DZSO & DZSTL Necessary Equipment and Coordination

Question 1

Ensure necessary detail coordination is made to include:

Answer 1

1. 2 medical personnel with 2 FLAs
2. Malfunctions officer with a camera
3. Ladder detail with saw and tree climbing equipment
   (35 feet or taller and within 1000 meters of drop zone
4. Parachute detail
   5.Boat Detail if required:
   (required if water is 4 feet deep or deeper, 40 feet wide or wider, and within 1,000 meters of the drop zone
5. Road Guards

Question 2

Boat Detail required if water is:

Answer 2

4 feet or deeper, 40 feet wide or wider, and within 1,000 meters of the drop zone

Question 3

Ladder detail is required to:

Answer 3

35 feet or taller and within 1000 meters of the drop zone

Question 4

Necessary equipment:

Answer 4

9 VS 17 panels to establish code letter (Day)
11 white omni directional or infared lights (Night)
Smoke (red)
Amber rotating beacon (night)
Pilot balloon systems with a helium tank
2 radios
3 Anemometers

Question 5

How many VS 17 panels are needed to establish the code letter for Day time operations?

Answer 5

9 VS 17 Panels

Question 6

How many omni directional or infared lights are needed for night time operations?

Answer 6

9 omnidirectional or infared lights

Question 7

What type of omnimeters are needed:

Answer 7

DIC 3
Turbometer
AN/PMQ-3A

Question 8

A _______ is the Primary means of marking the drop zone

Answer 8

RAM (Raised angle marker)

Question 9

Code letters for CARP drop zones are:

Answer 9

J,C,A,R,S

Question 10

Code letters for circular drop zones are:

Answer 10

O,H

Question 11

Code letters for day time operations should be constructed of?

Answer 11

9 VS-17 panels

Question 12

Code letters dimensions:

Answer 12

35 feet long and 35 feet wide

Question 13

Code letter must be located at:

Answer 13

Point of Impact

Question 14

Center the top of the code letter at the base of the

Answer 14

RAM (Raised Angle Marker)

Question 15

The turbometer must be held within _______ degrees of the wind line

Answer 15

20 degrees

Question 16

Winds on the DZ cannot exceed _______ knots during static line personnel jumps

Answer 16

13 knots

Question 17

Code letters for night time operations must be constructed of:

Answer 17

9 omni directional white lights

Question 18

Code letters for night time; dimensions are:

Answer 18

35 feet long by 35 feet wide

Question 19

For night time operations Flanker lights will be placed:

Answer 19

250 meters to the right and left of the code letter

Question 20

Wind readings must be taken _______ 12 minutes prior to drop time.

Answer 20

12 minutes

Question 21

Surface winds maximum for personnel operations:

Answer 21

13 knots

Question 22

Surface wind maximum for heavy equipment:

Answer 22

17 knots