Elements and Performance Criteria
- Respond to the incident
- Raise the alarm
- Identify hazards and personal injury risks associated with the incident
- Take immediate action to initiate deluge system to provide for fire suppression if appropriate
- Ensure blades and rotors have stopped moving before approaching the aircraft
- Look for signs of movement in the aircraft and actions to initiate escape from the fuselage
- Identify the safest path to and from the aircraft
- Evacuate persons from the aircraft
- Select equipment to facilitate evacuation and rescue
- Act to assist persons trying to exit the aircraft
- Direct or assist persons to a safe area in accordance with the emergency response plan
- Use appropriate rescue techniques and equipment to release entrapped persons
- Assist rescued persons to the safe area
- Provide assistance to evacuees
- Conclude incident activities
- Assist team members to contain any fires or spillage
- Search for and alert the incident team leader of any collateral damage
- Assist with recovery of any debris that poses a threat to safety, moving components as little as possible in the process
- Seek personal medical attention or support as necessary
- Assist to secure the site to facilitate investigation of the circumstances surrounding the incident
- Complete incident debrief
- Record any damage inflicted on the aircraft in rescuing personnel
- Complete an incident report in accordance with organisational procedures
- Participate in debriefing sessions conducted by the organisation's or external authority representatives
- Identify any problems in equipment or process of responding to the incident