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Helicopters Help Fight Freeway Fires
Helicopter adaptability in fight
ing fiery freeway accidents will
be demonstrated at Texas A&M’s
Fireman’s Training School later
this month.
Chief Henry D. Smith, school
director, said the helicopter-
mounted fire suppression system
presentation July 24 will be con-
<|ucted by its developer, Tex
tron’s Bell Helicopter Co. of Fort
Worth, using a UH-1D.
Smith noted the use of a heli
copter in freeway fires offers
great advantages in mobility, not
only in fighting the blaze, but
in evacuating victims.
Frequently, he observed, fire
men, policemen and medical per
sonnel attempting to reach the
accident site are detained by traf
fic jams.
“A helicopter, however, can
simply fly over this congestion
and arrive on the scene without
delay,” the chief pointed out.
Bell designed the system for
the Army to help aero-medics re
move trapped personnel in crashed
and burning aircraft. The air
craft applications also will be
demonstrated at the A&M school.
R. S. Stansbury, Bell project
engineer for the system, pointed
out the technique also obviously
has application at civilian air
ports.
“With this system, the aircraft
and its crew and passengers
would be protected from crash
fires after the ship goes over
the airport fence,” Stansbury em
phasized. “Surface equipment now
cannot reach the craft in many
instances. We feel this is opening
a new era in flight safety.”
He said the demonstration heli
copter will be equipped with a
fire suppression kit of two 25-
gallon tanks containing a “light
water” concentrate mixed with
plain water, a telescoping boom
for discharging resultant foam,
emergency extraction equipment
and evacuation provisions for
three litter and two ambulatory
patients.
Arriving at the crash site, the
helicopter hovers at the fire’s
edge, allowing aero-medic fire
fighter personnel to exit. Simul
taneously, the pilot, operating the
movable boom, begins applying
foam to open a 15-foot path to
the burning object.
Rescue personnel follow the
path and carry the occupants to
safety, Stansbury noted. He said
the helicopter then reverts to its
original role as a medical evacua
tion aircraft.
Smith said studies are now be
ing made regarding the use of
helicopters to remove vehicles
from the accident scene.
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