I just looked thru the 2015 Extrication List - we may have more candidates for the best helo award -
TX DPS - 15 helos - 3 have hoists GA - Dahlonega - Army 5th Ranger training Batallion TN - Knox County Sheriff DC - US park Police TN - Highway Patrol VA - State Police MN - State Police CA - NAS China Lake (naval air station) TX - parks and Wildlife AL - DPS (Yuma and Cherry Point Marines are shutting down their rescue helos - guess they dont get enough business) WV - Aviation dept Phoenix Police/fire helo NM - Bernalillo County Sheriff TX - Travis County EMS WY - Jackson - NPS helo all CalFire helos and all CHP helos have hoists - I did not know that Yosemite NPS Sequoia Kings NPS Ventura County Santa barbara county San Bernardino County Sheriff CA natl Guard Los Alamitos - probably cant due LE ops due to Posse Comitaous Act Orange County CA LA County Sheriff - does active shooter WA - Snohomish County Sheriff WA - Mt Rainier NPS all of these helos have hoists but I dont know if they do water bucket work - that will take some research there is also a private helo in Michigan and ERa has a rescue helo in New Orleans - but I doubt they do law enforcement work My bottom line - if a helo has a hoist - then it is simple to - attach a bucket - have a medic step on board - have a sniper step on board - should be simple to have any helo do all operations - but apparently it aint - or everyone is more interested in protecting their feifdoms - ???? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
