Section 121.417

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(iii) Portable fire extinguishers, with
emphasis on type of extinguisher to be
used on different classes of fires; and
(iv) Emergency exits in the emergency mode with the evacuation slide/
raft pack attached (if applicable), with
training emphasis on the operation of
the exits under adverse conditions.
(3) Instruction in the handling of
emergency situations including - 
(i) Rapid decompression;
(ii) Fire in flight or on the surface,
and smoke control procedures with emphasis on electrical equipment and related circuit breakers found in cabin
areas including all galleys, service centers, lifts, lavatories and movie
screens;
(iii) Ditching and other evacuation,
including the evacuation of persons
and their attendants, if any, who may
need the assistance of another person
to move expeditiously to an exit in the
event of an emergency.
(iv) [Reserved]
(v) Hijacking and other unusual situations.
(4) Review and discussion of previous
aircraft accidents and incidents pertaining to actual emergency situations.
(c) Each crewmember must accomplish the following emergency training
during the specified training periods,
using those items of installed emergency equipment for each type of airplane in which he or she is to serve (Alternate recurrent training required by
Section 121.433(c) of this part may be accomplished by approved pictorial presentation or demonstration):
(1) One-time emergency drill requirements to be accomplished during initial training. Each crewmember must
perform - 
(i) At least one approved protective
breathing equipment (PBE) drill in
which the crewmember combats an actual or simulated fire using at least
one type of installed hand fire extinguisher or approved fire extinguisher
that is appropriate for the type of actual fire or simulated fire to be fought
while using the type of installed PBE
required by Section 121.337 or approved PBE
simulation device as defined by paragraph (d) of this section for combatting
fires aboard airplanes;

(ii) At least one approved firefighting
drill in which the crewmember combats an actual fire using at least one
type of installed hand fire extinguisher
or approved fire extinguisher that is
appropriate for the type of fire to be
fought. This firefighting drill is not required if the crewmember performs the
PBE drill of paragraph (c)(1)(i) by combating an actual fire; and
(iii) An emergency evacuation drill
with each person egressing the airplane
or approved training device using at
least one type of installed emergency
evacuation slide. The crewmember may
either observe the airplane exits being
opened in the emergency mode and the
associated exit slide/raft pack being deployed and inflated, or perform the
tasks resulting in the accomplishment
of these actions.
(2) Additional emergency drill requirements to be accomplished during
initial training and once each 24 calendar months during recurrent training. Each crewmember must - 
(i) Perform the following emergency
drills and operate the following equipment:
(A) Each type of emergency exit in
the normal and emergency modes, including the actions and forces required
in the deployment of the emergency
evacuation slides;
(B) Each type of installed hand fire
extinguisher;
(C) Each type of emergency oxygen
system to include protective breathing
equipment;
(D) Donning, use, and inflation of individual flotation means, if applicable;
and
(E) Ditching, if applicable, including
but not limited to, as appropriate:
(1) Cockpit preparation and procedures;
(2) Crew coordination;
(3) Passenger briefing and cabin preparation;
(4) Donning and inflation of life preservers;
(5) Use of life-lines; and
(6) Boarding of passengers and crew
into raft or a slide/raft pack.
(ii) Observe the following drills:
(A) Removal from the airplane (or
training device) and inflation of each
type of life raft, if applicable;

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