S-270
Helicopter Operations

Course Description

S-270 Helicopter Operations is delivered as a classroom training session.  Learn about the various uses and operations of helicopters in the wildfire environment, as well as safe work practices and boarding procedures.

Course Content

  • Working safely around helicopters

  • Helicopter safety briefings

  • Different machines and their uses

  • Longlining operations

  • Bucketing operations

  • Aerial ignition operations

  • Crew transportation

  • Safely approaching and departing a helicopter

  • Machine hazards