Charlie - Energized electrical

Delta - Combustible metals: magnesium, titanium

400

What is Bromochlorodifluoromethane?

Halon 1211

500

What is PKP made of?

Potassium Bicarbonate

AIRFIELD FAM.

100

What PPE is issued for those on the flight line?

Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes

Cranial impact helmet

Protective eye goggles

Leather gloves.

200

What is a taxiway?

Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services.

300

What is the Compass Calibration Pad?

A paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated.

400

Who are in Red Jerseys on flight decks?

Crash and Salvage, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, and Ordnance handling personnel.

500

Who are in Yellow Jerseys on a flight deck?

Aircraft Handling Officer, Flight Deck Officer, Catapult Officer, Air Bos’n, Arresting Gear Officer and Plane directors

AIRCRAFT HANDLING

100

What are the danger areas for aviation?

Intakes, exhaust, flight controls, compressed gases, cryogenics, explosives, hazardous materials, eye, hearing and other industrial environment dangers

200

Why is grounding necessary?

Aircraft static grounding discharges the static electricity harmlessly to the earth or deck. If not grounded, could cause harm to A/C or personnel.

300

What are the tie down wind speeds and how many chains are needed?

Up to 45 Knots. Initial tie-down: a minimum of 6 chains are required, initial tie-down is used immediately prior to, in between, or immediately after flight.

Up to 45 Knots. Normal weather tie-down, 9 chains required.

46 to 60 Knots. Moderate weather tie-down, 14 Chains required.

Above 60 Knots. Heavy weather tie-down, 20 Chains required.

400

What is the Airfield Rotating Beacon?

Used to identify the airport's location during darkness and daylight hours. Rotation is in a clockwise direction when viewed from above. The beacon is always rotated at a constant speed, which produces the visual effect of flashes at regular intervals. The flashing rate is 12 to 15 flashes per minute.

500

What is GPS and what information does it provide?

Global Positioning System and it provides 3D position, velocity, and time data anywhere on/near Earth.

SEC./FOR. PROTECT

100

What is FPCON and what factors is it based on?

Force Protection: Series of measures designed to increase the level of a unit's defense against terrorist attacks.

Based on:

• The terrorist threat level.
• The capability to penetrate existing physical security systems.
• The risk of terrorist attack to which personnel and assets are exposed.
• The asset’s ability to execute its mission even if attacked.
• The protected asset’s criticality to their missions.

200

What is FPCON Delta?

Terrorist attack has occurred or when intelligence is received that terrorist action against a specific location or person is imminent.

300

What is FPCON Alpha?

Increased general threat of possible terrorist activity against personnel or facilities, the nature and extent of which are unpredictable

400

What are DEFCONs a subsystem of?

LERTCONS, EMERGCONS, WATCHCONS, and FPCONS

500

What is DEFCON 1? What is DEFCON 5?

DEFCON 1 is Maximum force readiness

DEFCON 5 is Normal peacetime readiness

NAMP

100

What is the objective of the NAMP?

The objective of the NAMP is to achieve and continually improve aviation material readiness and safety standards

200

What are the three levels of maintenance?

O, I, D

300

What are the two types of maintenance described in the NAMP?

What does each type entail?

Rework - Is the restorative or additive work performed on aircraft, aircraft equipment, and aircraft SE at FRCs, contractors' plants, and such other industrial establishments designated by TYCOMs

Upkeep - Is the preventive, restorative, or additive work performed on aircraft, equipment, and SE by operating units and aircraft SE activities.

400

List three types of inspections, describe the three stated.

• Turnaround. Conducted between flights to ensure the integrity of the aircraft for flight, verifies proper servicing, and detects degradation that may have occurred during the previous flight. Good for 24 hours, provided that no flight occurs during this period and no maintenance other than servicing was performed.
• Daily. Conducted to inspect for defects to a greater depth than the turnaround inspection. It is valid for 72 hours without flight or major maintenance and the aircraft can be flown for 24 hours before another daily is needed as long as it does not surpass the 72 hour time limit.
• Special.   This inspection is a scheduled inspection with a prescribed interval other than daily or phase. The intervals are specified in the applicable PMS publication and are based on elapsed calendar time, flight hours, operating hours, or number of cycles or events, for example, 7, 28 days; 50, 100, 200 hours; 10, 100 arrestments; or 5,000 rounds fired.                In some cases, aircraft special inspections contain within them engine inspection requirements. They are referred to as combined airframe and engine special inspections.
• Conditional. Conditional maintenance requirements are unscheduled events required as the result of a specific overlimit condition, or as a result of circumstances or events which create an administrative requirement for an inspection.
• Phase.   This inspection divides the total scheduled maintenance requirement into smaller packages, or phases of the same work content. These are done sequentially and at specified intervals.
• Acceptance. Performed at the time a reporting custodian accepts a newly assigned aircraft or support equipment from any source and on return of an aircraft from SDLM or other major depot level maintenance.
• Transfer. Performed at the time a reporting custodian transfers an aircraft or support equipment.

500

What is the responsibility of Material Control?

The responsibility of Material Control is to provide material support to their cognizant organizations and coordinate indirect material requirements to ensure the material ordered is the material required and delivered to the work centers.