“Man down! Heat casualty! Candidate, get his temperature!  Now! Get a measurement! “Roger that, sir.  He’s hot, 104.” “Corpsman!  Quickly, we have a possible heat stroke here!” This emergency unfolded during a field exercise more than 20 years ago at Officer CandidateSchool at the United States Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. We were training in full combat gear on a muggy, 95 degree day...

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  1. THROTTLE: OFF   2. FIRE LIGHT: DEPRESS   3. FIRE EXTINGUISHER READY LIGHT: DEPRESS   4. ….   These are the first few steps or IMMEDIATE ACTION PROCEDURES (IAPs) that make up the beginning of an emergency situation checklist for an engine fire in a garden-variety high performance aircraft.  These steps are listed in BOLD in...

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