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CASA EX06/07 - Exemption - provision of ARFFS at Avalon Aerodrome

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This instrument gave Airservices Australia (the government agency responsible for aviation firefighting) a temporary exemption from a specific safety rule at Avalon Aerodrome.

Normally, the Manual of Standards requires aviation rescue firefighting services to maintain a "Hot Fire" training facility (a dedicated area with live fires for realistic training) at each aerodrome they serve.

What the exemption allowed:

Airservices Australia could avoid building a Hot Fire training facility at Avalon Aerodrome
Instead, they could train their Avalon firefighters using the facilities at Melbourne Airport

Conditions attached: The exemption required Airservices Australia to:

Monitor the Hot Fire training provided to Avalon staff at Melbourne Airport; and
Either report to CASA every 6 months comparing the effectiveness of off-site training versus local training, or build the Hot Fire training ground at Avalon anyway

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CASA EX06/07 - Exemption - provision of ARFFS at Avalon Aerodrome

Instrument number CASA EX06/07

I, BRUCE ROBERT GEMMELL, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed B. Gemmell]

Bruce Gemmell
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations

26 February 2007

Exemption — provision of ARFFS at Avalon Aerodrome

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 January 2009.

2 Application

This instrument applies to Airservices Australia (AA) as the approved Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS) providing firefighting service at Avalon Aerodrome.

3 Exemption

AA is exempt from compliance with the provisions of CASR 1998 mentioned in Schedule 1 in respect of the provisions of the Manual of Standards —Subpart 139.H (the MOS) mentioned in that Schedule.

4 Conditions

The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Provisions

1 Subregulation 139.772 (2) of CASR 1998 in respect of paragraph 22.1.6.1 of the MOS.

Note Paragraph 22.1.6.1 requires the establishment of “Hot Fire” training facilities at the aerodrome.

Schedule 2 Conditions

AA must:

(a) monitor the “Hot Fire” training currently provided to Avalon Aerodrome ARFFS staff at Melbourne Airport; and

(b) either:

(i) every 6 months provide CASA with a report that contains particulars of the training provided at Melbourne Airport and an assessment of the effectiveness of that training as opposed to equivalent training if conducted at Avalon Aerodrome; or

(ii) provide a “Hot Fire” training ground at Avalon Aerodrome.

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