2011 Sublette County contract helicopter report
by Tip Top Search & Rescue
October 5, 2011
The 2011 Sublette County Contract Helicopter provided by Classic Aviation started work on June 15th and completed the season on September 26th.
The primary objective for the helicopter was a tool for Tip Top Search and Rescue. TTSAR used the helicopter 21 times for rescues and search related missions for a total of 58.2 flight hours.
Also, a very unique milestone was met by TTSAR with the implementation of the first-ever short-haul program in the county. 16 people were trained in this unique discipline utilizing 24.1 hours of flight training time. The short-haul technique was also used to complete 3 short haul missions using 7.5 flight hours.
Another objective of the contract helicopter was to make it available to other counties for search and rescue missions. It was used by other counties 10 times for a total of 23.9 flight hours, of which, 19.3 hours were used by Fremont County.
The helicopter was also available for non-SAR related work and was used 7 times totaling 17.1 flight hours. This work included repairs to avalanche devices on Teton Pass for WYDOT, removal of plane wreckages in Fremont County, and repeater work in Lincoln County, to name a few.
In all, the contract helicopter was flown 106.9 flight hours this year including training. There were 25 days that the helicopter was used for over 2 hours which waived the daily fee. The contract was originally for 90 days, but was extended for 11 more due to an increase in activity late in the season.
2011 Sublette County Contract Helicopter Financial Data
The total cost of the contract helicopter for 2011 was $335,025.
Other agencies used the helicopter for a total of 39.3 flight hours. Combined with the cost of the fuel truck, Sublette County was able to bill the other agencies $78,878.
Sublette County used the helicopter for a total of 40.3 flight hours for search and rescue missions within the county resulting in $70,525, which will be reimbursed by the State of Wyoming search and rescue fund.
Subtracting the reimbursement from other counties for $78,878 and the reimbursement from the State for $70,525 it leaves a total cost to Sublette County of $185,625 for 102 days of service. This total cost includes 24.1 hours of flight time used for training.
2011 Sublette County Contract Helicopter Usage
Other Agency / 6-23-11: The Sublette County Commissioners took the Governor and the Supervisor for the Bridger Teton National Forest for a flight over the Noble Basin to look at the impact of a proposed drilling project. 1.2 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 7-2-11: TTSAR responded to a report of a capsized canoe in the Green River near LaBarge with two adults and three small children in the water. An 18 month old boy, an 8 year old boy and their grandfather, were picked up by the helicopter and transported to a nearby ambulance. 1.8 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 7-27-11: TTSAR responded to Fremont County on a request for a helicopter and possible short haul of a subject with injuries at Spruce Lake. Due to the rugged terrain Fremont County SAR decided that short haul would be the safest evacuation method and TTSAR performed the short haul. 2.9 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 8-4-11: TTSAR responded to Fremont County on a request for a helicopter and possible short haul of a subject with high altitude complications at Sonnicant Lake. The helicopter was able to land near the subject who was loaded and taken to Lander Hospital. 2.6 flight hours.
Other Agency / 8-10-11: WYDOT used the contract helicopter to move equipment and personnel to the summit of Glory Bowl on Teton Pass to work on the avalanche control devices. 2.5 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 8-10-11: TTSAR responded to a call made to the Sublette County Dispatch from climbers on the summit of Gannett Peak reporting that a member of their party fell and slid down a steep snow field towards a large cliff. The group had lost visual on the subject. Fremont County requested TTSAR to do the rescue. TTSAR found the subject in Fremont County and short hauled a person to the site and determined that the subject was deceased. TTSAR then went to Lander to meet with Fremont County Coroner to plan for the removal of the body. 2.1 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 8-11-11: TTSAR attempted the body recovery at 13,445' on the side of Gannett Peak but high winds did not allow for a safe mission and it was cancelled until the conditions improved. .8 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 8-13-11: TTSAR performed the body recovery for the Fremont County Coroner on Gannett Peak. The body was long lined to Crowheart. 2.5 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 8-14-11: TTSAR responded to Fremont County on a request for a helicopter involving a single engine plane crash. One report put the plane in Sublette County while the other put it in Fremont County. The wreckage of the small plane was found by TTSAR in Fremont County. 3.1 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 8-15-11: Fremont County Coroner used the helicopter to remove the bodies from the previous day plane wreckage. 3.9 flight hours.
SAR - Duchesne County, Utah / 8-15-11: Duchesne County Sheriff requested help in extraction of SAR personnel on a search near Roosevelt Utah. The helicopter extracted 5 teams back to their Incident Command and returned home. 4.1 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 8-20-11: TTSAR responded to a call in regard to an injured person near Bondurant. The subject was carried by hand to the helicopter and taken to an ambulance on the highway. 1.3 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 8-21-11: TTSAR responded to a call in regard to an injured person at Sheep Lake in the Southern part of the Wind River Mountains. The subject was loaded into the helicopter and brought back to the Pinedale Medical Clinic. .5 flight hours.
Other Agency - 8-24-11: Beegles Aircraft Services contracted the helicopter to remove the Bucklin plane crash from last October on the back side of Fremont Peak. 4 flight hours.
Other Agency - 8-25-11: Beegles Aircraft Services contracted the helicopter to remove the plane crash near Black Joe Lake from 8]14]11. 4.6 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 8-29-11: TTSAR responded to a call for a missing person in the Upper Hoback. The helicopter was used to insert and extract search teams as well as aerial search. 4.4 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 8-30-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 3.8 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-1-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 4.7 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-2-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 4.1 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-3-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 3.3 flight hours.
Other Agency / 9-7-11: Lincoln County contracted the helicopter to take equipment and personnel onto a mountain to work on their repeaters. 2.2 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-8-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 3.2 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-9-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 6.1 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-10-11: Upper Hoback Search continued. 4.2 flight hours.
Other Agency / 9-13-11: WYDOT contracted the helicopter to move equipment and personnel to the summit of Glory Bowl on Teton Pass to work on the avalanche control devices. 2.1 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-10-11: TTSAR responded to a search for a suicidal person near Beaver Ridge. 2.1 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-18-11: TTSAR responded to a report of a body in the Upper Hoback. An investigator was flown in and the body was long lined out to the Sublette County Coroner at the South Fork Confluence. 1.5 flight hours.
Other Agency / 9-19-11: The Sublette County Sheriff's Office used the helicopter for a search and assist in the Jonah Field. .5 flight hours.
SAR - Fremont County / 9-20-11: TTSAR responded to Fremont County on a request for a helicopter involving an injured person above Dubois. TTSAR personnel and Fremont County SAR personnel along with EMS were transported to the scene to secure the scene and stabilize the patient. The subject was loaded into an air ambulance and personnel were flown back out. 1.4 flight hours.
SAR - Sublette County / 9-25-11: TTSAR personnel responded to an area near the Natural Bridge in Clear Creek drainage for an injured person. The subject was loaded into the helicopter and flown to a waiting ambulance near the Green River Lakes Campground. .8 flight hours.
SAR - Lincoln County / 9-26-11: TTSAR responded to a request from Lincoln County to help find an injured boy. The subject was located before the helicopter arrived to the area. .5 flight hours.
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