NFPA 407, Standard for Aircraft Fuel Servicing, outlines vital safety requirements for the equipment, procedures, and installations related to fuel servicing of aircraft. The 2022 edition makes it easier for facility managers, facility operations staff, and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) to understand, implement, and enforce critical provisions that can help ensure safety during the following:
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Further changes to the standard include updated requirements for aircraft fuel servicing vehicle loading and unloading racks to include a compliance date. New to the 2022 edition is Annex C, Clarification of Retroactivity, which was created to clarify the changes to the retroactivity requirements for design and construction.
Be prepared to help protect people and your facility from the unique hazards related to aircraft fuel services using the most up-to-date version of NFPA 407, Standard for Aircraft Fuel Servicing.
NFPA 407 outlines vital safety provisions for procedures, equipment, and installations during fuel servicing of aircraft. The rewritten and reorganized 2017 edition makes it easier for facility managers, facility operations staff, and AHJs to understand, implement and enforce critical provisions that help ensure safe:
To help users navigate and apply vital requirements, a new general chapter applies to all types of aircraft fueling facilities. Four specific chapters apply to aviation fueling facilities, airport fueling vehicles, rooftop heliports, and self-service aircraft fueling. Each specific chapter includes sections addressing "design" and "operation," with consistent numbering to help users locate similar topics.
This standard outlines vital safety provisions for procedures, equipment, and installations in order to protect people, aircraft, and other property during ground fuel servicing of aircraft using liquid petroleum fuels.
Boeing aircraft maintenance manuals (AMMs) provide specific procedures for opening and purging fuel tanks on Boeing airplanes. During the purging process, the areas around an airplane are defined as Class I, Division 1 or Division 2 flammability zones. Only explosion-proof equipment can be used within these flammability zones, which extend to a 50-foot radius around the airplane. The definitions for Class I, Division 1 and Division 2 flammability zones (per National Fire Protection Association 70, Article 500) are as follows:
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