Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Helicopter Landing Zone Training Video

Landing a helicopter in an urban environment is a delicate operation that requires skilled flight crews and personnel on the ground that are trained to establish a safe landing zone (LZ).
The aircraft featured in the video is one of four Leonardo twin turbine Air Rescue helicopters recently acquired to replace Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's aging fleet. The new aircrafts are equipped with a hoist, have a range of up to 800 miles, cruise at 170 knots and are capable of transporting 4 patients.
Although this video is relevant for any fire or EMS agency that operates with helicopters, each agency must develop their own LZ procedures in collaboration with their medical air transport provider.
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[@ImpendingJoker]

You need to go back and amend the part about not taking off or landing straight up and down. They very much can and do when the need calls for it and the winds allow for it. If the head wind is above 15kias, a vertical landing is the same as coming in a slight decline or incline, and thing above 20kias and it is the same as doing a running takeoff as little to no distance is needed for transition.

[@coreydark8795]

Your former Bell 412 has arrived in New South Wales Australia via a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster..