On Wednesday evening May 13th 2015 members traveled to the Westwood Fire Company for yet another Joint training for EMS Con-eds. Tonight’s class is on landing zone operations for helicopters, tonight’s class was be provided by the new Jeff-Stat based out of Brandywine Hospital.
Class start in side with a short power point presentation explaining the type of helicopter they currently use at Brandywine and a little about the new helicopter coming this summer. Also the power point covered the basics of landing a helicopter safely and the protocols to for requesting one.
Following the power point the class moved outside to set up a landing zone and watch Chief 37 land Jeff-Stat 3, ounce on the ground everyone got an opportunity to look at and ask questions about the helicopter.
We would like to thank the Jeff-Stat crew for allowing us the opportunity to learn about there operations. |