As an emergency service, there are all sorts of things that need to be done regularly to keep everything running smoothly from regular training to supply runs in major incidences to get the situation under control. Read below to find out how you could get involved either directly or indirectly with incident response.
Training
All professionals need regular training. That's why we hold regular training sessions for all members whether you're a first responder, operations support or just come along to hang out. These are conducted around every week, run by the station's OIC/training coordinator and will be specific to each station needs to work on what needs improvement. For some, this may be search and rescue while others may be practising escorting aircraft.
Incident Responce
As the main part of the service, IFR responds to many different types and sizes of incidences at any hour of the day or night including disaster relief, medical or disaster evacuation, firebombing, 7500 (highjacking) escorts, event first aid and much more. Want to be part of multiple sections (police, fire and/or medical) responding to a wide variety of incidences? IFR encourages multi-section participation for those wanting more action or diversity within the service. These emergencies are all based on real-life events either just after they happened in real life or in quiet times, randomly established by staff members to keep the action rolling.
Support
All emergency services require a team of support members carrying out several crucial roles. At IFR, there are a number of positions for members who do not wish to directly partake in incident response but still wish to help out. These include scout and report flights where any member can fly out to a remote location and observe the area for things such as a spot fire or even a stranded person before reporting it back to dispatch. Supply flights involving pilots flying extra resources to an incident to further aid in the incident response. Support flights providing the responding crew with an extra hand to again indirectly further aid with an incident.