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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.

Contents

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
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