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title: "SPA.HEMS.140 Information, procedures and documentation — Part-SPA · Avioverse"
description: "The operator shall assess, mitigate, and minimise the risks associated with the HEMS environment as part of its risk analysis and management process."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-j/spa-hems-140"
---

# SPA.HEMS.140 Information, procedures and documentation

ANNEX V (Part-SPA) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

IR Implementing rule

## SPA.HEMS.140 Information, procedures and documentation

(a) The operator shall assess, mitigate, and minimise the risks associated with the HEMS environment as part of its risk analysis and management process. The operator shall describe the mitigating measures, including operating procedures, in the operations manual.

(b) The operator shall ensure that the HEMS commander assesses specific risks associated with the particular HEMS mission.

(c) Notwithstanding point CAT.OP.MPA.175 of Annex IV, the operator does not need to complete an operational flight plan if the HEMS mission includes a flight to or from a non-pre-surveyed [HEMS operating site](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/hems-operating-site).

(d) Relevant extracts from the operations manual shall be made available to the organisation for which the operator performs HEMS operations.

IR · SPA.HEMS.140 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2023/1020 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 SPA.HEMS.140 Information, procedures and documentation

OPERATIONS MANUAL

The operations manual should include all of the following:

(a) the use of portable equipment on board;

(b) guidance on take-off and landing procedures at previously unsurveyed HEMS operating sites;

(c) the final [reserve](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/reserve) fuel, in accordance with SPA.HEMS.150;

(d) operating minima;

(e) recommended routes for regular flights to surveyed sites, including the minimum flight altitude;

(f) guidance for the selection of the [HEMS operating site](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/hems-operating-site) in case of a flight to an unsurveyed site;

(g) the safety altitude for the area overflown;

(h) abnormal procedures including procedures to be followed in case of inadvertent entry into cloud;

(i) operational dispatch criteria;

(j) a description of the crew composition for all phases of flight and conditions, standard operating procedures for the described crew composition including any procedures to ensure the continuity of the crew concept;

(k) flight crew and technical crew training and checking syllabi, as required by SPA.HEMS.130.

AMC · AMC1 SPA.HEMS.140 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2023/007/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC2 SPA.HEMS.140 Information, procedures and documentation

HEMS RISK ASSESSMENT

The operator’s HEMS risk assessment should take into account, but not be limited to, all of the following for both day and [night](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/night) operations:

(a) adequate ground reference;

(b) reliability of weather reporting facilities;

(c) crew composition, minimum crew qualification, initial and recurrent training;

(d) [flight time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-time) limitations and crew fatigue;

(e) operating procedures, including crew coordination;

(f) weather minima;

(g) equipment of the [helicopter](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter);

(h) additional considerations due to specific local conditions.

AMC · AMC2 SPA.HEMS.140 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2023/007/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 SPA.HEMS.140(b) Information, procedures and documentation

HEMS TACTICAL RISK ASSESSMENT — SPECIFIC RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEMS MISSION

The commander’s HEMS tactical risk assessment may be included in the daily briefing and amended as necessary.

The following may be considered:

(a) operating environment, including airspace and local geography;

(b) weather;

(c) NOTAMs;

(d) performance;

(e) [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft), equipment and defects, MEL, and medical equipment;

(f) fuel planning;

(g) crew fatigue, recency and qualifications;

(h) dispatch criteria;

(i) tasking, roles and responsibilities;

(j) in-flight replanning;

(k) for NVIS, the elements in GM4 SPA.NVIS.130(f); and

(l) relevant threats.

GM · GM1 SPA.HEMS.140(b) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2023/007/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART J: HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OPERATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-j)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.