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docs/pilots-corner/a380x/a380x-briefing/flight-deck/ovhd/eng-fire.md

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## Description
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The Engine Fire Panel is used to control the engine fire detection and extinguishing systems.
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## Usage
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### ENG 1(2)(3)(4) FIRE pb
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- IN, dark and closed:
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- Normal position.
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- No fire is detected.
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- IN, illuminated and closed:
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- Fire is detected. The FIRE light of the ENG MASTER panel comes on, and also indicates the affected engine.
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- Associated with the following ECAM warning: ENG 1(2)(3)(4) FIRE
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- The light remains on, until the fire is extinguished, regardless of the position of the ENG FIRE pb.
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- The flight crew is pressing the ENG FIRE Panel Test pb (Refer to Test pb).
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- OUT, illuminated and open (pressed):
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- All associated systems are isolated from the engine.
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- The aural fire warning stops.
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- The fire extinguishing system is armed, the bottles are ready to discharge.
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### AGENT 1(2) pb
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- AUTO:
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- Normal position.
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- SQUID:
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- The squibs of the fire extinguisher bottles are armed.
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- The fire extinguisher bottles are ready to discharge extinguisher agent.
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- When pressed, the extinguisher bottles discharge and the SQUIB light goes off.
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- DISCH:
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- The fire extinguisher bottle discharges or is empty.
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- SQUID & DISCH:
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- The flight crew is pressing the ENG FIRE panel TEST pb (Refer to [TEST pb](#test-pb)).
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### TEST pb
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- Tests the engines, the APU and the main landing gear bay fire warnings.
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- When pressed for at least three seconds, and until released, tests the operation of the engine fire detection and
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extinguishing system:
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- The continuous repetitive chime sounds.
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- The MASTER WARN lights flash.
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- The ECAM displays ENG FIRE, APU FIRE and MLG FIRE warnings titles.
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- All ENG FIRE pb come on red.
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- The APU FIRE pb comes on red.
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- All SQUIB lights of the AGENT pb come on.
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- All DISCH lights of the AGENT pb come on.
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- All FIRE lights on the ENG MASTER panel come on.
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docs/pilots-corner/a380x/a380x-briefing/flight-deck/ovhd/eng-man.md

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![Engine Manual Start Panel](../../../assets/a380x-briefing/flight-deck/ovhd/eng-man-panel.png "Engine Manual Start Panel"){loading=lazy}
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## Description
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The Engine Manual Start Panel is used to manually start the engines.
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## Usage
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### ENG MAN START pb-sw
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- ON:
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- During a manual engine start, the start valve opens, provided ENG START selector is set to IGN/START or CRANK.
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- *Note*: The start valve automatically closes when N2 reaches 58.4%.
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- OFF:
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- The start valve closes, provided the ENG MASTER lever is set to OFF.
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- This stops the engine start sequence.
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