Fire Safety & Rescue installations at Hamad International Airport (DOH)

Aviation fire and rescue covers ARFF crash tenders rated to ICAO CAT-9 / CAT-10, rapid intervention vehicles, high-reach extendable turrets, fluorine-free foam and discharge systems, hangar deluge, terminal sprinkler and smoke-management, and the PPE, breathing apparatus and training rigs used by airport fire teams. Airports must maintain a declared rescue and firefighting category that matches their largest routine aircraft — which for A380 and 777X operations means CAT-10. Procurement is driven by civil aviation authorities and airport ops, with strict response-time and agent-discharge compliance.

Hamad International is what happens when a state airline designs its own cathedral. Opened in 2014 and already expanded twice, it serves as Qatar Airways' global spine and routinely tops Skytrax's best-airport rankings. 2024 traffic hit 52.7 million passengers and cargo cleared 2.6 million tonnes — both records. Phase C, now in tender, will lift capacity beyond 70 mppa and add a second passenger processing hall.