Narrative:

Aircraft was parked at the air carrier ramp at rfd with a slight right quartering tailwind. Wind had turned to 200/8, the aircraft was parked in a 070 degree heading. At 1900 the national WX reported wind of 200/8 variable 17 to 23 KTS. We did not have access to this information. Local ATIS did not report the variable wind. The #2 engine fire warning sounded. This aircraft is not equipped with the nacelle overheat warning. I proceeded with the engine fire emergency procedures. This could have been prevented by the ground crew, if they would have parked the aircraft more into the wind and also the crew could have been more alert if the company did not schedule reduced rest overnight, which we were on.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MDT TURBO PIC USES ENG FIRE CHKLIST WHEN FIRE WARNING SOUNDS. ACFT PARKED AT RAMP. RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC PRE-DEP OP.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PARKED AT THE ACR RAMP AT RFD WITH A SLIGHT R QUARTERING TAILWIND. WIND HAD TURNED TO 200/8, THE ACFT WAS PARKED IN A 070 DEG HDG. AT 1900 THE NATIONAL WX RPTED WIND OF 200/8 VARIABLE 17 TO 23 KTS. WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFO. LCL ATIS DID NOT RPT THE VARIABLE WIND. THE #2 ENG FIRE WARNING SOUNDED. THIS ACFT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE NACELLE OVERHEAT WARNING. I PROCEEDED WITH THE ENG FIRE EMER PROCS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY THE GND CREW, IF THEY WOULD HAVE PARKED THE ACFT MORE INTO THE WIND AND ALSO THE CREW COULD HAVE BEEN MORE ALERT IF THE COMPANY DID NOT SCHEDULE REDUCED REST OVERNIGHT, WHICH WE WERE ON.

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.