Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS)
Cochin International Airport Limited is a Category 9 airport that requires an appropriate Rescue and Fire Fighting Service to protect life and property against some unique risks. The number of flights and the size of aircraft to facilitate our passengers necessitates a well equipped and highly trained ARFF service.
Far-sighted investment in the new appliances and training is ensuring that our Fire Service has the professional manpower and modern facilities to respond quickly and efficiently to any emergency incident.
We proud that our ARFF Service meets and exceeds all required standards as per ICAO regulations and also provides protection to life and property, aircraft and terminal buildings, cargo terminals, aircraft fueling facilities etc.We also provide Ambulance and Medical services as per the standards and recommended practices published by the ICAO in Airport Service manual Part-1 & Part-7 . The Fire Station is located near ATC Tower which is 250 Metres far from the middle of runway and meets response time to either end of the runway.
Our ARFF team is dedicated to ensure that a high standard of professional efficiency is maintained at all times.
‘WE SERVE TO SAVE’
Disabled Aircraft Recovery Service
Aircraft Recovery Service of CIAL delivers the support and equipment that guarantees a safe and timely removal of disabled aircrafts and thereby reduces the downtime of an entire airport or parts thereof in case of incidents.
We have a dedicated Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team (DART) trained and certified by the Fraport AG Fire Training Center® (“FTC”) facilities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany based on the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP's) published by the ICAO in Airport Services Manual Part 5 and Annex 14 as well as internationally recognized standards developed and published by IATA and the Association of German Airports.
Our recovery kit is capable to recover narrow body aircrafts like B737, B727, A319, A320, A321 etc. or bigger aircraft in case of partial undercarriage failure.