A drill with the military fire fighters at Songshan Air Force Base
A drill with the military fire fighters at Songshan Air Force Base
2023-04-19
At Taipei’s Songshan Airport is the military airfield, Songshan Air Force Base. It sees a wide variety of civilian and military aircraft land or take off every day, including aircraft carrying the president and other top government officials. And that requires a fire department with a lot of special capacities. The fire trucks at the base can carry 10 times as much water as a normal urban fire truck. Today we follow along with the team in a major drill.
A call comes in to the fire department at Songshan Air Force Base.
Within 90 seconds, the officers have donned full uniform, complete with air tanks, and jumped in the trucks to get to the fire.
This is just an emergency drill for a fire in a Fokker 50, which is an airliner used by Taiwan’s vice president. But every detail counts. First jets of water are shot at the fire from the trucks’ roofs. When the fire is under control, they switch to water cannons at the front of the trucks, using a V-shape so that fire fighters can enter the aircraft and safely evacuate the passengers.
This Striker 3000 is tasked with ensuring the mission is finally complete.
Yeh Pei-hsuan
FTV reporter
This apple-green military fire truck is only deployed to Air Force airfields across Taiwan. They’re even harder to pick out in a perilous situation. It has 1,250 gallons a minute waterpower, which can rapidly put out a fire on an airplane.
Major Chen Min-cheng
Songshan Base fire department chief
A metropolitan fire truck only has capacity for about 300 gallons. The Striker 3000 has 3,000 gallons. There aren’t any outdoor fire hoses in the vicinity of our airfield, so it needs to have a larger water capacity.
Sergeant Major Kao Chen-chien
Songshan Base fire department chief
With military aircraft, there can be a danger of ammunitions explosions, or the potential for leaks of hydrazine.
The duties of the fire department at Songshan Air Force Base include emergency responses for military-civilian aircraft and major natural disasters, as well as facilities like aircraft hangars and fleet oiler hangars. The department is the main line of defense for Taiwan’s most prestigious airfield.
機場"救援英雄"! 松指部消防分隊守護松山機場
2023-04-19
在軍機、民航機起降頻繁的台北松山機場，空軍松指部其實有一支專門負責滅火任務的消防分隊，官兵搭配新式化學消防車、耐高溫消防衣，結合消防戰術及技能，扮演著機場的「救援英雄」，更是負責飛機起降的安全保證。一起來看看。
接到火災通報，按下警鈴，空軍松指部的消防分隊迅速出動。
90秒內，全套消防服裝俐落著裝、背好氣瓶，登上消防車，隨即前往救災第一線。
其實，這只是行政專機"福克50"的失事搶救演練，但絲毫不能馬虎。先由車頂砲塔噴出強力水柱，壓制火勢後，再由車前轉塔出水，建立V型水線通道，讓消防官兵得以進入機艙內、安全撤離搭乘人員。
確保任務成功的最大功臣，就是這台Striker 3000消防車。
[[民視記者葉霈萱]]
“這種蘋果綠塗裝的軍用消防車，只有配備在全台的空軍機場，在險惡環境中更容易被辨識。而每分鐘有1250加侖的出水量，能迅速為失事的飛機滅火。”
[[松指部消防分隊長陳民政少校]]
“城市型的消防車只有大概約300加侖(載水量)左右，它(Striker 3000)是3000加侖。(因為)在我們機場周邊是沒有室外消防栓，所以它需要載水量要比較大一點。”
[[松指部消防分隊長高偵兼士官長]]
“戰鬥機(救援)可能會有一些械彈爆炸的風險，還有聯胺(有毒氣體)外露的可能性。”
松指部消防分隊職責，包括軍民機的緊急事故救護、重大災害應變，以及搶救飛機棚場及油彈庫等重要設施，是守護松山機場，不可或缺的「救援英雄」。
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