TM 1-1520-238-10
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Section II.
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
2.14 GENERAL.
Emergency equipment on the helicopter consists of fire
extinguishing equipment and two first aid kits (fig 9-1).
WARNING
Exposure to high concentrations of fire
extinguishing agent or decomposition
products should be avoided. The gas
should not be allowed to contact the
skin; it could cause frostbite or low tem-
perature burns. If agent comes in contact
with skin, seek medical help immediate-
ly.
2.15 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
A pressurized fire extinguisher is mounted on a quick re-
lease support located in the FAB fairing aft of the right FAB
door and above the main landing gear wheel (fig 2-2). It is
accessible through a hinged access panel and the panel
is marked FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSIDE. The fire extin-
guisher compound is released by a hand-operated lever
on top of the extinguisher. Inadvertent discharge of the
bottle is prevented by a breakaway safety wire across the
actuating lever. Operating instructions are printed on the
extinguisher.
2.16 ENGINE AND AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU)
FIRE DETECTION.
Two optical sensors, which react to visible flames, are lo-
cated in each engine compartment and in the APU
compartment. Three pneumatic fire/overheat detectors
are located in the aft deck area. One detector is mounted
on the main transmission support, and one on each of the
two firewall louver doors. Amplified electrical signals from
the sensors located in the engine compartment will illumi-
nate the respective ENG FIRE PULL handle (fig 2-15) in
both crew stations. The APU compartment sensors, or the
aft deck fire/overheat detectors, will illuminate the FIRE
APU PULL handle (fig 2-15) in the pilot station and the
FIRE APU segment on the MASTER CAUTION panel in
both crew stations. The engine fire pull handles (ENG
FIRE 1 PULL and ENG FIRE 2 PULL) are located in simi-
lar positions in both crew stations; they are at the upper
left corner of the instrument panel. The FIRE APU PULL
handle is located on the APU panel on the pilot right con-
sole.
2.16.1 Engine and APU Fire Detector Testing.
FIRE
PULL handle lamps are tested by pressing the PRESS
TO TEST pushbutton on the MASTER CAUTION panel in
either crew station. The fire detector circuits receive 28
vdc from the emergency dc bus through the FIRE DETR
circuit breakers (ENG 1, ENG 2 and APU) on the pilot
overhead circuit breaker panel (fig 2-39). The fire detector
circuits are tested by turning the FIRE TEST DET rotary
switch located on the pilots aft right console (fig 2-15). The
switch is spring-loaded to OFF. When set at 1, the first
sensor circuit for No. 1 engine, No. 2 engine, APU, and
left and right firewall louver door fire detectors are tested,
which causes all FIRE PULL handles to illuminate. The
FIRE APU segments on both MASTER CAUTION panels
also illuminate. When the FIRE TEST DET switch is set at
2, the second sensor circuit for No. 1 engine, No. 2 en-
gine, APU, and main transmission support fire detector
are tested; and all FIRE PULL handles and both FIRE
APU MASTER CAUTION panel segments will illuminate.
In either test, failure of a handle to light up indicates a fault
in that particular sensor circuit.
2.17 ENGINE AND APU FIRE EXTINGUISHING
SYSTEM
The fire extinguishing agent is stored in two spherical
bottles, each containing a nitrogen precharge. The
bottles, designated as primary (PRI) and reserve (RES)
are mounted on the fuselage side of the No. 1 engine fire-
wall. Tubing is installed to distribute the extinguishing
agent to either of the engine nacelles or to the APU
compartment. Bottle integrity may be checked by inspect-
ing the thermal relief discharge indicator which is viewed
from below the left engine nacelle. A pressure gage on
each bottle provides an indication of the nitrogen prechar-
ge pressure. Each bottle has three discharge valves that
can be individually actuated by an electrically ignited pyro-
technic squib. There is one valve for each of the engine
nacelles and one for the APU compartment. When a FIRE
PULL handle is pulled, four events occur: fuel is shut off to
the affected engine, engine cooling louvers to the affected
engine close (not applicable to the APU), the appropriate
squib firing circuit is armed, and the ENCU is shut off (not
applicable to the APU). The extinguishing agent is not re-
leased to the fire area, however, until the FIRE BTL
switch, located near each fire pull handle, is activated.
The FIRE BTL switch is first set at PRI (primary bottle).
When the fire is extinguished, the light in the