Catalog Item - Aircraft Positions
Catalog Item - Aircraft
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Aircraft Mishaps
Frequencies
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ACDP

What is Aircraft Dispatcher?

100

FWAA

What is Fixed Wing, Air Tactical? Commonly referred to as Fixed Wing Air Attack.

100

What is the Hazard that is listed for Toketee Lake? 

Power Lines Across Lake

100

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. 

100

FQAA 

What is Air to Air AM?

200

HMGB

What is Helicopter Manager, Single Resource?

200

HE1R

What is Helicopter, Type 1 Restricted? 

200

What is the elevation listed for Hemlock Lake?

Elevation: 4408 ft. 

200

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. 

200

Where are the frequencies listed for Roseburg and other dispatch centers in the Pacific Northwest?

What is the Pacific Northwest Interagency Aviation Frequency Guide?

300

AOBS

What is Aerial Observer?

300

HE3S

What is Helicopter, Type 3 Standard? 

300

What is the legal of Beaver Swamp?

Legal: 31S T28S R3E 

300

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. 

300

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.

400

ATGS

What is Air Tactical Group Supervisor? 

400

LA12

What is Airtanker, Type 1 or 2? 

400

What is the hazard for Lemolo 1 Forebay?

Dip only from the area identified by yellow buoys, not to damage the rubber lining? 

400

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.

400

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? 

Aircraft Dispatcher will immediately open the Pacific Northwest Frequency Guide and confirm that they have the correct frequency for Pig Iron programmed into their radios - Helicopter confirms that they have the correct frequency programmed and still cannot make contact. 


Dispatcher then would give them the frequency for Cinnamon Repeater located in the frequency guide as RX 171.425 Tone 103.5 TX 166.000 Tone 192.8 - The helicopter is able to reach the ground resources on Cinnamon. 
500

ABRO

What is Aircraft Base Radio Operator?

500

UAR3

What is Unmanned Aircraft, Rotor Wing, Type 3? 

500

What is the lat/long for Cultus Lake? 

43 7.2060 X 122 57.6240

500

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. 

500

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.  

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