Rule 101 of fire crews responding to a vehicular accident is to put a fire out rather than extract a patient.
The firemen interviewed in the previously linked documentary makes the point that they can’t get in whilst passengers are still coming out.
A significant proportion of passengers die due to toxic gas and smoke inhalation.
We know just two breaths of this lethal **** can render you unconscious. (In house fires it’s not uncommon to find bodies between bed and bedroom door)
The studies of aircraft fire survivability do not examine in much detail if more lives can be saved by a snatch team entering the cabin whilst the fire is still active.
What is the typical time before fire crews enter the cabin?
How many and for how long are unconscious passengers surviving, whilst fire appliances are spraying foam on the flames?
Access by firemen to the door with a deployed slide is problematic but can be solved.
Specialised turnout suits with compact BA can be tailored to provide more freedom of movement and protection.
I’m referring to pushing unconscious passengers from a lethal smoke filled cabin down the slide.
Maybe just two minutes of work under extreme conditions.
There is usually enough passengers and cabin crew to begin 1st aid on the survivors.
Improved scale of respiratory support on the tarmac would be required to complete the picture.
As a former volunteer fireman and with experience at an international airport in a filming role, I’m aware of the costs, the physics involved and that safeguarding lives of firemen is the priority.
Worthy of further study?
mjb