Re: HEMS Scenes safety
TT casevac into a twin squirrel is done with rotors running, in some really tight spots. The police have now withdrawn from work on the course, but I did the briefings for the entire force.
Instructions were comprehensive, covering everything from FOD clearing, landing into wind, downdraught effects, rotor sail, sloped sites, approaching from the front, not going aft of the doors, not touching anything, not being afraid to approach the a/c on thumbs up to point out what might appear to be bleedingly obvious risks such as cables,etc, etc, etc.
we still have responsiblity for clearing a couple of landing sites so the briefings are still delivered. Additionally, we are now running a HEMS 105 for the TT and Manx Grand Prix.
We've never lost one yet. There are also about 40,000 spectators running around too!
let me know if you need to know more