MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
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Fire Protection Chapter Fire
Alerts Section 40
Fire.40.1
Fire.40 Fire Protection-Alerts
NOTE: The associated cue switch is shown in parenthesis (XXX)
following the alert.
Red Boxed Alerts (Level 3)
APU FIRE (ENG) - APU fire or air manifold fail conditions in APU
compartment.
CRG FIRE LWR AFT (AIR) - Heat and/or smoke detected in lower aft cargo
compartment.
CRG FIRE LWR FWD (AIR) - Heat and/or smoke detected in lower forward
cargo compartment.
ENGINE 1/2/3 FIRE (ENG) - Respective engine fire or overheat condition.
Amber Boxed Alerts (Level 2)
CREW REST SMOKE (AIR) - Smoke is detected in the cockpit crew rest.
Amber Alerts (Level 1)
CARGO FIRE AGT LO (AIR) - Pressure in one or more cargo fire agent
bottles is low.
CARGO FLO AFT OFF (AIR) - The CARGO FIRE AFT FLOW switch has
been manually selected OFF.
CARGO FLO FWD OFF (AIR) - The CARGO FIRE FWD FLOW switch
has been manually selected OFF.
CRG FIRE TST FAIL (AIR) - The cargo fire test has failed. The manual test
is required.
CRG FLO AFT DISAG (AIR) - The aft cargo compartment ventilation flow
is in disagreement with the commanded position of the switch on the
CARGO FIRE panel.
CRG FLO FWD DISAG (AIR) - The forward cargo compartment ventilation
flow is in disagreement with the commanded position of the switch on
the CARGO FIRE panel.
DISCH CARGO AGENT (AIR) - Approximately 90 minutes have elapsed
since the first CRG FIRE AGENT was discharged. The flashing CRG
FIRE AGENT DISCH switch should be pushed. If CRG FIRE LWR_
alert was not displayed, discharging the extinguishing agent may cause
the CRG FIRE LWR_ alert to display for a few seconds.
October 02, 2006