Fire system and protection

short fire protection system works

an explanation how on A320 .

Prepared by : Ilham Febrian .

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Ex
A320 has :

·
Fire detection and extinguish systems
for the engines and APU

Smoke

/
·
detection in the avionics bay.
·
Smoke detection and fire extinguish

systems in the cargo compartment and

lavatories
·
Portable fire extinguisher for the flightCom
and the cabin
partment .

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Engine 1

The engines and APU have fire detection system each

a ,
system
has :
o Two indetical detection loops (A & B) mounted in paravell .

each detection loop is connected

·
On each engine -> 3 fire detector
I in pylon nacelle
·

·
1 in engine core
.

Iin Can Section

engine
·
.

0 A Fire Detection unit (FDU) , which generate

fire warning when :

· A loop detector and a loop B detector

.

Subject to heat or

0 .
One
loop. detects a fire / second declared
In operative or both loops are declared .

Top /in second

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equiped W/
each engines 2
Fire extinguisher

↳ E >
- located on overhead
Panel
.

The discharge of the bottles is pushing

activated
by
AGENT 1 or 2 Pushbutton .

Agent Notes
> -
The agent pbs areactive only if
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L
-

⑳ -
Agent 2
⑳
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their related five Push button
.

has been released out

-
↳
For the APU there's only one Agent (Fire extinguisher
,

bottle Its discharge is activated either by an Agent pb

.

provided the APU FIRE PUSH button has been released out or auto ,

matically if there is an pr Fire when the aircraft is on

ground and provided the DC BAT Bus is stillCupplod.

The guarded FIRE PUSH buttons give a fire indication

and enable ,
when released out the related system to be
isolated and the to be
agent phs active

Lates each indication has two set

fire
.

Each set is
of four red bulbs,
triggered by detection loop
a
fire .
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↳ ↳ ↳
The test button are used to test respective five detection
and
extinguishing system operation.
When Test Pb is pressed there's a

· A red FILE PUSH light Comes out·

· The white
squib and the amber disch light come or

· ELAM WARNING come out

·
Engine Fire's and Apo fire sound chime .
comes out

Notes if the fire test is performed ground w

am
·
on
:

the electrical network, the white

only batteries supplying
squib and the amber DISCHlights Come out Without ECAM
warning . The red fire pushbutton lights come on
is
but
particully as one set of roa bulbs
not
electrically
it
available

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In Addition
.
to the indications of the engine FIRE
panel on the ENG Panel , installed on the Pedestal there
is a FIRE light for each engine
. These lights indentify which engine

fire
-

on

↳
F(RE
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On ④

I
the EXTERNAL POWER panel for the APU

there is an additional APU FIRE Light and

a guarded APU SHUT OFF Pb. This pb at

Hows the ground crew to shutdown the APU When in
case of APU fire ,
the automatic shutdown did not

work
.

A smoke detector
system is provided for

the avionics , Its detector is located in the

On air extraction duct

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.

The indication for avionics smoke are located on two

Panels in the cockpit

The EMER ELEC PWR Panel ,
in order to electrically isolate
The faulty equipment
· the ventilation panel , in order to evacuate the smoke
.

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Lavatny
The lavatory detection.
↳ system
-
smoke

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Ec clepit
Co
consist of one smoke detector in each

-
A

lavatory-linked to the cabin intercomm

Es
unication data
system (CIDS)
.
e

- The CIDS transmits the signals to

↳ Cabin .

the FWC for warnings in the cockpit and

generates indication in the cabin

.
⑳

In addition each lavatory waste bin

⑳

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7
has
stem
an

.
automatic fire extinguishing sy

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Cavities are installed in the caryo door compartment
The
caryo smoke
panel also has :

There is cavity in the forward 2

guarded pushbuttons
ceiling panels
*
. one

compartment and two in the AFT Compartment ,

each one bottle version
carity has two smoke detectors
- each smoke detect

or is linked to one
of the two detection loops

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The CIDS receive signals from the detector

and sends them to the Fwc for display in the cockpit Each Pb allows the complete discharge
Smoke warning are activated if in one cavity :
of the fire extinguisher bottle into related

Both smoke detetector detect smoke

· .

Cargo compartment through a nozzle installed

· One smoke detector detects the smoke wh in each cavity
.

the other detector declared inoperatife So the FWD DISCH Pb will draw into the

Fup Compartment via one nozzle or the

- FWC .
AFT Disco pb will draw the bottle contents

into the AFT compartment via two nozz/8s

.
1
* two bottle version

↳ -
Related cargo smoke detection is indicated & &
-
↑·
overhead ⑳
on a cargo smoke
panel Installed on

panel . -
depending outression ,
the installed panel can
⑳
be as shown :

·
for one bottle or

·
two bottle Version
.
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Each toggle switch allows the
complete
discharge During the walk around , you
of the fire extinguisher bottles into related cargo co have to check that the APU fire
mpartments through installed carity pressure indi
nozzle
a in
extinguisher over

cation (red disc) is in place this

So the is an indication that the fire

FWD toggle switch will draw bottle

1 Contents and bottle bottle has not been discharged

2 contents in the FWD
overboard due to bottle
compartment via one nozzle or the AFT toggle
over

switch will draw the bottle 1 contents and the pressure

.

bottle contents into the AFT via

2 Compartment
two hozzles and portable fire extinguisher
also in cockpit and cabin
,

The smoke also

cargo mostly located on FND &

↳ has

When
a test

pressed
pushbuttons

and hold
AFT
on the
Galley
cockpit
also

-
in back

for 3 seconds :

↳ It turn amber Dist light and test smoke

detector
sequence.
It tors
↳ on the red smoke lights and
ECAM
warning twice and

↳ It's closed the cargo compartment as

Shown on ECAM air and

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