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the manoeuvring area and the aprons.
MOU                                                 Memorandum of Understanding with a third party providing a service or responding emergency services or sub-contractor.
Must                                                Mandatory requirement.
Nationality of ACFT                                 An aircraft registered in a contracting State (ICAO States) has the Nationality of the contracting State.
NOTAM                                               Notice to airmen. A notice to airmen issued by the Australian NOTAM Office and containing information, or means instruction concerning the establishment, condition or change in facility, service, procedure or hazard.
Operational Vehicle                                 An ARFFS vehicle that responds airside in an emergency and is fitted with rotating beacon, emergency alerting device and operational radio.
Provider                                            A legal entity (individual or company) nominated by the airport owner, and certified by CASA, to provide an aerodrome rescue and fire fighting service at the nominated aerodrome.
Representative                                      An individual who is legally responsible for the management of the aerodrome rescue and fire fighting service delivery and is identified to CASA by the airport owner, and who will be the focal point for day to day dealings with CASA.
Regulations                                         Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).
Safety Case                                         Defined in CASA Advisory Circular
                                                    CASA/AA MOU. AIRWAYS–1(0).
Service delivery                                    The act of allocating aerodrome rescue and fire fighting service facilities, equipment and resources to support the infrastructure and activities of a Provider.
SOP                                                 Standard Operating Procedures.
Statement of Attainment                             Formal recognition of CASA required competency within a level.

Chapter 2:   Criteria for Establishment or Disestablishment of ARFFS
CASR References:  Regulations 139.710, 139.755, 139.765, 139.795 and 139.800

Section 2.1:   General

2.1.1                   Standard: Category Definition for Level 1

2.1.1.1              Level 1:

(a)         an aerodrome from or to which an international passenger air service operates; and

(b)         any domestic aerodrome through which more than 350,000 passengers passed through on air transport flights during the previous financial year.

Note: The disestablishment of ARFFS may be considered when the number of annual passengers on air transport falls below 300,000 and remains below this level for a 12-month period. The ARFFS provider shall provide CASA with a Safety Case which should justify the closure of the ARFFS.
Refer CASA/AA MOU. AIRWAYS–1(0).

2.1.1.2              Where there is a change in the size of aircraft using an aerodrome that, on applying the standard set out in Chapter 3, is seen to require a reduction or increase in the aerodrome category, the ARFFS provider must submit to CASA a Safety Case based on the standard set out in Chapter 3 in order to obtain approval of the necessary reduction or increase in the ARFFS.

2.1.2                   Standards for ARFFS

2.1.2.1              The level of protection provided must be in accordance with ICAO Standards, Chapter 9 of the Annex 14 to the Chicago Convention.

2.1.3                   Level 1 Coverage

2.1.3.1              The level