Catalog Item - Aircraft Positions
ACDP
What is Aircraft Dispatcher?
FWAA
What is Fixed Wing, Air Tactical? Commonly referred to as Fixed Wing Air Attack.
What is the Hazard that is listed for Toketee Lake?
Power Lines Across Lake
What is an Aviation Incident defined as? Refer to Aviation Mishap Guide.
Aviation incidents include hazards, maintenance deficiencies, airspace conflicts or any act, event or circumstance which affects or could affect safety of aircraft operations.
FQAA
What is Air to Air AM?
HMGB
What is Helicopter Manager, Single Resource?
HE1R
What is Helicopter, Type 1 Restricted?
What is the elevation listed for Hemlock Lake?
Elevation: 4408 ft.
What is Overdue Aircraft defined as? Refer to Aviation Mishap Guide.
An aircraft will normally be initially considered overdue at the scheduled check in time if a loss of AFF occurs or it has not completed the required check-in by radio or telephone within the time frame specified in the flight following request.
Where are the frequencies listed for Roseburg and other dispatch centers in the Pacific Northwest?
What is the Pacific Northwest Interagency Aviation Frequency Guide?
AOBS
What is Aerial Observer?
HE3S
What is Helicopter, Type 3 Standard?
What is the legal of Beaver Swamp?
Legal: 31S T28S R3E
What is a Missing Aircraft defined as? Refer to Aviation Mishap Guide.
An aircraft is officially missing when its fuel duration, as reported on its request for flight following or as reported on its FAA Flight Plan, has been exceeded and the aircrafts location is unknown.
FQAG
What is Air to Ground FM?
Air-to-Ground FM (FQAG) is a radio channel used for two-way communication between aircraft and ground personnel during firefighting operations.
ATGS
What is Air Tactical Group Supervisor?
LA12
What is Airtanker, Type 1 or 2?
What is the hazard for Lemolo 1 Forebay?
Dip only from the area identified by yellow buoys, not to damage the rubber lining?
What is a SAFECOM?
SAFECOM fulfills the Aviation Mishap Information System (AMIS) requirements for aviation mishap reporting for the Department of Interior agencies and the US Forest Service.
Categories of reports include incidents, hazards, maintenance, and airspace.
The system enables users to report any condition, observation, act, maintenance problem, or circumstance with personnel or the aircraft that has the potential to cause an aviation-related mishap.
Scenario...
Helicopter calls and advises that they cannot get ground resources to answer them on Pig Iron or A/G which was listed on the TARO for initial attack - What do you do?
ABRO
What is Aircraft Base Radio Operator?
UAR3
What is Unmanned Aircraft, Rotor Wing, Type 3?
What is the lat/long for Cultus Lake?
43 7.2060 X 122 57.6240
What does the Aircraft Dispatcher do immediately at the time of a UAS Mishap?
Notify ATGS, aircraft in the area, and ground personnel if applicable, assistant and center manager.
When ordering a TFR what do you use as an initial frequency?
When ordering a TFR initially without any other ordered frequencies from the GACC dispatcher would use the forest Air to Air Primary Frequency.
The dispatcher would then place orders for frequencies needed such as FQAA and FQAG to use the next morning when ordering replacement TFR with new frequencies.