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Appendix C: Airliner Cabin Safety Regulations and Standards
Pages 278-292

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From page 278...
... , and ditching and evacuation (Table C-4~. Table C-5 deals with preflight and in-flight announcements, and Table C-6 presents a summary of typical air carrier operating procedures with respect to firefighting and firefighting training.
From page 279...
... 2 ~ Air Carrier Operations Bulletin: Inspection of lavatory before takeoff and periodically during flight.20 Enuipment Regulation: Hand fire extinguishers available for all baggage compartments with access by crew members.8 Regulation: Hand fire extinguishers available for crew, passenger, and cargo compartments, 6 uniformly distributed in passenger compartments with two Halon 1211 extinguishers per airplane. \5 Regulation: Protective breathing equipment must be installed for each isolated separate compartment in the airplane, including upper- and lower-lobe galleys.1 3
From page 280...
... ; handling of fires on growled and in flight. 3 Regulation: Actual operation of emergency equipment for each type of aircraft once each 24 calendar mo.3 Proposed Regulation: One-time emergency drill to be accomplished during initial training; additional emergency training to be accomplished once each 24 mo.25 Air Carrier Operations Bulletin: Initiate ground training or operations bulletins to inform flight deck crews and cabin crews of the causer, characteristics, and hazards associated with fluorescent light ballast fires.17
From page 281...
... ~e, Boa TABLE C-1 (continued) Air Carrier Operations Bulletin: Review emergency procedures pertaining to the lower lobe to ensure that procedures and equipment are adequate.22 Passenger Information/Bri_ _ ~ Regulation: Preflight briefing conce ming smoking.2 Airworthiness Directive: Preflight briefing not to smoke in lavatories.21
From page 282...
... , carry portable oxygen equipment with at least a lS-min supply of oxygen, unless enough units or spare outlets and masks are distributed throughout the cabin to ensure immediate availability to each cabin attendant.] 4 Crew Trainine Regulation: Instruction in emergency assignments and procedures; location, function, and operation of emergency equipment; instruction in handling emergency situations (including rapid depressurization)
From page 283...
... ' a crew member sball instruct the passengers on the necessity of using oxygen in the event of cabin depressurization.l.
From page 284...
... .6 Regulation: Emergency medical equipment; one medical kit would be required on each passenger-carrying flight and should contain equipment and drugs required to provide basic life support during medical emergencies that might occur during flight, such as myocardial infarction, severe allergic reactions, acute asthma, insulin shock, protracted seizures9 and childbirth. Crew Training Regulation: Instruction in emergency assignments and procedures; location, function, and operation of emergency equipment (including first-aid equipment and its proper use)
From page 285...
... 285 TABLE C-3 (continued) Passenger formation/Briefinz Regulation: Crew members who serve in operations above 25,000 ft must receive instruction in respiration, hypoxia, duration of consciousness without supplemental oxygen at altitude, gas expansion, gas bubble formation, physical phenomena, and incidents of depressurization.3 Passenger Information/Briefina (None)
From page 286...
... 23 Air Carrier Operations Bulletin: Principal operations inspectors should evaluate seat spacing and passenger briefing card brace positions. \6 Equipment Regulation: Each passenger-carrying landplane emergency exit (other than over-the-wing)
From page 287...
... 3 Air Carrier Operations Bulletin: Principal operations inspectors must continually review their assigned air carriers' emergency evacuation procedures. 2 4 Passenger Information/Briefin~ Regulation: In extended over-water operations, all passengers are to be orally briefed on the location and operation of life preservers, liferafts, and other flotation means, including a demonstration of the method of donning and inflating a life preserver.
From page 288...
... 288 TABLE C-5 Additional Pansenger Briefing Preflight Announcements Regulation: Smoking; location of emergency exits; use of safety belts, including how to fasten and unfasten them; location and use of required emergency flotation devices. 2 In-fli~ht Announcements Regulation: Immediately before or immediately after the seatbelt sign is turned off, an announcement shall be made that passengers should keep their seatbelts fastened while seated.2
From page 289...
... Firefiahtinz Training On initial course, cabin crew are trained in the use of fire extinguishers and smoke protection hoods; practical use of equipment at the fire training ground is included; each student experiences a short period in a smoke chamber. Students are required to demonstrate proficiency in firefighting in a synthetic smoke-filled cabin mockup.
From page 290...
... Government Printing Office, 1985. Crewmember emergency training.
From page 291...
... Government Printing Office, 1985.
From page 292...
... Protective breathing equipment: Notice of proposed rulemaking. Federal Register 50~0ct.


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