Fire protection systems

The fire protection systems monitor the airplane for these

conditions:

* Fire

* Smoke

* Overheat

* Pneumatic duct leaks

The airplane has these fire/overheat detection systems:

* Engine overheat detection

* Engine fire detection

* APU fire detection

* Wheel well fire detection

* Wing/Body overheat detection

* Cargo compartment smoke detection

* Lavatory smoke detection.

The airplane has these fire extinguishing systems:

* Engine

* APU

* Lavatory

* Cargo compartment

* Portable fire extinguishers

The fire alarms provide visual and aural indication to the flight

crew about a fire in any of these systems:

* Engine 1

* Engine 2

* APU

* Forward cargo compartment

* Aft cargo compartment

* Main wheel well.

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