Originally Posted by
9Aplus
... ... Ground emergency services, (ground EMS, police, fire fighters) must be capable to communicate and set up / mark safe landing zone. ...
I used to think so.
Not going to happen.
Even if it does, most crews are going to think 'What do they know?' and just do their own thing. Seen it many times.
To a wet weary copper in the middle of nowhere, helicopters are either black magic or somebody else's problem or both.
The number of 'Ground/Maritime Emergency Service Personnel' who have a decent understanding of helicopters would be about 1 in every 50 on a good day. Murphy's law tells us that it will be her/his day off when they are really needed.