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Summary of position expectations
- Performing Search & Rescue operations onboard Texas Military Department (TMD) UH60 Blackhawk and LUH-72 Lakota aircraft or other response partner aircraft as a single individual or part of a two-person team during both day and night operations
- Performing helicopter hoist rescue operations
- Conducting reconnaissance & assessment
- Assisting in air evacuation
- Facilitating air transport of task force equipment & personnel
- Performing other duties as assigned by Joint Air-Ground Coordination Team (JAGCT) or Air Operations Center (AOC)
- Emergency medical care may be performed by the HSART in accordance with the HSART’s medical certification and HSART’s sponsoring agency’s emergency medicine protocols
Requirements
- Demonstrate proficiency with knots
- Pass TX-TF1 HSART Fitness Test
- 400 yards mask/snorkel & fins swim (no arms)
- Helicopter Underwater Egress dunker
Required General Training
- Complete prior to application (no cost):
Paperwork Requirements
- After acceptance onto the Task Force, you will need to have the following documents on file:
- Memorandum of Understanding (renew every 3 years)
- Signed Code of Conduct
Required Position-Specific Training
- Swiftwater Rescue Technician
- Rope Rescue Level I & II
- Emergency Medical Technician – Basic (EMT-B) or Paramedic (EMT-P or EMT-LP)
Training Recommendations
- NASAR Fundamental of Search and Rescue (FUNSAR) Course
- ICS-300 and ICS-400
- Wide Area Search
Recurrent Requirements
- Quarterly Recurrent Requirements
- Direct deployment & recovery, both airframes
- Survivor recovery into cabin (each airframe) with strop & Hotseat
- Semiannual Recurrent Requirements
- Academic and live-flight training with all rescue devices
- Annual Recurrent Requirements
- Hoist academics, per current US Army Aviation rescue hoist SOP
- Direct deployment & recovery – trees (each airframe)
- Helicopter Emergency Egress Device (HEED) Review
- Helicopter Underwater Egress Review
- Triannual Recurrent Requirements
- Helicopter Underwater Egress Training