Fire Academy 2022
S-271 Helicopter Crew Member

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. Credit for the following Interagency Aviation Training modules may be earned through successful completion of S-271: A-105 Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE), A-113 Crash Survival, and A-219 Helicopter Transport of External Cargo.

Course 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).

Source: PMS 901-1 - Field Manager's Course Guide - April 2017

Course Prerequisites:

Fire Personnel - qualified as Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2)

Course Coordinator
Phone / E-mail Address
Nomination Form

Mike Bot

Cherokee NF

423-476-9761

mbot@fs.fed.us

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