Training/Helicopter
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Helicopter Operations for Ground SAR is proposed course (not yet developed). An industry partner is encouraging this training and offering to fund it.
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Course description
Potential skills/subjects covered by this course. Not all of these may be included in the course.
- types and capabilities of helicopters
- basic operations and safety
- safe approach/exit
- what not to touch, not to approach
- bringing hazardous equipment (bear spray, flares)
- communicating with the pilot
- crash procedures
- spotting from air (the search component)
- ground-to-air communications (e.g. helicopter directs teams on the ground to the subject)
- Landing Zone / helispot support (e.g. team on ground preps for extracting subject by air)
- Landing Zone Officer duties
- identifying and preparing a helicopter landing site
- hand signals
- hover exits
- sling loading gear
- supporting HETS (Helicopter External Transport System / Human External Cargo)
Need
Runnings
- probably summer or fall 2013
Suppliers
- none yet identified
- CASARA considering
