Interagency Single Engine Air Tanker Operations Guide - National ...

INTERAGENCY SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKER OPERATIONS GUIDE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
I. Objectives.
The objectives of the Interagency Single Engine Air Tanker Operations
Guide (ISOG) are to:
II.
A. Promote safe, cost effective and efficient aviation services in support
of agency and interagency goals and objectives.
B. Define and standardize national interagency single engine air tanker
(SEAT) operational procedures.
C. Through standardization, facilitate interchange and cross utilization
of agency SEAT resources.
D. Provide a common, interagency operational guide when working with
SEAT contractors and agency air operations management.
E. Provide a framework within which Areas, Regions, States, and local
units can provide supplemental agency specific guidance.
Scope.
The standards and procedures contained in this guide apply to SEAT
operations conducted by participating agency providers and users of
SEATs.
III. Authority.
A. This document has been adopted as operational policy by all
participating Department of the Interior (DOI) agencies and the U.S.
Forest Service.
B. The aviation manuals of participating agencies contain the authority
to publish this guide.
IV. Participating Agencies.
All federal SEAT contracts are administered by the Department of the
Interior Aviation Management (DOI-AM). Program management
responsibility is vested with DOI Bureau of Land Management in
accordance with lead agency concepts.
V. Reviews and Revision.
An interagency steering and standards committee consisting of
-1-