Emergency situations

Evacuation slide / chute

the inflatable slide deployed from the doors for rapid escape

to douse

to drench with water or foam in order to extinguish a fire

Crash tender

the airport fire-fighting vehicle (part of the RFFS)

Foam

the fire-suppressant blanket sprayed over a fuel fire or laid on a runway

Plume

the rising column of smoke from a fire

Charred

blackened and burnt, e.g. a charred fuselage or engine cowling

Ingestion

the drawing of a bird or debris into an engine (bird ingestion)

Bird strike

a collision between a bird and the aircraft, typically an engine or the windscreen

Cordon

the secured perimeter established around an incident site

Runway incursion

the unauthorised presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on an active runway

First responder

the emergency personnel (fire, medical) first to arrive at the scene

FOD (foreign object debris)

loose debris on the surface capable of damaging aircraft