S271 - Helicopter Crewmember

Reviewed: 2010     Hours: 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. The following Interagency Aviation Training (IAT) A-courses curriculums are intergraded and may be credited upon completion of this course: A-105 Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE), A-113 Crash Survival, and A-219 Helicopter Transport of External Cargo.

Objectives:

• Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate proficiency in all identified areas of helicopter use to safely achieve efficiency and standardization.

Target Group:

This course is required training for all personnel desiring to be qualified as a Helicopter Crewmember (HECM).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified helicopter manager single resource (HMGB).
Unit instructors must be qualified helicopter crewmembers (HECM).

Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Manager's Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

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

Offer Level:
Local

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