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Aviation Handbooks, Guides, Standards & Booklets


Handbooks

TITLE/WEB LINK PDF LINK PMS/NFES
Interagency Aviation Life Support Equipment  
Aviation Fuel Handling Handbook (FOR REFERENCE ONLY)  
DOI Law Enforcement Short-Haul Policy  
Military Use Handbook  

 

Guides & Standards

TITLE/WEB LINK PDF LINK PMS/NFES
DOI/USFS Aviation Helmet Standard  
Field Reference Guide for Aviation Security for Airport or other Aviation Facilities (AAF)  
National Interagency Mobilization Guide    
NWCG Incident Response Pocket Guide PMS 461
NFES 001077
NWCG Standards for Aerial Ignition PMS 501
NWCG Aviation Mishap Response Guide and Checklist PMS 503
NWCG Aviation Technical Assistance Directory   PMS 504
NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision PMS 505
NFES 002544
NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations PMS 508
NWCG Standards for Helicopter Operations (NSHO) PMS 510
NWCG Standards for Aviation Transport of Hazardous Materials

DOT-SP-9198 (Seventeenth Revision)
(Special Permit Authorization DOT-SP 9198 - Expiration Date: February 28, 2026)
Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)


PMS 513
NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations PMS 515
NWCG Standards for Airspace Coordination PMS 520
NWCG Standards for Aviation Risk Management PMS 530
Interagency Aviation Training Guide  
Interagency Aviation User Pocket Guide NFES 1373
Interagency Smokejumper Pilots Operations Guide  
Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Redbook) NFES 2724

 

Booklets

TITLE/WEB LINK PDF LINK PMS/NFES
Basic Aviation Safety Booklet  
Aircraft Library  

 

Other

TITLE/WEB LINK PDF LINK PMS/NFES
Task Book for the Position of All-Hazards/Resource Helicopter Manager  
Task Book for the Position of All-Hazards/Resource Helicopter Crewmember  
NPS HEAC Task Book Equivalence
Task Books were not required in all NPS regions for All-hazard/Resource Helicopter Crewmember (HEAC) prior to 2015. This form can be used to provide equivalency for those employees.
 
NPS HEAM Task Book Equivalence
Task Books were not required in all NPS regions for All-hazard/Resource Helicopter Manager (HEAM) prior to 2015. This form can be used to provide equivalency for those employees.
 
Interagency Airplane Pilot Practical Test Standards  
Interagency Helicopter Pilot Practical Test Standards  

 

Aviation Safety Cards

TITLE/WEB LINK PDF LINK PMS/NFES
How to Save a PDF File to iBooks on an iOS Device  
How to Save a PDF File to an Android Device  
All Aviation Safety Cards in a single PDF file  
OAS-84 Helicopter Passenger Briefing (Yellow Card)  
OAS-103 Five Steps to a Safe Flight (Orange Card)  
OAS-112 Aviation Operations Checklist  
OAS-181 SIX STEP Egress Procedures (Green Card)  
OAS-161 Twelve Standard Aviation Questions that Shout "Watch Out" (Light Blue Card)  

 

NOTE: To order PMS or NFES Publications, please refer to the NWCG NFES Catalog PMS 449-2 Part 2: Publications