HR 10557 · 93th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
A bill to amend section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the establishment of certain minimum standards relating to firefighting and rescue equipment and personnel.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1973-09-26)
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Directs the administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, establish minimum standards relating to firefighters and rescue equipment and personnel. Requires that applicants for airport operating certificates (for airports serving air carriers certified by the Civil Aeronautics Board) demonstrate to the administrator that: (1) at least one firefighting and rescue vehicle required of the applicant by the Administrator can reach any point with the airport land boundary from its assigned standby position or airport fire station with two minutes from the time of alarm to the time of initial agent application; (2) at least one other such required vehicle can reach such point from its assigned post within three minutes from the time of alarm to the time of initial agent application; and (3) all other such required such vehicles can respond to any point within the airport and boundary within three and one-half minutes from the time of alarm to the time of initial agent application. Requires the administrator to utilize the most advanced technology available to prescribe minimum standard for protective outerwear to assure the maxi…
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