Air carrier flight crew reported a baggage pit was packed excessively high not allowing fire suppres...

Attributes
ACN	1650807
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Baggage pit 4 improperly loaded which resulted in fire suppression equipment being rendered inoperative\ineffective in suppressing a potential fire. Ramp personnel were advised to rearrange bags in accordance with current requirements. This is an ongoing problem that should be passed on to all flight crews immediately. Crews should be required to check the loading of the pits :10 prior to push time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier flight crew reported a baggage pit was packed excessively high not allowing fire suppression if needed.

Narrative: Baggage pit 4 improperly loaded which resulted in fire suppression equipment being rendered inoperative\ineffective in suppressing a potential fire. Ramp personnel were advised to rearrange bags in accordance with current requirements. This is an ongoing problem that should be passed on to all flight crews immediately. Crews should be required to check the loading of the pits :10 prior to push time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Air carrier flight crew reported a baggage pit was packed excessively high not allowing fire suppression if needed.