MD11 crew was almost hit by a red crash fire rescue equipment car on taxiway K, K2 at ord.

Attributes
ACN	497093
Time
Date	200101
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	497093
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Miss Distance	horizontal : 15
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Landed at ord. Cleared to parking T12, 'K', K2. While turning 'K' to 'K2' taxi light 'on.' airport red fire car held short of 'K2' (on north side heading south). As we turned onto 'K2' car started forward. We turned on 'all' lights. Car stopped, we continued. Car started, again. We panic-stopped, car 'disappeared' under right side of aircraft nose and 'reappeared' on left side. A call to ramp common reported this occurrence. This could have been a catastrophic episode for the occupants of the fire car. Note: no lights on car except headlights. No emergency movement indicated for car.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 CREW WAS ALMOST HIT BY A RED CFR CAR ON TXWY K, K2 AT ORD.

Narrative: LANDED AT ORD. CLRED TO PARKING T12, 'K', K2. WHILE TURNING 'K' TO 'K2' TAXI LIGHT 'ON.' ARPT RED FIRE CAR HELD SHORT OF 'K2' (ON N SIDE HDG S). AS WE TURNED ONTO 'K2' CAR STARTED FORWARD. WE TURNED ON 'ALL' LIGHTS. CAR STOPPED, WE CONTINUED. CAR STARTED, AGAIN. WE PANIC-STOPPED, CAR 'DISAPPEARED' UNDER R SIDE OF ACFT NOSE AND 'REAPPEARED' ON L SIDE. A CALL TO RAMP COMMON RPTED THIS OCCURRENCE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC EPISODE FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE FIRE CAR. NOTE: NO LIGHTS ON CAR EXCEPT HEADLIGHTS. NO EMER MOVEMENT INDICATED FOR CAR.

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.