"GROUND EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL"
For those of you who have submitted your CV to Bristow and Bond, in the hope of getting a piece of the action, please consider the following.
AIR-GROUND COLLABORATION
The following are the suggested benefits for continuous collaboration between SAR aircraft and MRT during Land SAR operations.
Contact with the incident location when MRT are already on-scene.
Access to local knowledge.
Latest information from the casualty or the casualty's companions.
Shortening of lines of communication to the primary Land SAR co-ordinating authority (police).
Allows MRT and police to marshal appropriate resources or stand-down surplus resources.
In conditions that prevent flying at the incident location, MR resources can be deployed by air to a point nearer the incident.
Makes additional mountaineering skills available to the aircraft to improve casualty and crew safety during air evacuation from challenging locations.
When aircraft fuel is low, allows remaining fuel to be used to contribute to the operation so that the operation can continue to advance while the aircraft is refuelling.