Thanks to all for your replies.
I fly the S76 and in our checklist, if you get a fire light/tone, the first thing is to confirm the fire. Once you've done that then the obvious: establish OEI flight, pull the fire T handle to shut it down and fire off a bottle etc.
Most if not all experienced pilots I have spoken to have said in this situation they would do that, even if they couldn't confirm the fire, ie act on the warning light alone.
From what I have heard, most warnings have also been false indications. But obviously all warnings must be treated as the real thing.
I guess the grey area I am getting at is at what point do you think you must CONFIRM the fire before shutting the engine down? For example, your 50-100nm offshore, what would you do if you did that, fired off both bottles and the fire warning remained?
Last edited by the coyote; 11th December 2002 at 15:01.