Cargo Fires
Just interested to know what people's thoughts are re: Cargo fires and subsequent actions after landing.
Is it preferable to evacuate immediately, wait for stairs etc to be made available (assuming this is done quickly), ask for fire services to visually verify the status of the fire, the list goes on.
The assumptions are that:
a) the compartment in class C i.e. sealed
b) the cargo fire protection has been activated in-flight
c) the cargo fire warning system is a smoke detector type and therefore there is no method to verify the fire is extinguished without opening the compartment and venting the smoke.
I am just interested to hear your varying philosophies and/or company policies concerning the decision to evacuate.
Thanks in advance.