PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-733
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 733
DECEMBER 2013
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PS 733
DEC 13
15
PS 733
DEC 13
Dear Half-Mast,
I have a question about the go light on my MaxxPro Dash. We forgot
to remove the cover before powering up the go light and partially melted it.
I’ve looked everywhere I can think of but can’t seem to find an NSN for a
replacement cover.
Is there an NSN or do we need to order a new go light to get the cover?
SSG M.J.P.
Dear Sergeant M.J.P.,
I’ve got good news and bad news.
The bad news is that there is no NSN
for the cover.
The good news is that you won’t
need to order a new go light. Turns
out the light wasn’t supposed to
have a cover to begin with! The
manufacturer accidentally included
the covers when the Frst round of go
lights were distributed. Ordering a
new go light will now bring the light
without the cover.
So you can toss that damaged cover. It’s not needed.
Dear Editor,
A lot of email traffic has been generated over who is qualified to
routinely inspect fire extinguishers on Army vehicles. The answer is the
operator doing PMCS.
The safety engineers at TACOM LCMC’s safety office weighed in with
the following statement:
A Soldier does not have to be certified or licensed to do the
PMCS inspections. They are
NOT
allowed to repair or refill the
bottles if an issue is found and the vehicle is to be considered
NMC until the bottle/AFES system is brought back to ready. If
the fire department or other office has a requirement to check
all fire extinguishers on base, including those contained in vehicles,
by certified personnel, this is above and beyond the vehicle’s
requirement. PMCS should still be done per the intervals called
out in the TM.
Please help us tell the field that
operators
should inspect their vehicle’s
AFES.
Ron Rowland
Action/Security Officer, TWV
TACOM LCMC
Warren, MI
Editor’s note:
Your
comments should extinguish
those emails, Mr. Rowland.
Toss and don’t replace
damaged cover
melted
MRAP MaxxPro Dash…
what to do about
MELTED
cover
Tactical
Vehicles…
Operators OK’d to
Inspect Fire Extinguishers
Oh, man! I
forgot
to
remove your spotlight
cover when I turned it
on last night!
Now the
cover’s
melTed!
Don’t worry
about it! Turns
out I don’t even
NEed
a cover!
I’m done with my operator
PMCS, but
who
inspects the
fire extinguisher?
you
do,
sergeant!
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