S271 - Helicopter Crewmember

Reviewed: 2004     Hours: 30 - 40

Course Description:

This is a combined classroom/field course designed to provide student proficiency in all areas of the tactical and logistical use of helicopters to achieve efficiency and standardization. Topics include: aviation safety, aircraft capabilities and limitations, aviation life support equipment, aviation mishap reporting, pre-flight checklist and briefing/debriefing, aviation transportation of hazardous materials, crash survival, helicopter operations, helicopter field exercise.

This course contains the following Interagency Aviation Training modules: A-101, A-104, A-105, A-106, A-108, A-110, A-113, A-209, A-210, and A-219.

Objectives:

• Identify the skills necessary to work with a helicopter in the performance of tasks standard to helicopter operations.
  
• Identify required safety procedures related to working with helicopters.
  

Target Group:

Personnel involved in fire and non-fire project assignments with helicopters.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified helicopter manager call-when-needed (HCWN) or helicopter boss (HELB).
Unit instructors must be qualified helicopter crewmembers (HECM).

Also see NWCG Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Non-fire personnel: None.
Fire personnel: Qualified as a firefighter type 2 (FFT2).

Offer Level:
Local

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 9-22-2008.

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