An aircraft may include | A fixed wing or rotary wing aircraft engaged in search interception and escort stores dropping rescue or medical evacuation operations over land or sea by day or night |
Safety procedures for working in and around aircraft may include | being familiar with aircraft appreciation of aircraft capabilities approaching rotary wing aircraft terrain-related issues |
Search and rescue crew members may include | National Search and Rescue Manual Search and Rescue Manual for Civil Search and Rescue Unit Pilots and Dropmasters Search and Rescue Manual for Observers Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs) Civil Aviation Orders (CAOs) Aeronautical Information Publications (AIPs) En route Supplementary Australia – Emergency Section (ERSA) Applicable Aircraft Flight Manual and Civil Search and Rescue Unit Operations manual |
Escape/evacuation plan may include | evacuating personnel and equipment from the aircraft |
Life is supported and maintained may include | aircraft components survival equipment natural materials being utilised to provide protection from environmental hazards to aid in location and to maintain the health of survivors |
Survival plan may include | giving consideration to psychological physiological medial and environmental issues |
Organisational documents may include | emergency service pilots and procedures aircraft operator company operations manuals and memoranda of understanding |
Factors which may impede or exclude safte performance may include | physical physiological psychological pathological and psychosocial and may include such things as motion sickness poor eye sight pregnancy fatigue poor general health drug and/or alcohol affected |
The flight may include | over-night deployment international travel |
Personal requirements may include | passports additional clothing refreshments as required for long term/long distance travel |
Communications equipment may include | aircraft intercommunications equipment and portable radio transceivers |
Terminology and procedures may include | standard aviation and agency specific terminology and procedures associated with Search and Rescue operations |
In-flight crew performance may be maintained by | rotation/rest schedules prevention of motion sickness duty reassignment or reallocation for people found unsuitable for certain tasks |
Safety procedures for working in and around aircraft may relate to | aircraft propellers and blades refuelling operations smoking loose articles danger areas no step/push areas and airside security |
Dangerous goods may include | Search and Rescue related pyrotechnics weapons and ammunition petroleum fuels |
In-flight hazards may include | opening doors/windows moving around the aircraft operating near open doors loose articles in the cabin dispatching items operating electronic equipment |
Emergency care includes | pre-hospital emergency care as described in workplace emergency care qualifications which meet State and Territory OH&S requirements |
Firefighting equipment may include | dry chemical powder vaporising liquid carbon dioxide and foam extinguishers |
Survival equipment may include | inflatable life-jackets inflatable life-rafts survival kits electronic location beacons |
Environmental hazards may include | marine environments extremes of heat and cold dangerous creatures hydration and nutrition limitations |
Physiological factors may include | health and fitness heat loss rates hydration and nutrition injury survival time predictions |
Rescue factors may include | predicted time to rescue rescue vehicle types visibility and location of target rescue systems rescue crew competence priority of survivors |
Pre/post-flight documentation may include | search briefing and debriefing forms manifests load sheets flight logs post flight reports |