This standard helps maintain proficient and effective aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) at airports by presenting criteria by which an authority having jurisdiction can evaluate ARFF performance and which establishes a basis for a recurring training program focusing on measurable and successful training outcomes.
Please note: This Standard is no longer accepting Public Input due to the Emergency Response and Responder Safety Document Consolidation Plan (consolidation plan) as approved by the NFPA Standards Council. As part of the consolidation plan, this Standard is slipping cycle and being combined into a new consolidated draft, NFPA 460. For further information on this consolidated draft, go to NFPA 460.