Minimum Personnel

303.13 During the hours of operation of the aircraft fire-fighting service, the operator of a
designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome shall ensure that trained
aircraft fire-fighting personnel are in response posture and in sufficient number to
operate the aircraft fire-fighting vehicles and apply the extinguishing agents required by
section 303.09.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
 SOR/2003-58, s. 6

Training of Personnel
303.14 The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall ensure that all personnel assigned to aircraft fire-fighting duties are trained in
accordance with the aircraft fire-fighting standards.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2

Equipment and Protective Clothing

303.15 The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall provide all personnel assigned to aircraft fire-fighting duties with the equipment
and protective clothing necessary to perform their duties.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2

Firefighter Qualifications
 303.16 (1) No operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or
aerodrome shall permit a person to act and no person shall act as an aircraft
firefighter at the airport or aerodrome unless the person has, within the previous
12 months, successfully completed the training specified in the aircraft fire-
fighting standards.
 (2) The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall
o (a) maintain, for each aircraft firefighter, a training record containing
the information specified in the aircraft fire-fighting standards;
o (b) preserve the training record for three years after the aircraft
firefighter leaves the service of the airport or aerodrome; and
o (c) at the request of the Minister, provide the Minister with a copy of
the training record.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
Division IV — Response Readiness
Personnel Readiness
303.17 The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall ensure that, during the hours of operation of its aircraft fire-fighting service, of the
fire-fighting personnel required to be available pursuant to section 303.13, the number
of personnel capable of immediate response is sufficient to meet the requirements of
the response test referred to in section 303.18.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2

Response Test
 303.18 (1) The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or
aerodrome shall carry out a response test to evaluate the response time and
effectiveness of the aircraft fire-fighting service required to be maintained during
the hours of operation specified in section 303.04
o (a) every 12 months; and
o (b) at any time at the request of the Minister, where the Minister has
reasonable grounds to believe that the aircraft fire-fighting service at
the airport or aerodrome does not meet the requirements of this
Subpart.
 (2) The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall give the Minister at least four weeks written notice of the date on which a
response test is to be carried out.
 (3) The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall provide the Minister with a copy of the results of a response test within 14
days after the date of the test.
 (4) A response test at a designated airport or at a participating airport or
aerodrome has a satisfactory result if
o (a) within three minutes after an alarm is sounded, aircraft fire-fighting
vehicles in a number sufficient for applying the principal extinguishing
agent at 50 per cent of the total discharge capacity required by section
303.09 are dispatched from their assigned position and, under
optimum surface and visibility conditions at the airport or aerodrome,
reach the midpoint of the farthest runway serving commercial
passenger-carrying aircraft, or another predetermined point of
comparable distance and terrain; and
o (b) within four minutes after the alarm is sounded, any other aircraft
fire-fighting vehicle required by section 303.09 reaches the location
referred to in paragraph (a).
  (5) The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall record the results of a response test and shall preserve the records for two
years after the date of the test.
 (6) If a response test does not have a satisfactory result, the operator of a
designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome shall
o (a) within six hours after the test, identify the deficiencies that caused
the result and notify the appropriate air traffic control unit or flight
service of the critical category for fire fighting that corresponds to the
level of service that can be provided, for publication in a NOTAM; and
o (b) within seven days after the test, if any deficiency is not corrected,
submit a plan to the Minister specifying the measures necessary to
obtain a satisfactory result and the dates by which they must be taken,
which shall be as early as practicable given the circumstances.
 (7) The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall implement the submitted plan by the dates specified in the plan.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
 SOR/2003-58, s. 7
 SOR/2003-42, s. 2

Division V — Communication and Alerting System

Requirement
303.19 The operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome
shall provide a communication and alerting system that meets the aircraft fire-fighting
standards.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2

Transitional Provisions
 303.20 (1) The operator of a designated airport shall
o (a) until November 30, 1998, except in respect of aircraft referred to in
subsection 303.04(2), maintain the aircraft fire-fighting service that was
provided on November 30, 1997; and
o (b) effective December 1, 1998, meet the requirements for an aircraft
fire-fighting service prescribed in subsections 303.03(1) and 303.04(1)
and sections 303.07 to 303.19.
 (2) The operator of a participating airport or aerodrome shall, effective December
1, 1998, meet the requirements for an aircraft fire-fighting service prescribed in
subsections 303.03(2) and 303.04(4), sections 303.08 and 303.09, subsection
303.10(1) and sections 303.13 to 303.19.