AIRCRAFT REFUELING
14 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE • APRIL 2014
With fash and ignition temperatures
at levels this low, it becomes a matter
of utmost importance to ensure that
all aircraft fueling and fuel services
are carried out in accordance with the
highest standard of safety.
The National Fire Protection Asso-
ciation is an organization dedicated to
reducing the burden of fre and other
hazards to life safety by providing con-
sensus codes and standards, research,
and education. It is this organization
that has set the standard for fre pro-
How To Conduct Safe Aircraft Refuel
Servicing Operations
With fash and ignition temperatures at levels this low, it becomes a matter of
utmost importance to ensure that all aircraft fueling and fuel services are carried out
in accordance with the highest standard of safety.
By Aaron Johnson
F
lashpoint is defned as "the temperature
at which a particular organic compound
gives off suffcient vapor to ignite in air."
For example, gasoline will ignite and burn
at –45°F. The fashpoint of standard aviation
gas (AVGAS) is –46°C (–50°F), Jet B can be as
low as –23°C (–10°F), and Jet A has been calcu-
lated at a minimum of 38°C (100°F), about the
same as diesel fuel.
Besides being trained on the proper use of fueling equipment, operators must also be trained on the operation
of emergency controls and the actions to be taken in the event of an emergency. All training records should
be maintained and made available to the local fire official (commonly referred to as the AHJ, authority having
jurisdiction) when requested.
Aaron
Johnson
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