U.S. AIR FORCE A-7D CRASH INTO RAMADA INN HOTEL WAYNE TOWNSHIP, INDIANA (USA) -OCTOBER 20, 1987

摘要

This is the thirty-fourth of arnseries of articles that will reviewrnhistorical Aircraft Rescue andrnFire Fighting (ARFF) responsesrnwith significant lessons to learn.rnWe will try to read between thernlines of accident reports, magazinernarticles, conference presentations,rnpictures, and other informationrnsources to attempt to determinernwhat problems the emergencyrnresponders encountered,rnas well as their resulting size-up,rnaction plan, and end results. Wernwill try to learn from the past, inrnorder to be able to perform betterrnin the future. The accidents thatrnwill be reviewed in this series ofrnarticles can easily happen again.rnOur newer, younger generationrnof ARFF professionals may notrneven be aware of these emergencyrnscenarios. The ARFF professionrnneeds to review and analyzernevery aviation accident orrnemergency response, no matterrnhow small, to learn what can berndone to plan and prepare forrnsimilar incidents in the future.rnWe need to learn from our experiences.rnUnfortunately, thisrndoes not happen as well as itrnshould or could. Although therernis plenty of information regardingrnthe facts and probable cause ofrnan aircraft accident, there is oftenrnvery little information availablernabout the emergency response.rnUntil we start doing this, we mayrnmiss opportunities to improve, orrnworse, be doomed to make thernsame mistakes.