De-fueling safety precautions are?

• A. Different from fueling precautions
• B. The same as fueling
• C. Not required if fueling was safe
• D. Only require goggles and gloves

Answer: (B)

De-fueling safety precautions are the same as fueling because both tasks involve handling flammable aircraft fuel and its vapors, which carry the same fire, health, and environmental risks. The safeguards—grounding and bonding to prevent static discharge, ensuring ignition sources are eliminated, keeping the area free of sparks or flames, using appropriate PPE (not just goggles and gloves but required protective clothing and eye protection), having a fire extinguisher and a fire watch, and preparing for spills with proper containment and ventilation—apply to both directions of fuel transfer. If fueling was performed safely, the same precautions still apply to defueling because the hazards remain constant regardless of whether fuel is going in or out. Treating defueling as different or optional would overlook these shared risks.