Well, the real reason you do hot fueling is to keep your cycles down. Hell you can run out of cycles in one fire season, if you are working a bad one. Out of cycles, then its time for engine over hauls. Its about ecomomics, you just have to be real carefull and if the winds are to strong, have somebody fuel for you or shut down. I don't mind doing hot fueling, but I still would rather sit at the controls and let a ground crew do the fueling. But sometimes that is not an option, so I make for dam sure the controls are frictioned down. Make sure that the helicopter is on real stable ground before you exit.