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Paul Hardiman - AFOA Chairman Sponsored by Sides

“The Airport Fire Officers Association is a technical body, dedicated to promoting and maintaining the professional image and status of Airport Fire Services within the United Kingdom and Ireland, ensuring continued communications between them, through an on-going dialogue of information and knowledge on all relevant technical and operational matters.” more...

Next AFOA meeting will be held at Bristol Airport and is sponsored by Bristol Uniforms

Go to Future Events to book directly

Incident: MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia

A rescue team found several bodies but no survivors Thursday in the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia during an exhibition flight with 45 people on board. more..

The Chief Fire Officers Association CFOA has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB)

Download the MOU here or visit CFOA's website at:

http://www.cfoa.org.uk/11488

Many thanks to Barry Alderslade for providing this Powerpoint presentation outlining the review points of TB 1/97

Our thanks to Solberg Scandinavian for sponsoring the most recent AFOA quarterly meeting on April 7^th 2011 at Bristol Airport. Solberg produce and supply fire fighting foams which are less damaging to the environment.

Many thanks also to Eco Fire Solutions for sponsoring the recent AFOA meeting and demonstrating their products at Moreton in-Marsh.

The 2012 AFOA AGM took place at Edinburgh Airports Hilton Hotel on Tuesday 16^th August.The event was kindly sponsored by:

Edinburgh Airport Fire Training Centre

If you would like to sponsor a future AFOA event, contact us now by clicking here

The CAA have issued the following information notice:

EASA NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT (NPA) 2011-20: AUTHORITY, ORGANISATION AND OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR AERODROMES

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2011149.pdf

This notice, the proposed ammendment and the process of comment, can be accessed directly at:

http://easa.europa.eu/rulemaking/notices-of-proposed-amendment-NPA.php

Incident Democratic Republic of The Congo

An aide of the Congolese President Joseph Kabila is the latest casualty of the DRC's dangerous skies after a Gulfstream IV N2SA jet crashed in Bukavu(Eastern DRC) today. more..

Your attention is drawn to the recent publication of CFRA's Fire and Rescue Service, Operational Guidance, Aircraft Incidents. Download it here. Congratulations to Pete Martin and his team for their hard work producing this landmark document which further cements the relationship and understanding between Local Authority Fire and Aviation Fire Services.

Photograph Competition

This competition is open to all current AFOA members.

Do you have an exceptional action photograph from the training ground or an operational incident?

We will publish the best photograph each week from now until January 2013 when, at the Annual conference in Dublin, a prize of £100 will be awarded for the best photograph of the year.

By sending your photographs you will agree to them being used by AFOA for future marketing purposes. The photographs should be sent and be in .JPG format with the name of the photographer and a brief description of the subject to the Contact Us page link or sent directly to: bob@afoaweb.co.uk.

Please ensure that any permissions which may be required by your airport management to release operational photographs are sought before submitting them.

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