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Establish communications with aircraft

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Strategic actions

Fire and rescue services should:

Establish the tactical limitations of any aircraft available
Complete pre-planning activities to establish air-to-ground and air-to-air communications
Pre-plan to identify radio channels that can be used for ground-to-air communications at multi-agency incidents
Consider pre-planning activity to identify suitable water sources for use with fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters

Tactical actions

Incident commanders should:

Establish and maintain communications between personnel on the ground and aircraft
Brief pilots and aircraft operators of their task or mission, objectives, and any hazards identified
Brief the pilots of all aircraft regarding incident hazards and the locations of personnel
Consider deploying a tactical lookout to accompany the operator of any aircraft as an aerial observer
Create an aerial sector and appoint an aerial sector commander when aircraft are in use
Appoint an aerial sector commander
Provide ground support to the aerial sector
Liaise with the aerial resource provider to confirm the fire and rescue service requirements
Provide regular briefings and relay appropriate information to or from:
- The incident commander
- All pilots and operators of aircraft and unmanned aircraft
- All ground resources providing support to aircraft and unmanned aircraft
- All ground resources from the fire and rescue service and other agencies/organisations present at the incident
Liaise with the police to ensure that any unauthorised aircraft or unmanned aircraft are removed from the incident, and request an air exclusion zone at the incident if required
Identify suitable take-off and landing areas in liaison with pilots and operators of unmanned aircraft
Ensure all personnel are aware of the intended locations of any water, retardant or equipment drops
Brief pilots on where and when to complete their drops of water and/or retardant - water or retardant is normally dropped into the wind if possible, and drops should start from a strong anchor point
Ensure ground resources and personnel are deployed to support direct attack by aircraft
Observe effect of aerial water and retardant drops and communicate to the aerial sector commander
Consider deploying aircraft to observe water or retardant drops from the air, to assess and communicate the relative effectiveness of water and retardant drops to pilots
Relay any observations of water and retardant drops to pilots in a timely manner, so that they can adjust the positioning of their aircraft for subsequent drops as necessary

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Establish communications with aircraft	Understand: The benefits and limitations of communications with aircraft The procedures to be used to establish and maintain effective communication with aircraft The benefits of establishing an aerial sector to manage the communications with aerial resources

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Establish communications with aircraft

Understand:

The benefits and limitations of communications with aircraft
The procedures to be used to establish and maintain effective communication with aircraft
The benefits of establishing an aerial sector to manage the communications with aerial resources

NOS knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:
You need to know and understand 3184
K Roles, responsibilities and limits of authority of self, others and other agencies in relation to wildfire incidents
Organisational
K 11 Roles, responsibilities and limits of authority of self, others and other agencies in relation to wildfire incidents
Health and safety 3112
K Safe working practices of your organisation when responding to wildfire incidents K Hazards and risks of wildfire affecting people, property and the environment K How to use risk assessment information to make decisions K How to apply decisions based on the assessment of risk K Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk K Legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols that apply to your role in preparing for wildfire incidents K Systems, tools, methods and templates suitable for preparing information for wildfire incidents K Your organisation's requirements for maintaining wildfire plans K Your role and responsibilities in preparing for wildfire including your area of responsibility K Relevant others you may work with when preparing for wildfire incidents and their role in wildfire incidents K Lines and methods of communication and reporting in the workplace K How to communicate clearly and effectively with others K How to treat others with respect and consideration, taking account of and accepting diversity K How to access and use different sources of information relevant to wildfire K Types of wildfire environments in your area and their impact K The Wildfire Prediction System and how to use in the planning process K Methods and techniques of wildfire risk reduction K Different resources available to respond to wildfire K How resources can be used to control wildfire incidents
Health and safety
K 1 Safe working practices of your organisation when responding to wildfire incidents K 2 Hazards and risks of wildfire affecting people, property and the environment K 3 How to use risk assessment information to make decisions K 4 How to apply decisions based on the assessment of risk K 5 Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk
Organisational
K 6 Legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols that apply to your role in preparing for wildfire incidents K 7 Systems, tools, methods and templates suitable for preparing information for wildfire incidents K 8 Your organisation's requirements for maintaining wildfire plans
Personal and interpersonal
K 9 Your role and responsibilities in preparing for wildfire including your area of responsibility K 10 Relevant others you may work with when preparing for wildfire incidents and their role in wildfire incidents K 11 Lines and methods of communication and reporting in the workplace K 12 How to communicate clearly and effectively with others K 13 How to treat others with respect and consideration, taking account of and accepting diversity
Technical
K 14 How to access and use different sources of information relevant to wildfire K 15 Types of wildfire environments in your area and their impact K 16 The Wildfire Prediction System and how to use in the planning process K 17 Methods and techniques of wildfire risk reduction K 18 Different resources available to respond to wildfire K 19 How resources can be used to control wildfire incidents

Practical application

There is no Practical application

NOS performance criteria

You must be able to:
Attend and control wildfire incidents
P 7 Maintain effective communications at wildfire incidents in line with your organisation's communication procedures
You must be able to:
P Agree your role and responsibilities for wildfire response with relevant others in your organisation P Identify and interpret sources of information about wildfire within your role in wildfire response P Gather information that is up to date, relevant and meets your organisation's wildfire knowledge requirements P Gather information about wildfire environments in your geographical area of responsibility P Assess risks of wildfire to people, property and the environment in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P Identify control measures to reduce risk to people, property and the environment in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P Monitor information to identify triggers of increased risk of wildfire in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P Contribute to risk management plans as required by your organisation P Develop wildfire plans using information gathered in line with your organisation's requirements for operational readiness P Review wildfire plans to respond to changing circumstances in line with your organisation's requirements P Establish the range of resources available to respond to wildfire incidents in line with your organisation's resource procedures P Allocate resources to wildfire plans to meet your organisation's requirements for wildfire response and wildfire response strategy P Share information about wildfire plans with relevant others in line with your organisation's policies and procedures
Prepare and plan for wildfire incidents
P 1 Agree your role and responsibilities for wildfire response with relevant others in your organisation P 2 Identify and interpret sources of information about wildfire within your role in wildfire response P 3 Gather information that is up to date, relevant and meets your organisation's wildfire knowledge requirements P 4 Gather information about wildfire environments in your geographical area of responsibility P 5 Assess risks of wildfire to people, property and the environment in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P 6 Identify control measures to reduce risk to people, property and the environment in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P 7 Monitor information to identify triggers of increased risk of wildfire in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P 8 Contribute to risk management plans as required by your organisation P 9 Develop wildfire plans using information gathered in line with your organisation's requirements for operational readiness P 10 Review wildfire plans to respond to changing circumstances in line with your organisation's requirements P 11 Establish the range of resources available to respond to wildfire incidents in line with your organisation's resource procedures P 12 Allocate resources to wildfire plans to meet your organisation's requirements for wildfire response and wildfire response strategy P 13 Share information about wildfire plans with relevant others in line with your organisation's policies and procedures

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Control measure Establish communications with aircraft

Control measure Establish communications with aircraft

Control measure knowledge

Strategic actions

Tactical actions

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

NOS knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand 3184

Practical application

NOS performance criteria

Control measure
Establish communications with aircraft

Control measure
Establish communications with aircraft