Narrative:

I flew a trip from anchorage to homer. The flight was completely normal. When I returned to anchorage I was informed that there was no crash, fire, rescue unit on duty in homer. Normally, this is taken care of by the company flight operations, however, they failed to ensure that crash fire rescue equipment was notified when he flight was switched from a small aircraft to a large aircraft. The problem arose because dispatch failed to properly notify crash fire rescue equipment. A contributory factor is that I did not check to see if crash fire rescue equipment had been notified. I routinely fly into this airport and crash fire rescue equipment has always been properly notified. When the company switches scheduled flts from smaller aircraft to larger aircraft, there should be a system of checks and balances to ensure important details have been taken care of (crash fire rescue equipment, flight plans, ground support, etc). As PIC I will not make the assumptions that these details have been taken care of; I will personally look into each detail. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter said that theirs is the only carrier flying aircraft into homer that are large enough to require crash/rescue equipment. Therefore, any reference to this problem would identify his airline. He says he has looked into it and homer seems to be the only place where this problem exists and that the incident cited in his report seems to have been an isolated incident. He doesn't think the problem has to be pursued any further and that he filed his report at the suggestion of his dispatcher.

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Title: WHEN AN MDT WAS SUBSTITUTED FOR A SMALLER ACFT, IT BECAME NECESSARY TO HAVE EMER GND EQUIP STANDING BY FOR THEIR ARR. THIS WAS NOT DONE.

Narrative: I FLEW A TRIP FROM ANCHORAGE TO HOMER. THE FLT WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL. WHEN I RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO CRASH, FIRE, RESCUE UNIT ON DUTY IN HOMER. NORMALLY, THIS IS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE COMPANY FLT OPS, HOWEVER, THEY FAILED TO ENSURE THAT CFR WAS NOTIFIED WHEN HE FLT WAS SWITCHED FROM A SMALL ACFT TO A LARGE ACFT. THE PROBLEM AROSE BECAUSE DISPATCH FAILED TO PROPERLY NOTIFY CFR. A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR IS THAT I DID NOT CHK TO SEE IF CFR HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. I ROUTINELY FLY INTO THIS ARPT AND CFR HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED. WHEN THE COMPANY SWITCHES SCHEDULED FLTS FROM SMALLER ACFT TO LARGER ACFT, THERE SHOULD BE A SYS OF CHKS AND BALANCES TO ENSURE IMPORTANT DETAILS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF (CFR, FLT PLANS, GND SUPPORT, ETC). AS PIC I WILL NOT MAKE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THESE DETAILS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF; I WILL PERSONALLY LOOK INTO EACH DETAIL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR SAID THAT THEIRS IS THE ONLY CARRIER FLYING ACFT INTO HOMER THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE CRASH/RESCUE EQUIP. THEREFORE, ANY REF TO THIS PROBLEM WOULD IDENT HIS AIRLINE. HE SAYS HE HAS LOOKED INTO IT AND HOMER SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AND THAT THE INCIDENT CITED IN HIS RPT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. HE DOESN'T THINK THE PROBLEM HAS TO BE PURSUED ANY FURTHER AND THAT HE FILED HIS RPT AT THE SUGGESTION OF HIS DISPATCHER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.