Tasmanian Air Rescue Trust
History Narrative Summary Prior to the year 2000, Tasmania does not appear to have had any search and rescue or EMS service. In August 2000 the Tasmanian Air Rescue Helicopter Service was launched. In...
View ArticleSnowy Hydro SouthCare
History Narrative Summary The Snowy Hydro SouthCare helicopter provides EMS and rescue services to people in the ACT and South-eastern NSW. Its naming sponsor is the Snowy Hydro hydro-electric company....
View ArticleNational Safety Council of Australia
History Narrative Summary National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) was first formed Victoria in May 1927, from a coalition of organisations concerned with various aspects of safety. Staffed by...
View ArticleAmbulance Service of New South Wales
History Narrative Summary The Ambulance Service of New South Wales was first established in 1895, under the title Civil Ambulance and Transport Brigade. It gained its present title in 1977. A...
View ArticleChild Flight
History Narrative Summary Originally established in 1979, Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS) is a statewide service of NSW Health, providing emergency medical transport service...
View ArticleAir Ambulance Victoria
History Narrative Summary The Victoria Civil Ambulance Service (VCAS) was established in the city of Melbourne in 1916. Elsewhere in the state, many regional ambulance services came to be formed. In...
View ArticleSunshine Coast Helicopter Rescue Service
History Narrative Summary Sunshine Coast Helicopter Rescue Service (SCHRS) was incorporated in November 1979 and began flying operations the following month. Initially based at the Big Cow at Yandina,...
View ArticleRAC Rescue Helicopter
History Narrative Summary The RAC Rescue helicopter is Western Australia’s only dedicated 24-hour air ambulance helicopter. The service is managed by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and...
View ArticleSouth Australia State Rescue Helicopter Service
History Narrative Summary The first rescue helicopter in Adelaide originated from a trial in the summer of 1979/80 between Lloyd Helicopters and Surf Lifesaving. The success of the trial prompted the...
View ArticleHistorical Unit Allocations 2013
Unit Type Base SCHRS 2 x BK117 Marcoola SCHRS 1 x Bell 206L Bundaberg
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Unit Type Base The Air Ambulance 3 x Super King Air 200, 2 x Super King Air 350 Kingsford-Smith IAP, Sydney Greater Sydney Area HEMS 2 x AW139, 1 x EC145 Bankstown, Sydney Greater Sydney Area HEMS 1 x...
View ArticleCurrent Unit Allocations
Unit Type Base – 4 x Super King Air 200 Essendon Airport – 1 x AS365, 1 x Bell 412 Essendon Airport – 1 x Bell 412 Bendigo – 1 x Bell 412 Latrobe Valley – 1 x Bell 412 Warrnambool
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Unit Type Base New South Wales CFIAA 1 x Learjet 45XR, 1 x CL-604 Sydney Northern Territory CFIAA 1 x Learjet 45 Darwin CareFlight 4 x Super King Air 200 Darwin CareFlight 1 x BK117 Darwin Queensland...
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Unit Type Base Australian Capital Territory Snowy Hydro SouthCare – 1 x Bell 412 Symonston, Canberra New South Wales Ambulance Service of New South Wales The Air Ambulance 3 x Super King Air 200, 2 x...
View ArticleNQ Rescue
History Narrative Summary Mount Isa Community Helicopter was launched in 2007. It was later renamed the North Queensland Rescue Helicopter Service. Operations were forced to close in 2009 after the...
View ArticleEmergency Management Queensland
History Narrative Summary The history of Emergency Services Queensland (EMQ) is not very clear. By 1982 there was a Queensland Government Rescue helicopter, and by 2001 the service was called...
View ArticleCapricorn Helicopter Rescue
History Narrative Summary The Capricorn Rescue Helicopter service began in 1996. Its naming sponsor is RACQ. Key Dates 1996 Capricorn Rescue Helicopter service first established. 1997 Helicopter lost...
View ArticleCQ Rescue
History Narrative Summary The Central Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service was officially registered in December 1994 and began flying in September 1996. The helicopter was lost in an accident in...
View ArticleTorres Strait Rescue
History Narrative Summary The Torres Strait Rescue helicopter service (‘Rescue 700′) covers the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula area. It is operated under contract to the Queensland Government by...
View ArticleCareFlight
History Narrative Summary The Gold Coast Helicopter Rescue Service was formed in 1981. Its mission was to save lives by providing a search and rescue service to local beaches and the hinterland. In...
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