As of end of season 2024: The crew spent most of the year off forest departing in mid July and ending the contract end of October upon release from the Shoe Fire. In 2024 most R5 helicopter crews spent the bulk of their season either committed to large fires or on cover assignments on various forests. H-512 spent the bulk of its time in the north state, first on the Six Rivers NF assigned to the Hill Fire, then the Boise Fire. The majority of the SRF assignments were large fire support with water dropping, cargo and helispot approvals. After the SRF, 512 was moved to cover the Klamath for IA out of Scott Valley where the crew responded to various IA's, CalFire assists, and performed repeater missions for the local forest. The crew then responded to the IA of the Shoe Fire on the Shasta NF and was again primarily used for large fire support with various lightning initial attacks mixed in. Although the crew that staffed the helicopter on these incidents tended to be held as an IA resource while supporting the incident, we were able to send many crewmembers off single resource on various other assignments with members leaving for two weeks at a time to work on CRWB, FFT1, and HECM throughout the season with handcrews and other helitack modules out of the region.
Season Stats:
Start: 06/01/2024 to 10/29/24
32 Fires
105 days off forest
Crew Average Overtime: 900 hours
Total Flight hours: 132.5
8 single resource assignments
Taskbooks: 1 CRWB, 2 HECMS, 1 ABROS, 1 FFT1
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