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H

elico

p

ter

W

inc

h

in

g

/H

oistin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

11

I

f

the

rescue

boat

l

aunch

i

ng

s

i

te

i

s

e

x

posed

to

poss

i

b

l

e

damage

dur

i

ng

the

ho

i

st

i

ng

operat

i

on

, i

t

may

be

preferab

l

e

to

l

aunch

the

craft pr

i

or

to

the operat

i

on

.

4

.1.

3 P

re

p

aration o

f

s

h

i

p

b

oar

d p

ersonnel

b

e

f

ore

h

elico

p

ter arri

v

es:

A

j

ob

preparat

i

on

w

i

th

a

toolbox talk (

TBT)

w

i

th

sh

i

pboard

personne

l

must

be

he

l

d

before

the

ho

i

st

i

ng

operat

i

on

.

Po

i

nts

to

be

covered

i

nc

l

ude

a

rem

i

nder

about

a

ll

the

po

i

nts

ment

i

oned

i

n

the

spec

i

f

i

c J

S

A to

he

li

copter

ho

i

st

i

ng

operat

i

ons

w

i

th

part

i

cu

l

ar

emphas

i

s

on

h

i

gh

no

i

se

l

eve

l

s that ma

k

e vo

i

ce

commun

i

cat

i

on

a

l

most

i

mposs

i

b

l

e

,

hazards

assoc

i

ated w

i

th

rotor

downwash

,

need

for

v

i

g

il

ance when the he

li

copter

i

s

hover

i

ng

over

the dec

k,

and h

i

gh

r

i

s

k

of

fa

lli

ng on

the

dec

k

made

s

li

ppery by ocean

spray

.

Bos

u

n

and

ABs

must

not

wa

lk

c

l

ose to

the

he

li

copter

rotors

w

i

thout

e

x

press

i

nstruct

i

ons

from

the

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer

. S

pec

i

a

l

focus

should

be

g

i

ven

to

the

procedure

for

approach

i

ng

the

he

li

copter

and

us

i

ng

the

stat

i

c

ground

i

ng

rod

(k

eep

i

ng

hands

be

l

ow

the

red

li

ne

).

F

or

reference

purposes

,

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng

tab

l

e

i

nd

i

cates

the

speeds

of

rotor

downwash

beneath

four

d

i

fferent

he

li

copter mode

l

s

at

var

i

ous

hover

i

ng he

i

ghts

.

Hover

i

ng He

i

ght

He

li

copter Mode

l

3 meters 7 meters

10

meters

1

5 meters

20

meters

A

l

ouette

III

3

0 k

nots

2

7

k

nots

2

5

k

nots

20 k

nots

1

5

k

nots

L

yn

x

4

5

k

nots

40 k

nots

35

k

nots

3

0 k

nots

2

5

k

nots

S

uper

-F

re

l

on

55

k

nots

5

0 k

nots

4

5

k

nots

4

5

k

nots

35

k

nots

Panther

/

D

auph

i

n

3

0 k

nots

28 k

nots

2

5

k

nots

20 k

nots

1

5

k

nots

4

.1.

4

H

oistin

g

4.1.4.1 Generalities

He

li

copter

ho

i

st

i

ng operat

i

ons

i

nvo

l

v

i

ng

sh

i

pboard personne

l

may be

performed us

i

ng

two methods:

-

s

i

ng

l

e

-

person

li

ft w

i

th emergency

rescue

s

li

ng attached d

i

rect

l

y

to

the

li

ft

i

ng hoo

k.

-

tandem

li

ft w

i

th emergency

rescue

s

li

ng

attached to

a

harness worn

by

a

he

li

copter

crewman

(

e

.

g

.

rescue

sw

i

mmer

).

T

he

tandem

li

ft method

i

s

genera

ll

y

used

i

f evacuee

(

casua

l

ty

)

re

q

u

i

res

ass

i

stance

(

stress

,

shoc

k,

trauma

,

ch

il

d

,

etc

.).

4.1.4.2 Instructions regarding the evacuee (patient)

1) T

he evacuee must not

carry any

l

uggage

(

bag

,

case

,

or

conta

i

ner

).

2) T

he evacuee must wear

a

li

fe

j

ac

k

et

,

safety he

l

met

,

and

(

depend

i

ng

on water

temperature

) i

mmers

i

on

su

i

t

.

3

) I

f

poss

i

b

l

e

,

the

evacuee shou

l

d

attend

the

TBT

conducted

by

the

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer

and

rece

i

ve

safety

i

nstruct

i

ons

concern

i

ng

the

li

fe

j

ac

k

et and ho

i

st

i

ng procedure

.

4) I

mportant chec

k

s

before ho

i

st

i

ng:

-

Proper

f

i

tt

i

ng

of

rescue

s

li

ng under

armp

i

ts

of

evacuee before attachment

to

li

ft

i

ng hoo

k.

-

Manua

l li

fe

j

ac

k

et

i

nf

l

ator access

i

b

l

e

for

i

mmed

i

ate use

.

-

Proper

pos

i

t

i

on

i

ng of

hand

l

e

used

to pu

ll

evacuee

i

nto

the

he

li

copter

(l

ocated on

bac

k

of

li

ft

i

ng

s

li

ng

).

- Ri

ng

s

li

ng pu

ll

ed

t

i

ght w

i

th

no

ki

n

k

s

.

-

Hands

of

evacuee

i

n proper

pos

i

t

i

on

.

4.1.4.3 Steps for lifting to helicopter

1) W

hen

i

nstructed

to

do

so

,

the

two

ABs

ta

k

e pos

i

t

i

on

beneath

the

he

li

copter

.

2)

Person tas

k

ed w

i

th tend

i

ng

the

ho

i

st

cab

l

e uses stat

i

c

d

i

scharge

rod

to

d

i

scharge

stat

i

c

e

l

ectr

i

c

i

ty

(k

eep

i

ng

hands

be

l

ow

the

red

li

ne

).

3

)

Person

tas

k

ed

w

i

th

tend

i

ng the

evacuee

l

eads

h

i

m/her

to

ho

i

st

i

ng

zone

and

pos

i

t

i

ons

h

i

m/her d

i

rect

l

y

under

the w

i

nch

.

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

11-

ver

.01). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

08

/

08

/

2014.

Vers

i

on date:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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