HECM Responsibilities
This legal document is filled out every morning using the load calculation
What is a manifest?
These are the three different types of communication used between personnel on the fireline
What is air-to-ground, air-to-air, and ground communication?
This SPECIFIC model of helicopter is the main helicopter used for Lakeview Interagency Helitack.
What is a Bell 205 A1++?
This tool can be used to read current weather conditions and predict future ignition
What is a belt weather kit?
What are the 10 & 18s?
This form should be filled out in the case of a aviation safety mishap
What is a SAFECOM?
This type of orientation is used when describing targets to the pilot from the ground
What is clock orientation?
This type of helicopter can hold up to 15+ passengers, has a minimum allowable payload of 5,000 lbs, and holds a minimum of 700 gallons of retardant
What is a Type 1?
These 3 elements are needed to fuel fire
What is oxygen, heat, and fuel?
The program used to input time (FS or BLM specific)
FS: Paycheck 8
BLM: Quicktime
Longline alternative
What is a belly hook?
This channel is used mainly to talk to air resources
What is A/G 41?
What is safety circles?
These are the 4 types of fuel that are used to describe fires on fire history form
What is grass, shrub, timber, and slash?
This is a document filled out every morning before missions to determine everyone's "comfortability"
What is a GAR?
HECMs can use this handbook/guide when dealing with hazardous materials during cargo operations
What is the Interagency Aviation Transport of Hazardous Materials Guide?
This frequency band is the most commonly used on wildfire incidents
What is VHF-FM?
This diagram is often referred to especially during PSD operations using the helicopter
What is the Height Velocity/Dead Man's Curve Diagram?
This term is used to measure fire in chains per hour
What is Rate of Spread?
Out of the 9 regions, we call this region home
What is Region 6?
This is where HECMs can find most to all helitack answers
What is the SHO (Standards for Helicopter Operations)?
The UNICOM frequency
What is 122.8?
This is a non-powered flight condition in which the rotor system maintains flight RPM by reversed airflow
What is autorotation?
The precise location where a competent ignition source came into contact with fuel, ignited, and maintained combustion
What is Point of Origin?
This individual is our main aircraft dispatcher
Who is Kristin?