A300 pilot reported a fire alert on the number 1 engine.

Attributes
ACN	1518261
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Fire alert on number 1 engine. Blocked out with a list of 7 mels including a lavatory inoperative with a 3 hour 50 minute flight time. In addition; we discovered this aircraft had previous history/write up with a previous engine fire alert. How do I think this type of event can be prevented? Fix the engine properly and flight test before putting aircraft back online.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 pilot reported a fire alert on the number 1 engine.

Narrative: Fire alert on number 1 engine. Blocked out with a list of 7 MELs including a lavatory inoperative with a 3 hour 50 minute flight time. In addition; we discovered this aircraft had previous history/write up with a previous engine fire alert. How do I think this type of Event can be prevented? Fix the engine properly and flight test BEFORE putting aircraft back online.

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.