EMS HELI PLT; WHILE MONITORING TWR FREQ AT HIS DEST; HEARS ANOTHER PLT INQUIRE 'IS THE TFR ACTIVE?' RPTR WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT TFR IS ACTIVE AS HE CHKED ALL THE NOTAMS AND RECEIVED A BRIEF PRIOR TO DEPARTING FOR THE FLT AND NO TFR'S WERE BRIEFED.

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FLEW 75 NM FROM ZZZ2 HOSPITAL TO ZZZ1 HOSPITAL. HAD A DUAT BRIEF BEFORE FLT. BECAUSE OF THE EARLY FIRE SEASON; I ALSO CHKED TFR'S ABOUT 15 MINS BEFORE TKOF. NO TFR'S WERE LISTED FOR THE RTE. AFTER LNDG AT ZZZ1; HEARD ANOTHER ACFT ASK ZZZ TWR; 'IS THE TFR IN EFFECT YET?' TFR? WHAT TFR? 40 MINS LATER I CALLED FSS TO CHK NOTAMS AND TFR BEFORE TKOF. 1-800-WX-BRIEF CONNECTED TO FSS; WHOSE SPECIALIST SAID NO TFR WAS LISTED FOR MY RTE HOME. ASKED ABOUT THE OVERHEARD CONVERSATION; HAD THE TFR BEEN CANCELLED? SPECIALIST REPLIED NONE HAD BEEN LISTED; WAS IT THE GENERAL BLANKET TFR FOR SPORTING EVENTS? WAS THE LOCAL TEAM PLAYING? HOW WOULD I KNOW? I'M NOT FROM ZZZ; EITHER! IF A TFR IS IN EFFECT; IT IS THE FSS'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BRIEF IT. SPECIALIST SAID MAYBE IT WAS SOME SPORTING EVENT OR SOMETHING. OR SOMETHING? MAYBE? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? THE CLASS B CHART HAS NO SPORTS VENUES EXCEPT RACEWAY. HOW CAN I AVOID A TFR THAT FSS DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT BEING HELD WHEN WE DON'T KNOW; WHERE WE DON'T KNOW; THAT ISN'T CHARTED? CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A THOROUGH BRIEF REGARDING HIS RTE OF FLT AND HAD CHKED THE NOTAMS. HE WAS CONCERNED THAT A TFR WAS ACTIVE AND HE WAS NOT BRIEFED OR AWARE OF IT. HE IS AN EMS PLT AND FLIES AT LOW ALT AND VFR OVER AREAS THAT MAY HAVE A TFR ACTIVE AND IS CONCERNED THAT THE FSS BRIEFER MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE TFR. HE WAS CONCERNED THAT HE MAY GET VIOLATED DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER BRIEFING.