All drills / Command & ICS
Helicopter landing zone setup
Pick, mark and secure a landing zone for an air ambulance and give the crew a clear radio brief.
- Goal
- Get an air ambulance down safely and fast when ground transport is too slow.
- Length
- 35 minutes
- For
- Special Teams
- Category
- Command & ICS
- Level
- Intermediate
- People
- Team members, a radio operator, an instructor playing the flight crew.
What is inside
- 6 step-by-step instructions for running it
- 3 points on what good looks like
- 2 debrief questions
- Setup, equipment and safety notes
- A ready lesson plan: audience, standards it lines up with, objectives, lecture outline, scenario and final evaluation
- A sign-in roster your crew signs on their own phones (department plans)
Two drills are free every week. Pro and department plans open all 164. General training ideas only: your agency's protocols, policies and medical director come first. 24On is not accredited and does not approve hours.
More Command & ICS drills
- Scene size-up call-out
Command & ICS · 10 min
Arrive, stop, and say it out loud: hazards, number of patients, resources needed, access and exit routes. Repeat until the whole call-out takes under 30 seconds.
- Casualty collection point setup
Command & ICS · 30 min · Intermediate
Set up a casualty collection point in the warm zone, sort patients and organize them for evacuation.
- Barricade perimeter setup
Command & ICS · 30 min · Intermediate
Set up inner and outer perimeters, a command post and staging for a barricaded subject.
- Warrant service briefing and rehearsal
Command & ICS · 40 min · Intermediate
Build and deliver a warrant service briefing, then rehearse the plan on a mock-up so every member knows their role.