Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Weather Summit

HEMS Weather Summit

At the request of the Federal Aviation Administration, theADDSdevelopment team created a tool specifically designed to show weather conditions for short-distance and low-altitude flights that are common for the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) community.HEMS

8:30 – 10:30 Industry Presentation (Rex Alexander to Coordinate) 

• HEMS Part 135 compared to other Charter Part 135 & 121 (Rex Alexander)
• HEMS Weather Accident Statistics (Tom Judge)
• HEMS Weather Tool Historical Perspective (Eric Lugger)
• HEMS Regulatory Requirements for Weather (Ed Stockhousen/Gerry Pagano) Weather Regulations, Advisory Circulars, LOA’s, MOU’s (Tom Judge)
• Economic Impact of the HEMS Weather Tool (Chris Eastlee)
• HEMS Weather Tool for other Aviation Operations (J Heffernan)
• HEMS Weather Tool Input Data (Rex Alexander)

10:45 – 11:45 FAA Presentation Part 1 (Roger Sultan and Steve Abelman to Coordinate)

• FAA Perspective on HEMS Tool (Jim Hartman) 
• AFS OpSpecs (A021 and A010)/Exemptions/135.213 and interaction with NWS (Andy Pierce)
• AFS position/concerns on reliability and accuracy (Ellen Turcio) 
• NWS/ANG Brief on reliability once on Operational ADDS (Cyndie Abelman)
• ANG Brief on limitations to the HEMS tool (Tom MacPhail) 

1:00 – 2:00 FAA Presentation Part 2 (Roger Sultan and Steve Abelman to Coordinate)

• ANG Brief on FAA process to bring HEMS tool to Operational ADDS (Steve Abelman)
• AFS Brief on possible authorization requirements if HEMS tool is on Operational ADDS (Andy Pierce ) 
• ANG Brief regarding ongoing R&D (Steve Abelman ) 
• AFS Brief on Weather in the Cockpit (Roger Sultan)

2:00 – 3:00 NOAA Activities to Help Improve HEMS Safety (Cyndie Abelman to Coordinate)

• Real-time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) and Rapidly Updating Analysis (RUA) for HEMS (Mark Miller ) 
• Multiple-Radar / Multiple-Sensor (MRMS) for HEMS (Mark Miller) 
• Enhanced Digital Aviation Services (Cammye Sims-Uskievich) 

3:15 – 5:00 Open Discussion and Development of Action Items for the Community, Including Identification of Discussions Requiring Future Select Group Meetings Conclusions