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๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐?
Can you find a life saved? Do you know all the ways weโve invested in your rescue helicopter service?
Putting together a rescue helicopter mission is like piecing together a puzzle โ every piece is vital. You are also a vital part of that puzzle. Itโs through the support of our community that we can ensure the rescue helicopters across Canterbury and the West Coast are mission-ready.
Download our life-saving puzzles here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/chopper-appeal/#puzzle
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
www.airrescue.co.nz/chopper or see the Chopper Appeal link on our Linktree
๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ - ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ!
We`re still buzzing from last week`s official unveiling of the West Coast`s first H145 Westpac Rescue Helicopter. But our commitment to the Coast continues.
Work is currently underway to expand IFR routes across the West Coast and to invest in weather stations across multiple West Coast sites โ developments that will drastically improve the reliability of the rescue helicopter service.
So, please, keep your support coming - with you, our community, by our side we`ll keep working to support and futureโproof the rescue helicopter service so it can protect those who live, work, and play on the West Coast for generations to come.
In the meantime - enjoy this little look at the transition from the BK117 to the H145 thanks to Critical Care Paramedic Rod. It`s a game-changer.
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As soon as the phone rings, the crew all know their place โ what they have to do to get in the air, and to the patient, as quickly as possible.
Putting together a mission is like piecing together a puzzle โ and every piece is vital.
โ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น, ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.โ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
For daytime jobs, crews have 10 minutes to get in the air. At night, itโs 20 minutes.
Pilot Tom, Critical Care Paramedic Steve, and Paramedic Crewperson Courtney talk through a mission and how they piece it together. Read it here: www.airrescue.co.nz/stories/a-mission-in-action/
This Chopper Appeal, we need to raise $100,000 to support the rescue helicopters across Canterbury and the West Coast. Can you help?
Donate today. www.airrescue.co.nz/chopper or see the Chopper Appeal link on our Linktree
What an incredible moment - a blessing ceremony perfectly timed with a surprise visit from our West Coast Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Yesterday we had the privilege of welcoming Maaka Tau, representing Ngฤi Tลซฤhuriri, and Mark Sullivan, Vicar of the Anglican Parish of Heathcote and Mt Pleasant, to the GCH Aviation Air Rescue Base. Together, they blessed and officially welcomed two additional H145 rescue helicopters into service.
The first aircraft, with tail number IGB, will remain based here in Christchurch. The second, called IGC, is heading north today to join the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter service.
Weโre proud to support the Nelson Marlborough team with the purchase of a stateโofโtheโart H145. With Canterbury, the West Coast, and the top of the South all operating these advanced aircraft, weโre strengthening safety, efficiency, and ultimately improving patient outcomes across the entire region.
And as if the day wasnโt special enough, our West Coast Westpac Rescue Helicopter dropped into the base at the perfect moment. The crew had just completed a patient transfer to Christchurch Hospital and stopped in to refuel - giving us the rare chance to capture all three aircraft together.
Meanwhile, the engineering team is hard at work preparing the final H145 for service. It wonโt be long before it joins the Christchurch-based fleet.
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