Air Operations 201.07

Question 1

helicopter services are available for what 5 purposes?

Answer 1

1. including emergency medical transportation
2. rescue from inaccessible locations
3. aerial reconnaissance of emergency scenes
4. brush firefighting
5. emergency transportation of personnel and/or equipment

Question 2

Med-Evac helicopters are capable of carrying how many immediate patient

Answer 2

only 1 immediate patient

Question 3

DPS helicopters are capable of carrying how many patient only.

Answer 3

1

Question 4

Helicopters may be requested for transportation of what two things urgently needed at the scene of an emergency, particularly when distance is a factor

Answer 4

personnel and/or equipment

Question 5

The Phoenix Police Air Unit has the ability to put how many bambi buckets in service.

Answer 5

2

Question 6

The Mesa Police Department has the ability to put how bambi bucket in service.

Answer 6

1

Question 7

The PFD has how many buoy wall tanks.

Answer 7

4

Question 8

The buoys hold either _______ or _______ gallons of water.

Answer 8

3000 or 4000

Question 9

The bambi buckets can hold ___ to ___gallons of water

Answer 9

67 to 96 gallons of water

Question 10

Buoy Wall Set Up Apparatus kept at least how many feet to the side of the flight path of helicopters dipping the tank?

Answer 10

150’

Question 11

Contract Helicopters

Can drop approximately____ gallons of water each pass. Average flying time per fuel load is ___ to ___ hours.

Answer 11

120 gallons

1.5 to 2 hours

Question 12

An engine company shall be assigned to control the _______ zone

Answer 12

landing

Question 13

Any “special use” of helicopters during rescue operations will require a _______ _______ to be established by Command.

Answer 13

Technical Rescue

Question 14

Firebird is the designation for a helicopter operating under the direction of the what Fire Department

Answer 14

Phoenix Fire Department

Question 15

The risk of using helicopters and placing rescue personnel in dangerous situations must be weighed against the What?

Answer 15

urgency of the rescue situation

Question 16

The following is considered what?
1. External load (slingloads, longlines, water bucket, etc.)
2. Hover sites (low-level hovering)
3. Helicopter rappelling (insertions and extraction’s)
4. Flights conducted below 500 feet above ground level (AGL)
5. Helicopter operations around a fire perimeter
6. Single skid landings
7. Any takeoff or landing requiring special pilot technique due to terrain, obstacles, or surface
condition.

Answer 16

“Special Use” helicopters operations:

Question 17

what is the designation for the helicopter operating under the direction of the Department of Pubic Safety. Staffed with 2 DPS and 1 FD member?

Answer 17

Ranger 41

Question 18

Air-to-ground communications shall be used whenever possible to give landing instructions to approaching helicopters. Dispatch will coordinate the establishment of air-to-ground communications most of the time it will be on what channel?

Answer 18

mutual aid 4

Question 19

Should anything become unsafe during the approach of any helicopter during landing operations instruct pilot to GO AROUND __ TIMES.

Answer 19

3

Question 20

landing zone must be relatively flat and free of obstructions for an area of at least ____ x ____ for
each helicopter

Answer 20

100’ x 100’

Question 21

All spectators and apparatus must be kept a minimum of ____Feet away from landing zone.

Answer 21

200’

Question 22

For heavily loaded helicopters (i.e., water drop), the clear path should be extended How much?

Answer 22

at least 100 yards in each direction.

Question 23

“Tail guard” shall be stationed 50 to 100 feet from the what?

Answer 23

tail rotor

Question 24

Approach and departure paths should not pass over a treatment area, Command Post, or other activity
areas where _____ and _____ ____ will cause problems.

Answer 24

where noise and rotor wash

Question 25

The landing zone should be located at least 100 yards from what?

Answer 25

other activity areas

Question 26

Avoid dusty locations if possible. If the landing area is dusty do what?

Answer 26

wet down the area with a hose line before

landing

Question 27

The area between the treatment area and landing zone shall be ____feet .

Answer 27

300’

Question 28

All fire personnel and crew members on helicopters will wear What?

Answer 28

Flight Helmet/TRT helmets, fire resistant clothing, leather boots, gloves.

Question 29

SURFACE SELECTION

for LZ in order of first to last 1 to 5 ?

Answer 29

1. Concrete
2. Asphalt
3. Grass
4. Compacted dirt (lightly moistened to control dust)
5. Dry, loose dirt/sand (heavily moistened to control dust