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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide crash rescue for a helibase?
Crash Rescue (ARFF) for Helibases
Yes.
KDT provides crash rescue (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, ARFF) apparatus with crew for wildfire helibases and aircraft bases, standing by for life safety and rescue during flight operations.
Typical configuration
- Crew
- NFPA 1001 firefighter, NFPA 1002 driver/operator, NFPA 1021 fire officer; an EMT-B on the crew
- Tank and pump
- 500+ gal (NFPA 1901); 150 gpm at 250 psi; drafts from a 10 ft lift
- Foam
- Class B foam concentrate for 500 gal of water; 95 gpm foam solution for 5 minutes on one handline
- Hose
- 500 ft of 1½" or 1¾" attack hose (300 ft pre-connected), 300 ft of 2½" supply hose
- Rescue gear
- SCBA (NFPA 1981) with a spare cylinder per pack, aircraft rescue extrication kit, reciprocating saw, ladder
- Medical
- Long backboards, c-collars, oxygen with masks and BVM, burn kit, first aid kit
- Readiness
- Ready to respond within 1 minute of notification
- Hire
- Daily, wet, with operators
A helibase launches and lands helicopters all day. Air operations may order a crash rescue unit to stand by at the helibase or aircraft base so a crash or fuel fire gets an immediate rescue and foam attack.
KDT supplies Crash Rescue (Aircraft), an ARFF apparatus hired daily, wet, with operators and set up to your air operations team's requirements. Each unit carries a 500+ gal tank and a 150 gpm at 250 psi pump to NFPA 1901, Class B foam for 500 gal of water, pre-connected attack lines, SCBA for the crew, an aircraft rescue extrication kit and medical gear.
The crew is trained structural or ARFF firefighters, including a firefighter (NFPA 1001), a driver/operator (NFPA 1002) and a fire officer (NFPA 1021), with an EMT-B on the crew. On arrival the unit is assigned to the aircraft base, attends briefings and is ready to respond within one minute of notification.
Available as
- ARFF apparatus with crew for a helibase
- ARFF apparatus for an aircraft base or other incident operations
What's included
- ARFF apparatus and qualified firefighters
- Structural PPE (NFPA 1971) for each crew member
- VHF-AM and VHF-FM radios for the unit
- Hazmat spill kit for fuel spills
- Attendance at operational briefings
Where it's used
- Crash rescue standby at helibases during flight operations
- Aircraft and fuel fire response at aircraft bases
- Rescue and first medical care after an aircraft mishap
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide crash rescue for a helibase?
Yes. We supply ARFF apparatus with crew to stand by at wildfire helibases and aircraft bases, as many units as air operations orders.
What does an ARFF crew at a helibase need to be qualified to?
Trained structural or ARFF firefighters: one certified to NFPA 1001, a driver/operator to NFPA 1002 and a fire officer to NFPA 1021, with a current EMT-B on the crew, plus wildland basics (S-130/S-190) and ICS-100/200.
How is crash rescue hired on a fire?
Daily, wet, with operators, set up to your air operations requirements.
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