Landing Zone Safety Checklist

• Mark the landing zone area with orange cones (day) or flashers (night)
• No flash photography – may temporarily blind pilot
• May use apparatus with overhead flashers to mark LZ, but turn off headlights as pilot approaches
• Keep ALL vehicles out of the landing zone AT ALL TIMES
• Keep all personnel at least 100' from helicopter during landings and takeoffs
• Wave helicopter off if unsafe conditions develop (traffic in LZ, previously unnoticed obstruction, etc.)
• Keep all vehicle traffic at least 100 feet away from helicopter
• No smoking within 100 feet of helicopter
• Do not approach while rotors are turning
• Never run toward the helicopter
• Danger: High winds – Wear eye and hearing protection (“Shields down”)
• No loose articles such as hats, scarves, open trash bins, etc.
• Keep doors to patient ambulance closed to prevent entrance of debris during landing
• Never approach the aircraft from the rear
• Notify your dispatch if the LZ is over a quarter mile from the accident scene