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Aviation Update

Aviation Update. Kurt Kleiner BLM OR/WA State Aviation Manager Office: 503.808.6593 Cell: 971.338.3091. Aaron Schoolcraft PNW/AK Regional Aviation Officer Office: 503.808.2359 Cell: 202.302.4518. Aviation Update (Priorities). Hiring Regional Aviation Group

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Aviation Update

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  1. Aviation Update Kurt Kleiner BLM OR/WA State Aviation Manager Office: 503.808.6593 Cell: 971.338.3091 Aaron Schoolcraft PNW/AK Regional Aviation Officer Office: 503.808.2359 Cell: 202.302.4518

  2. Aviation Update (Priorities) • Hiring Regional Aviation Group • One (1) Aviation Maintenance Division Manager • One (1) Aviation Safety Inspector – Airworthiness • Three (3) Airplane Pilots • One (1) Helicopter Program Manager • One (1) Air Attack Group Supervisor Program Coordinator • Forest and District Hiring • Two vacant UAO’s, another one vacant this fall • Facilities- base infrastructure improvements needed at many locations

  3. Aviation Update (Priorities) • PNW/AK Aviation Program Consolidation • PNW Primary Mission: Fire • Alaska Primary Mission: Transportation • Implement Alaska Road Map • PNW/AK Aviation Strategic Plan • Five (5) Year Plan • Safety Management Systems Approach • Aviation Programs • Budgets • Aircraft Composition • Oversight

  4. Aviation Update (Priorities) • Partnerships • Forest Service/DOI/Cooperators • New members of PNWCG Aviation Working Team • Program and Preparedness Reviews • DOI/BLM Program Evaluation (May13-17) • BLM National Fire Preparedness Review OR-WA • Aerial Supervision • Plan for 2013 and beyond • Helicopter Extraction • Plan for 2013 and beyond

  5. Aviation Update • Rotor-Wing Assets • Rotor-wing similar to 2012 • R6: Additional Type 1 in Grants Pass • Fixed-Wing Assets • Light fixed-wing assets should stay the same in 2013 • No change in PNW/AK • Airtankers potential for change

  6. Oregon BLM Aircraft • Lakeview District • Type 2 helicopter and crew, 1 exclusive use SEAT • Burns District • Type 3 helicopter and crew (new contract) • Vale District • Type 3 helicopter and crew, 1 exclusive use SEAT • Air Attack (Commander 690) with ATGS (& trainees) • BLM National SEAT Fleet- 18 additional exclusive use aircraft, managed in pairs (contract not yet awarded)

  7. Aviation Update • Type I Helicopters (Forest Service) • 34 Exclusive Use • 5 Exclusive Use in Region 6 • 57 Call-When-Needed • Type II Helicopters (Forest Service) • 33 Exclusive Use • 6 Exclusive Use in Region 6 • 78 Call-When-Needed • Type III Helicopters (Forest Service) • 59 Exclusive Use • 4 Exclusive Use in Region 6 • 171 Call-When-Needed

  8. Aviation Update • Helicopter Night Operations (HNO) • Contract one (1) helicopter in Region 5 (2013) • HNO Study recommended missions: • Water and retardant drops using a ground-filled fixed tank • Aerial supervision • Aerial ignition with Plastic Sphere Dispenser (PSD) • Emergency Medical Transport (EMT) using a hoist • Aviation Business Case (ABC) • ABC supports purchase of two helicopters

  9. Airtanker Program • Airtanker Contracts • Current Contract (9 Line Items) • Extended until April 22, 2013 • Legacy Contract (8 Line Items) • Going through award process • Next Generation Contract (7 Line Items) • Under Protest • Call-When-Needed Contract • 2 DC-10

  10. Airtanker Program • Next Generation Contract • Plan to award Seven (7) Next Generation Airtankers over the next five (5) years. C-130Q BAe-146 BAe-146 RJ-85 RJ-85 DC-10 MD-87

  11. Airtanker Program • Additional Airtankers • Up to 8 Convair-580s (Canadian and AK contracts) • Up to 8 MAFFS (if requested) • Up to 6 (Oregon Department of Forestry) BAe-146 RJ-85 MD-87

  12. Airtanker Program • Very Large Airtankers (VLATS) • 2 DC-10s on CWN Contract • Can take up to 24 hours to initially mobilize • Moses Lake is the only approved VLAT bases in the PNW. BAe-146 RJ-85 MD-87

  13. Aviation Update • C-27J • U.S. Senate passed National Defense Authorization Act • Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act (amendment) will give priority to Forest Service to acquire aircraft • Amendment is at the House of Representatives • Air Force identified an excess of 21 to 38 nearly new C-27J fixed-wing aircraft • Possible Missions: • Smokejumper Platform • Airtanker • Troop/Team Transport C-27J

  14. Aviation Update • Emergency Helicopter Extraction (EHE) • Priority to evaluate and determine path forward • An exclusive use shorthaul-capable helicopter contract will be awarded this year to Mount Rainier Nat. Park with trained crew of SAR Rangers staffing the ship • BLM will only support an extraction program that complies with current DOI policy which is the “Helicopter Short-Haul Handbook-351 DM 1” (Feb. 2010) • Region 5 Law Enforcement and Investigators are approved for Short-Haul • Source List: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/aviation/av_library

  15. Aviation Update • Aerial Supervision • Forest Service Aerial Supervision Steering Committee • Develop and establish a Forest Service National Aerial Supervision Program which includes : • Air Tactical Group Supervision (ATGS) • Aerial Supervision Modules (ASM) • Lead Plane • Helicopter Coordinator (HELCO) • Working Groups: • Management • Operations • Technology • Training

  16. Aviation Update • Aerial Supervision (contd.) • The Safety Impact Analysis identified 39 hazards and 137 mitigations • Next generation airtankers out-fly current fleet of King Airs, and arrive at fires well ahead of aerial supervision BLM is studying alternatives for faster ASM aircraft • Interagency SME’s are revising refresher training and currency standards for ATGS position • Where will technology take the program in the future?

  17. Aviation Update • Cooperator Aircraft • Continue to work with cooperators on aircraft inspection standards and the flight profiles for which they are dispatched and utilized • Better training/communication is needed for dispatchers on cooperator aircraft policies • FS and DOI approval process is effective and efficient

  18. Aviation Update • Regional Aviation Safety and Management Plan • Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service will have separate plans in 2013 • Kurt Kleiner is updating the OR/WA BLM Aviation plan • Completed and posted on SORO Library • Format will remain as second tier to National plan • RASMP Working Group completed Forest Service Regional plan • Format is second tier to National plan

  19. Aviation Update • Total Flight Hours (Forest Service) • 70,000 • Total Flight Hours (Rotor-Wing) • 41,000 • Total Flight Hours (Light Fixed-Wing) • 25,500 • Total Flight Hours (Airtankers) • 3,500

  20. Aviation Update • Total Flight Hours (Region 6) • 6,160 • Total Flight Hours (Rotor-Wing) • 3,534 • Total Flight Hours (Light Fixed-Wing) • 2,448 • Total Flight Hours (Airtankers) • 178 • 11% of Total Flight Hours

  21. Aviation Update • Total Spent in Aviation (Forest Service) • $370M • Total Spent Rotor-Wing • $270M • Total Spent Light Fixed-Wing • $39M • Total Spent Airtankers • $47M • Total Spent Other • $14M

  22. PNW/AK Aviation What Do We Need to Work On? What Are Your Concerns?

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