Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:6:p66
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 66/70)
Character Range: 3287827–3290737

equipment
  The provider must not put a new vehicle, or a new item of equipment that affects the quality or rate of discharge of extinguishing agent, into service unless:
 (a) the vehicle or equipment has been approved by CASA, for conformity to specification and the applicable standards and requirements, in accordance with the provider's operations manual; and
 (b) CASA has acknowledged that the vehicle or equipment meets the applicable standards and requirements; and
 (c) any necessary personnel training has been completed.

139.835  Number of operating personnel
 (1) During any period announced in ERSA as a period during which ARFFS is available at an aerodrome, there must be enough trained personnel available at the aerodrome to operate the equipment and vehicles required to provide the service at full capacity.
 (2) Those personnel must be stationed at places that allow the ARFFS to respond to an emergency at least as quickly as required by the applicable standards and requirements.

139.840  Medical standard of firefighters
 (1) The people employed as firefighters must meet the medical standard for firefighters set out in the Manual of Standards.
 (2) There must be a system of continuing medical checks for the people employed as firefighters that ensures that the ARFFS provider knows whether or not those people continue to meet that standard.

139.845  Qualifications and training of firefighters
 (1) The people employed as firefighters must already be trained to at least AFC Certificate 2 standard, or, if for a particular position the Manual of Standards specifies a higher standard, that higher standard.
 (2) Before being used in any operational capacity, those people must also receive, or have received, appropriate training in dealing with hazards specific to aviation accidents and incidents, to the extent that such training is not part of the training required for an AFC Certificate 2.
 (3) The people employed as firefighters must receive appropriate training to familiarise them with local conditions.
 (4) There must be ongoing training for the people employed as firefighters to ensure that they continue to meet that standard.
 (5) If a significant proportion of aircraft movements at the aerodrome take place over water, swamp or another difficult environment, the firefighters must be appropriately trained to carry out their functions in that environment.

139.850  Operations manual
 (1) There must be an operations manual for the service that complies with the standards set out in the Manual of Standards.
 (2) The operations manual must include a chart showing the organisations that provide services to the provider, setting out the roles and responsibilities of those organisations and how those roles and responsibilities affect the Aerodrome Emergency Procedures for the aerodrome concerned.
 (3) The operations manual must be kept up to date.
 (4) Each