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Fire Suppression

Thursday 8:30am - 3:00pm
This session will cover Halon Replacement efforts for engines, cargo compartment, lavatories, and handheld extinguishers. Papers will cover new agents, certification requirements and training needs.

 

Session Chairman - Thor Eklund
Time Speaker Title of Presentation
8:30 - 9:00 Dick Gann (NIST) Alternate Fire Suppressant Research for Aircraft Engine Nacelles and Dry Bays
9:00 - 9:30 Doug Ingerson (FAA) Engine/APU MPS
9:30 - 10:00 Mark George (NTSB) Crewmember Response to Inflight Fires
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 Richard Mazzone (Boeing) Halon Replacement Tests for Aircraft Lavatory Trash Receptacle Extinguishers.
11:00 - 11:30 Bella Maranion (U.S. EPA) EPA's Program for Halon Replacement
11:30 - 12:00 Konstantin Michael Kallergis (EADS Airbus) New Fire/Smoke Detection and Fire Extinguishing Systems for Aircraft Applications
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 - 2:00 John Reinhardt (FAA) The Evaluation of a Class 1 High-Pressure Water Mist System as an Aircraft Cargo Compartment Fire Suppression System
2:00 - 2:30 Bill Leach (Naval Air Systems Command) Research and Successful Implementation of Halon Alternatives on U.S. Navy Aircraft
2:30 - 3:00 Vladimir Tchertok (Aviation Certification Center GosNII GA) Maintenance of ecological safety at use halons after regeneration used as fire extinguishants in civil aircrafts




Additional Information TOP OF PAGE
For information contact:
April Horner * Conference Coordinator
Telephone: 609-485-4471
Fax: 609-646-5229
Email:April.CTR.Horner@tc.faa.gov


  LAST UPDATED 9/25/01