Idaho National Guard Search and Rescue

The Idaho National Guard put on a search and rescue training for the:  B.L.M., U.S. Forest Service, Inkom Fire Department, and Power County E.M.S.
Class room training was done at the Pocatello Fields Office then moved on to live helicopter training at East Fork Nordic Center at Scout Mountain on Thursday, 10th.
The Idaho National Guard, out of Boise, flew in two Lakota helicopters for the live training session, that were equipped with a 250 foot side winch to lower and raise an individual. The students were briefed and practiced low level patient winch evacuation. Plus hot (helicopter rotors still moving) loading and unloading of patients from the helicopter while landed on the ground. The Lakota patient doors are located at the rear of the helicopter. That was personally unsettling for me due to the fact from my previous years as a fire helirappler to never walk near a helicopter tail rotor.
We learned great E.M.S unified tactics and proper protocols if we need to call the National Guard for assistance.

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