1. POL Safety Handling, Awareness and Lethality

2. References FM TM

3. Outline

4. Static Electricity D uring cold weather, static electricity can create serious problems, not only in flight, but also on the ground, particularly during refueling and rearming operations. Static electricity can be generated from brushing snow and ice from an aircraft to dragging steel grounding cables over the snow.

5. Static Electricity Precautions During refueling and rearming operations, it is extremely important to ground the aircraft properly. In addition, personnel must always remember to touch a properly grounded surface to discharge static charges that have built up in their bodies. As a further precaution during refueling operations, fuel nozzles should be fully inserted into the aircraft filler neck at all times.

6. Flammability

7. JP-4/8 Flash point - The lowest temperature at which a petroleum product will burn Autoignition - Minimum temperature required to ignite a flammable mixture by heat energy alone (no other ignition source present) Flash PointAutoignition JP-4>-10 o F468 o F JP-8100 o F (38 o C)>450 o F

9. Summary

10. QUESTIONS?