Study Of The Formation Of Aircraft Military Rescue And Fire Fighting Units At Tni-Al Juanda Air Base Surabaya

Abstract

ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting) is one of the main and critical components in responding to emergencies in the world of aviation. Every civil airport is required to have ARFF services, while military bases/air bases have their own ARFF with specific tasks and training. According to ICAO Doc. 9137 the main task of the ARFF is to save lives (aircraft passengers, aircraft crew and all people on board the aircraft that had an accident) and property (aircraft, airport facilities, etc.). TNI-AL Juanda Surabaya Air Base as the Indonesian Navy Aviation Center (PUSPENERBAL) in serving military flights does not yet have a Rescue and Fire Fighting unit that functions to provide rescue and fire fighting services in the event of a military aircraft accident. Based on this background, the formulation of the problem in this study is that forming an ARFF unit is carried out in accordance with applicable regulations using qualitative research methods with interview, observation and documentation data collection methods. Based on the results of the research, to form an Aircraft Military Rescue & Fire Fighting Unit at the Juanda TNI-AL Surabaya Base, a category for ARFF is needed, namely Category 4 (four) based on the dimensions of the largest TNI-AL aircraft operating at the TNI-AL Juanda Air Base, Surabaya.