Aerodromes, Airports and Heliports (continued)

[SOR/2007-87, s. 4]
Subpart 3 — Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports
and Aerodromes
[SOR/2003-58, s. 2]
Division I — General
Interpretation
303.01 In this Subpart,
aircraft category for fire fighting means an aircraft category, determined in
accordance with section 303.05 for the purpose of fighting fires involving aircraft;
(catégorie d’aéronefs — SLIA)
aircraft emergency[Repealed, SOR/2002-226, s. 2]
aircraft fire-fighting standards means the Aerodrome and Airport Standards
respecting Aircraft Fire Fighting at Airports and Aerodromes published under the
authority of the Minister; (normes de lutte contre les incendies d’aéronefs)
critical category for fire fighting means the aircraft category that
 (a) in respect of a designated airport, is determined in accordance with
section 303.07 for the purpose of establishing the required level of
service for fighting fires involving aircraft at the airport, and
 (b) in respect of a participating airport or aerodrome, is specified for
the airport or aerodrome in the Canada Flight Supplement and
corresponds to the level of service for fighting fires involving aircraft at
that airport or aerodrome; (catégorie critique — SLIA)
designated airport[Repealed, SOR/2006-86, s. 2]
in response posture means, in respect of personnel, in a location at or near the
airport or aerodrome that will permit an operator to obtain a satisfactory result in
a response test referred to in subsection 303.18(4); (en position d’intervention)
participating airport or aerodrome means an airport, other than a designated
airport, or an aerodrome, for which a critical category for fire fighting is specified
in the Canada Flight Supplement. (aéroport ou aérodrome participant)
rescue means the act of evacuating persons from an aircraft involved in an
aircraft accident or incident at an airport by means of fire suppression and then, if
circumstances permit, aircraft entry. (sauvetage)

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
 SOR/2002-226, s. 2
 SOR/2003-58, s. 3
 SOR/2006-86, s. 2
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Application
 303.02 (1) This Subpart, except subsections 303.03(2) and 303.04(4), applies in
respect of a designated airport, which is an airport at which, according to the
statistics referred to in subsection 303.06(1), the total of the number of
passengers that are emplaned and the number of passengers that are deplaned
is more than 180,000 per year.
 (2) This Subpart, except subsections 303.03(1) and 303.04(1) to (3), sections
303.06 and 303.07, subsection 303.10(2) and sections 303.11 and 303.12,
applies in respect of a participating airport or aerodrome.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
 SOR/98-442, s. 1
 SOR/2006-86, s. 3

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General Requirements
 303.03 (1) The operator of a designated airport shall provide the aircraft fire-
fighting vehicles and the personnel required under this Subpart to respond to an
aircraft emergency at the airport
o (a) in the case of an airport listed in the schedule to this Subpart, on
the coming into force of these Regulations; and
o (b) in any other case, twelve months after the statistics compiled in
accordance with subsection 303.06(1) show that the airport meets the
criteria for a designated airport set out in subsection 303.02(1).
 (2) The operator of a participating airport or aerodrome shall provide the aircraft
fire-fighting vehicles and the personnel required pursuant to this Subpart that
correspond to the critical category for fire-fighting published in the Canada Flight
Supplement to respond to an aircraft emergency at the airport or aerodrome.

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
 SOR/2006-86, s. 4

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Hours of Operation of an Aircraft Fire-fighting Service

 303.04 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the operator of a designated airport shall
o (a) at the beginning of each month and after consultation with the air
operators that use the airport, establish the hours of operation of an
aircraft fire-fighting service for the month and ensure that those hours
coincide with at least 90 per cent of the movements during that month
 by commercial passenger-carrying aircraft at the airport of which the
operator receives notice at least 30 days in advance; and
o (b) ensure that the critical category for fire fighting and the hours of
operation of an aircraft fire fighting service are published in the Canada
Flight Supplement and in a NOTAM, if the NOTAM is published earlier.
 (2) Subject to subsection (5), the operator of a designated airport shall provide an
aircraft fire-fighting service for the operation at the airport of aeroplanes in
respect of which a type certificate has been issued authorizing the transport of 20
or more passengers if the aeroplanes are operated under
o (a) Part VI, Subpart 4; or
o (b) Part VII, Subpart 1 or 5.
 (3) The operator of a designated airport shall provide an aircraft fire-fighting
service until an aircraft referred to in subsection (2) has taken off or landed or the
flight has been cancelled.
 (4) The operator of a participating airport or aerodrome shall establish the hours
during which an aircraft fire-fighting service is to be operated and shall ensure
that the hours are published in the Canada Flight Supplement and in a NOTAM,
if the NOTAM is published earlier.
 (5) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of
o (a) a cargo flight without passengers;
o (b) a ferry flight;
o (c) a positioning flight;
o (d) a training flight if no fare-paying passengers are on board;
o (e) the arrival of an aeroplane when the airport is being used for a
diversion or as an alternate aerodrome; or
o (f) the subsequent departure of an aeroplane referred to in paragraph
(e), if it is conducted in accordance with paragraph 602.96(7)(f).

 SOR/97-518, s. 2
 SOR/98-442, s. 2
 SOR/2003-58, s. 4
 SOR/2006-86, s. 5

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Aircraft Category for Fire Fighting

 303.05 (1) An aircraft category for fire fighting set out in column I of an item of the
table to this subsection shall be established for an aircraft based on the aircraft
 overall length set out in column II of the item and the aircraft maximum fuselage
width set out in column III of that item.
TABLE

Column I Column II Column III

Item Aircraft Category for Fire Fighting Aircraft Overall Length Aircraft Maximum Fuselage Width

1 1 less than 9 m 2m

2 2 at least 9 m but less than 12 m 2m

3 3 at least 12 m but less than 18 m 3m

4 4 at least 18 m but less than 24 m 4m

5 5 at least 24 m but less than 28 m 4m

6 6 at least 28 m but less than 39 m 5m

7 7 at least 39 m but less than 49 m 5m

8 8 at least 49 m but less than 61 m 7m

9 9 at least 61 m but less than 76 m 7m

10 10 at least 76 m 8m

 (2) Where the fuselage width of an aircraft that has an overall length within the
range set out in column II of an item of the table to subsection (1) is greater than
the aircraft maximum fuselage width set out in column III of the item, the aircraft
category for fire fighting for the aircraft shall be one category higher than the
category set out in column I of that item.