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 by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:59 pm
Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd (GCAPL) tested its Airport Emergency Plan during a field exercise titled "Bird Strike II", which took place on the western side of the airport.
GCAPL Chief Operating Officer Paul Donovan said the "Bird Strike II" field exercise would enable airport staff and local emergency service agencies to practise their response, command, and control functions in the event of an aircraft crash on the airport.
"It is an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirement that Airport Emergency Plans be practised," Mr Donovan said.
"The exercise involves responses from emergency services to a simulated aircraft incident on airport.
The field exercise is based on a crash of an aircraft operating from Melbourne to Gold Coast Airport carrying 177 passengers. On crossing the Tweed River, the aircraft strikes a flock of birds and the aircraft's engines lose power. The airport receives a distress call and a full emergency landing is put into practice.
You can view all 70 shots at http://www.firefighters.com.au/training ... coast.html if you are interested in this exercise.
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by Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:01 pm
Awesome shots, really powerfull stuff!
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by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:02 pm
Alpha_7 wrote:Awesome shots, really powerfull stuff!
and extremely hot! at one stage i put the camera under my shirt and retreated backwards....
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by Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:04 pm
xerubus wrote:Alpha_7 wrote:Awesome shots, really powerfull stuff!
and extremely hot! at one stage i put the camera under my shirt and retreated backwards....
I can believe that (had some limited rural bush fire experience). What sort of accelerant did they use for the burning inferno ?
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by birddog114 on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:06 pm
Yes, I can feel the heat right here!!!!!
Nice works once again!
I thought they may have some real airframe sitting somewhere in the graveyard for the boys to try out, is it a faked aircraft?
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by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:10 pm
Craig.... doused the plane and pad in kerosene, and then gave an overcoat of ULP..... and she burnt very nicely.
Birddog.... yes.. it's a purpose built training apparatus... has piping through it to allow further accelerants to be pushed through the setup whilst it's on fire etc etc. They use the same setup and all major airports in Australia.
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by birddog114 on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:18 pm
xerubus wrote:Craig.... doused the plane and pad in kerosene, and then gave an overcoat of ULP..... and she burnt very nicely.
Craig, Read and forget! OK? don't try this method on your photographic gears.  Birddog.... yes.. it's a purpose built training apparatus... has piping through it to allow further accelerants to be pushed through the setup whilst it's on fire etc etc. They use the same setup and all major airports in Australia
Mark,
Great setup by the local team.
Once I was in the USofA, they used the real airframe to play in anti-hijack, kidnapping and bomb etc..., heaps of airframes in the boneyard are waiting for going to the scrapmetal field. Birddog114
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by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:00 pm
Yeh.. the have airframes here also for non-fire related exercise... things like using rescue cutting gear etc etc etc....
but they don't have too many spare frames 
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by Alex on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:08 pm
Great series of shots, Mark. Really like 2,3, 4 and the last two.
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by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:09 pm
thanks alex...
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by Dug on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:22 pm
A great set 2 & 3 are my pick I love burning things just wonderful!
Any landing you walk away from is a good one, Hey Birdy!
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by Michael on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:35 pm
Nice pics mark as usual
I've never seen or used one of those foam branches on the 38mm is that special for aviation foam or is that just what they are using now.
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by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:37 pm
Michael wrote:Nice pics mark as usual
I've never seen or used one of those foam branches on the 38mm is that special for aviation foam or is that just what they are using now.
those foam branches are only used by the arff.... the qfrs use a different setup. also the smallest hose they use are 50mm... some serious toys...
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by Willy wombat on Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:28 pm
A very interesting series Mark - I have seen the dummy fire plane in the Canberra airport (on fire) from a distance. Never a good thing to see plumes of black smoke rising from an airport, especially when you dont know its a drill, but good to see they got this one out quick smart.
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by Michael on Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:34 pm
xerubus wrote:Michael wrote:Nice pics mark as usual
I've never seen or used one of those foam branches on the 38mm is that special for aviation foam or is that just what they are using now.
those foam branches are only used by the arff.... the qfrs use a different setup. also the smallest hose they use are 50mm... some serious toys... cheers
Now that I have a closer look I see the couplings are british instantaeneous and I thought the hose was too thick to be 38 but too small to be 64mm, makes perfect sense now. Are we there yet?
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by Killakoala on Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:46 am
We (the navy) use LPG gas for our damage control practising. It's much more environmentally friendly than pouring all that filthy black carbon in the air.
We used to use drums filled with burning oil to simulate smoke filled compartments, and it simulated very well i can tell you. Now we have to use gas and enviro-safe smoke bombs.
It's still good fun putting out fires, even pretend ones.
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by Geoff on Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:58 am
Some excellent images there Mark, a great insight into how well the fire ppl are prepared. I really enjoyed this sequence 
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by xerubus on Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:27 am
thanks for the comments guys.. much appreciated.
steve... give me the thick carbon gasses anyday.. lets me know there's a decent job to be photographed
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