Engine Fire Panel
API Documentation: FIRE Panel API
Description
The Engine Fire Panel is used to control the engine fire detection and extinguishing systems.
Usage
ENG 1(2)(3)(4) FIRE pb
- IN, dark and closed:
- Normal position.
- No fire is detected.
- IN, illuminated and closed:
- Fire is detected. The FIRE light of the ENG MASTER panel comes on, and also indicates the affected engine.
- Associated with the following ECAM warning: ENG 1(2)(3)(4) FIRE
- The light remains on, until the fire is extinguished, regardless of the position of the ENG FIRE pb.
- The flight crew is pressing the ENG FIRE Panel Test pb (Refer to Test pb).
- OUT, illuminated and open (pressed):
- All associated systems are isolated from the engine.
- The aural fire warning stops.
- The fire extinguishing system is armed, the bottles are ready to discharge.
AGENT 1(2) pb
- AUTO:
- Normal position.
- SQUIB:
- The squibs of the fire extinguisher bottles are armed.
- The fire extinguisher bottles are ready to discharge extinguisher agent.
- When pressed, the extinguisher bottles discharge and the SQUIB light goes off.
- DISCH:
- The fire extinguisher bottle discharges or is empty.
- SQUIB & DISCH:
- The flight crew is pressing the ENG FIRE panel TEST pb (Refer to TEST pb).
TEST pb
- Tests the engines, the APU and the main landing gear bay fire warnings.
- When pressed for at least three seconds, and until released, tests the operation of the engine fire detection and
extinguishing system:
- The continuous repetitive chime sounds.
- The MASTER WARN lights flash.
- The ECAM displays ENG FIRE, APU FIRE and MLG FIRE warnings titles.
- All ENG FIRE pb come on red.
- The APU FIRE pb comes on red.
- All SQUIB lights of the AGENT pb come on.
- All DISCH lights of the AGENT pb come on.
- All FIRE lights on the ENG MASTER panel come on.