Emergency Equipment Flashcards
(19 cards)
How many oxygen converters, what are they, and their amounts?
3 converters, CREW, PAX, and AUX
- Crew is 25 liters (285-430, LOW = 5 liters or < 60 +/- 5 psi)
- Pax and Aux are 75 liters
How many walk around bottles and where are they?
10 total
2 - Left/right flight compartment
1 - left side of crew rest
1 - Lavatory
1 - Forward LM station
5 cargo compartment
How many oxygen SHUT OFF valves and where?
2 (PAX in cargo compartment, AUX at FWD LM)
How many FEDS initiators and where?
7 total (must be armed either at pilots overhead or FWD LM)
1 - MX ditching hatch
4 - FEDS Hatches
1 - Wing Root
1 - FWD LM
How many Rafts are on the C-17 and how many people can fit on each raft? Overflow?
3 rafts that can fit 46 people each, over flow of 69
How many escape ropes and where?
10 total
2 - Side windows
4 - FEDS hatches
1 - MX ditching hatch
1 - FWD emergency Hatch
2 - Troop doors
How many first aid kits and where?
6 total
2 - aft side of right EPC
4 - cargo compartment
How many fire extinguishers and where?
9 total
2 - cockpit
1 - crew rest
6 - cargo compartment
How many Emergency escape breathing devices (EEBD) and where?
6 total
2 - crew rest
1 - FWD LM
1 - Aft crew entrance
2 - Cargo compartment
6 total
How many crash axes/where? Where are the chop areas?
2 total
1 - Aft side of right EPC
1 - Right FWD cargo compartment
FEW areas - 2
Cargo AFT or troop doors - 2
Total ways to exit the C-17 for normal/emergencies
14 total
2 - crew windows
1 - crew door
1 - mx ditching hatch
1 - FWD emergency escape door
2 - troop doors
1 - aft under floor hatch
1 - cargo door/ramp
1 - vertical tail
4 - chop areas
Inflight only exits:
3 total
2 - troop doors
1 - cargo door/ramp
Ditching only exits?
7 total
2 - crew windows
1 - mx ditching hatch
4 - FEDS
Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
1 in the plane, Frequency 121.5 and 243.0
Under water locator beacon (UWLB)
Range - 2 miles
Duration - 20 days
Depth - 20,000 feet
