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AEROPOINTEUR [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Security
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
DEF

An airborne officer, operating directly overhead, who is responsible to the line boss for tactical deployment of air tankers on a fire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sécurité
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
CONT

Le rôle de l'aéropointeur consiste principalement à explorer le territoire incendié, à rechercher les endroits où les largages pourraient être effectués, à évaluer les dangers qui menacent les avions-citernes et, en collaboration étroite avec les forces terrestres, à déterminer le travail à exécuter.

CONT

[L']aéropointeur [...] occupe le siège de l'observateur dans l'avion de pointage.

Spanish

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