Tasmanian Air Rescue Trust

The Tasmanian Government provides a world-class rescue helicopter service to those who live and work in, and visit Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Air Rescue Trust supports this service, by fundraising, receiving donations and sponsorship, and assigning naming rights.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is there for you every minute
of everyday.

Trust support in 2010. Rescue missions in the North 23 Northwest 30 South 97 for a total of 150 missions as follows:

Medical Evacuations (Medivacs) 82;

Australian Search and Rescue 12;

Search and Rescue 56.

Equipment and training provided.

Air crew: Helmet mounted lights, radio batteries, helmet visor's, life jackets, immersion suits, flight gloves, harnesses, strobe lights, satellite phones.

Aircraft: Emergency secure fuel storage site, fire extinguishers, venitlator, portable fuel pumps.

Training: Two personnel attended infra red camera training and night training equipment sessions and a study tour in Western Australia.

See Community Support for Tasmanian businesses providing support through our Foundation Ambassador program.

SINCE JUNE 2011

The past few months since June have again seen a whole range of responses from diving accidents, rescues at sea, motor vehicle trauma accidents, medical evacuations and bushwalking incidents.

With summer approaching the Search and Rescue crews have been brushing up their skills with ongoing exercises to ensure their ready response to bushwalking incidents in particular.

 Safety tips bushwalking

You’ve planned your trip, you estimate the length of your journey and the stages that can be undertaken each day.

You check the weather and forecasts and decide that the journey can be undertaken under reasonable conditions given the information available.

You have advised a responsible person of your journey and given them a copy of your itinerary, the persons in the party and equipment taken.

You will off course, sign on and off the log books at the beginning and end of your journey.

Should a rescue be required, give as much as information as possible about the injured person, particular their injury, any illness or medication taken.

Be precise about your location and advise of the prevailing weather conditions.

Pack up everyone’s gear and do not leave any lose gear that may be caught up in the rotor wash of the helicopter.

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