AD 1.2  RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING SERVICES (RFFSS), RUNWAY SURFACE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING, AND SNOW PLAN

1.   Rescue and fire fighting services

Scheduled or non-scheduled traffic with aircraft carrying passengers are not allowed to use aerodromes without Rescue and Fire Fighting Services.

The scale of protection available has been determined in terms of Aerodrome categories from 1. to 9. according to ICAO Annex 14 and the related Manual.

The aerodromes which are open to public use, the level of protection of aerodrome rescue and firefighting services must be determined and ensured based on point ADR.OPS.B.010 of Regulation 139/2014/EU.

The protection level of the rescue and firefighting services of those open to public use aerodromes which are not subject of Commission Regulation (EU) 139/2014 is set out in ICAO Annex 14/I.

Detailed data on the airport can be found in AD 2.6.

The aerodrome category for rescue and firefighting is determined according to Table 1, based on the longest aeroplanes normally using the aerodrome and their fuselage width. If, after selecting the category appropriate to the longest aeroplane’s overall length, that aeroplane’s fuselage width is greater than the maximum width in Table 1, column 3, for that category, then the category for that aeroplane should actually be one category higher.

Aerodrome category for rescue and fire fighting
Aerodrome Category (1)Aeroplane overall length (2)Maximum fuselage width (3)
10 m up to but not including 9 m2 m
29 m up to but not including 12 m2 m
312 m up to but not including 18 m3 m
418 m up to but not including 24 m4 m
524 m up to but not including 28 m4 m
628 m up to but not including 39 m5 m
739 m up to but not including 49 m5 m
849 m up to but not including 61 m7 m
961 m up to but not including 76 m7 m
1076 m up to but not including 90 m8 m

2.   Runway surface condition assessment and reporting, and snow plan

2.1   Organisation of the runway surface condition reporting and winter service
2.1.1   Responsibility

Aerodrome operator is responsible for clearing snow and responsible to assess the condition of the runway for each third of the runway and issue a Runway Condition Report (RCR). This report contains the RWYCC (Runway Condition Code) and information which describes the runway surface condition: type of contamination, depth, coverage for each third of the runway, etc. and other relevant information.

GRF service is established at the following aerodromes:

  • LHBC
  • LHBP
  • LHDC
  • LHNY
  • LHPP
  • LHPR
  • LHSM
  • LHUD
2.2   Surveillance of movement areas

NIL

2.3   Surface condition assessment methods used; operations on specially prepared winter runways

NIL

2.4   Actions taken to maintain the usability of movement areas

NIL

2.5   System and means of reporting

SNOWTAM are promulgated in accordance with ICAO Annex 15., ICAO Doc 10066. (PANS-AIM) and ICAO Guidance on the issuance of SNOWTAM.

2.6   The cases of runway closure

NIL

2.7   Distribution of information about runway surface conditions

NIL