Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports New Chairman

Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports New chairman

CHAIRMAN Ole J. Hansen

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CTIF Commission

“Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports”

Minutes of Meeting

Helsinki – 13.06.2007

Subject: CTIF airport commission meeting, Helsinki

Participants: Crichton, Gillies, BAA, England

Egger, Walter, President, CTIF

Gould, Peter, Kidde Fire Trainers

Hahn, Karl_Christian, Fire Chief Frankfurt Airport, Germany

Hansen, Ole J., Fire Chief Oslo Airport, Norway

Hartmann Claude, Fire Brigade, France

Hitzler, Jørg, Albert Ziegler GmbH & Co, Germany

Hozbor, Zoltan, Interpreter Hungary

Johansson, Lars, Civil Aviation Authority, Sweden

Kassimitis, George, ARFF department, CAA Greece

Kohl, Patrick, Fire Brigade Luxembourg Airport, Luxembourg

Lindgren, Gøran, Kidde Fire Trainers

Metcalf, Steve, UK, CAA

Moorshead, Gary, BAA, England

Moravec, Karel, Fire Brigade Prague, Czech Republic

Nikula, Alpo, Civil Aviation Authority, Finland (Finavia)

Phillips, Gary, Civil Aviation Authority, UK

Relyea, Bob, Crash Rescue Equipment Service, USA

Relyea, Sharon, Crash Rescue Equipment Service, USA

Saaskilathi, Veli-Matti, Civil Aviation Authority, Finland (Finavia)

Soti, Jozsef, Directorate for Disaster Management, Budapest Airport, Hungary

Thirion, Jean-Luc, Service Technique de l’Aviation Civile, France

Trew, John, IAFPA

Tscumperlin, Peter, Federal Office for Civil Aviation, Switzerland

Valois, Bernard, Transport Canada Civil Aviation

Voraberger, Wolfgang, Rosenbauer International AG

Webb, Simon, Civil Aviation Authority, UK

1.  Welcoming chairman of CTIF commission “Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports” – Ole J. Hansen.

The chairman welcomed the members of the CTIF Airport Commission – and especially Mr. Walter Egger – the president of CTIF – to the meeting at Helsinki – Vaanta Airport. He thanked Finavia for the hospitality and for hosting this year’s meeting.

The chairman explained the goals of the meeting. The main issue was to attend the presentations, to discuss the different items and to exchange ideas. The commission would like to continue to work together with ICAO working group and GASR group – where the commission have members.

The Airport Commission had also invited IAFPA to the meeting. The goal was to work closer to IAFPA and other organizations that have the same goal as our commission: to make Airport Fire Services better and to make aviation as safe as possible.

2.  Welcoming Director Finavia Mr. Reijo Tasanen.

Mr. Reijo Tasanen, Director Finavia welcomed the CTIF Airport Commission to Finland and Helsinki Vantaa Airport. He presented the Finnish Civil Aviation – Finavia – and the work they do in the Civil Aviation Administration and on the Finnish Airports. He wished all the participants a good meeting.

3.  Presentation of the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Services in Finland.

Mr. Veli-Matti Saaskilahti presented the airport rescue and fire fighting services at the Finnish Airports . He also presented the work that is done concerning rescue and fire fighting in the civil aviation administration – Finavia.

4.  Presentation of the participants - new members – regrets.

All participants introduced themselves.

The commission welcomed the new members:

-  Mr. Ivan Illiev, Commissioner – Bulgaria.

-  Mr. Pascal Elskens, Fire Chief – Belgium.

-  Mr. Noe Escobar, Fire Chief – El Salvadore.

-  Mr. Nikos Sachinidis, President ESEPA – Volutary Corps of Greek Firemen.

Mr. Jens P. Larsen, Fire Chief - Denmark had informed the chairman that he was not able to come to the meeting.

5.  Approval of the minutes and the agenda.

The minutes from the commission’s latest meeting in Prague June 14th 2006 were approved.

The agenda was reviewed and agreed upon.

The meeting continued with presentations followed by discussions and questions from the participants.

A CD of all the following presentations will be sent to the participants.

6.  News from ICAO working group. Presented by Mr. Bernard Valois, Transport Canada Civil Aviation.

7.  News from Industry. Mr. Bob Relyea presented Crash Rescue Equipment Service.

8.  News from GASR (Group of Aerodrome Safety Regulators). Presented by Mr. Peter Tschumperlin, Federal Office for Civil Aviation, Switzerland.

9.  News from Industry. Rosenbauer International AG was presented by Mr. Wolfgang Voraberger.

10. Aircraft Removal at Airports. Presented by Mr. Karl-Christian Hahn, Fire Chief Frankfurt Airport, Germany.

11. Aircraft Accident at Stord Airport, Norway. The accident was presented by Mr. Ole J. Hansen, Fire Chief, Oslo Airport, Norway.

12. Security procedures and problems to Fire and Rescue Services and Municipal Fire Brigade. Presented by

13. News from Industry. Mr. Peter Gould presented Kidde Fire Trainers Gmbh.

14. Skills and competence. Presented by Mr. Simon Webb, UK CAA.

15. Finavia Foam research. Presented by Mr. Alpo Nikula, Finavia, Finland.

16. News from Industry. Albert Ziegler Gmbh & Co was presented by Mr. Jørg Hitzler.

17. News from NFPA. Presented by Mr. Bernard Valois, Transport Canada Civil Aviation.

18. IAFPA. The organization and their work was presented by John Trew.

19. Next meeting. Any other business, ending discussion and next meeting.

There were no other business and the meeting ended 16.00.

Next year’s meeting will take place in Chesterfield, England June 11th 2008 with Kidde Fire Trainers Gmbh as host.

I look forward to see you all in England next year.

Ole J. Hansen

Chairman, CTIF Commission Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports.

Copy to:

- Walter Egger, President CTIF

-  General Secretary Christophe Mignot, Ecole Nationale Supeérieure des Officiers de Sapeurs-Pompiers, BP 40 470, F-13592 Aix en Provence

-  CTIF Permanent Office, Reinhardtstrasse 65, D-10117 Berlin

-  Members of Commission „Rescue and Fire Fighting at Airports”

-  Web site CTIF Norway

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