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Mission Statement: To benefit the Interagency Aviation Community by providing planned opportunities for trainees to work on their task books and be exposed to a diverse variety of missions.

MD 900 landed in Grand Canyon

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We expect you to be able to fight fire at 7000 feet. We expect that everyone will participate in physical exercise on a daily basis.

HTAs Fighting Fire at 7,000 Fe...

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Do you accept students that are qualified and want more experience? As it says in our mission statement, our main goal is to work with students who have open task books. With this in mind, we will accept students who have open task books before those who are already qualified. Qualified individuals should still apply in case of an opening and/or think about working on the task book above the one signed off.

HTA marshalling a double load ...

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A collapsible Bambi Bucket is an aerial firefighting tool, which is suspended below a helicopter, and used to fight wildfires. The bucket makes it possible for the helicopter to be able to scoop up water quickly from area tanks, streams, and lakes.

HTAs learn how to attach a Bam...

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Marshalling the MD 900

Marshalling the MD 900

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The Warm Fire was started by lightning on June 8. The fire met the criteria for wildland fire use spelled out in the Kaibab National Forest's land and fire management plans, and federal wildland fire management policies. The forest managed the Warm Fire as a wildland fire use fire for approximately two and a half weeks. However, the fire escaped the boundaries prescribed for wildland fire use and burned about 40,000 acres in the central part of the Kaibab Plateau from June 25, when fire managers shifted from a wildland fire use to a suppression strategy, until it was contained on July 4. Much of that area burned at a high intensity and suffered severe fire effects. The Kaibab National Forest and its partners are now developing a series of post-fire monitoring, research and recovery projects, and reviewing management of the fire to learn lessons about future wildland fire use management on the Kaibab Plateau.

The Warm Fire and the MD 900

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What is the cost to my Home Unit? There is no tuition fee for the Academy. The home unit pays for per diem, travel and base hours. Grand Canyon will try to give the students management codes for overtime and hazard pay earned at the Academy. This may not be possible so please discuss alternatives such as comp time or credit hours before arriving.

North Rim Shorthaul Recon

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Pipeline break at Valve 445

Pipeline break at Valve 445

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180 Gallon Bucket Drop on the Phantom Fire

180 Gallon Bucket Drop on the ...

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Jackie and Bryce at 1.5 Mile Helispot

Jackie and Bryce at 1.5 Mile H...

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Shorthaul- Pilot and Spotter

Shorthaul- Pilot and Spotter

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Nate Becker at the Warm Fire

Nate Becker at the Warm Fire

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Bell 407 and the Warm Fire

Bell 407 and the Warm Fire

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MD 900 at the 1.5 Mile Helispot

MD 900 at the 1.5 Mile Helispo...

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Retrieving HTAs and Helitack from the Imperial Fire

Retrieving HTAs /Helitack from...

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MD 900 and the Point Fire

MD 900 and the Point Fire

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HTAs and sling operations with Ali Ulwelling

HTAs and sling operations with...

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HTA and the MD 900 at a fire on the Hualapai Reservation

HTA and the MD 900 at a fire o...

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ABRO Office at South Rim Helibase

ABRO Office at South Rim Helib...

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Bell 407 packed for Roaring Springs.

Bell 407 packed for Roaring Sp...

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