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What is the
Tasmanian Air Rescue Trust?
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| Registered as a
charity on 28th of September
2000, to coincide with the inception of the Tasmania
Rescue Helicopter Service, the Tasmanian Air Rescue
Service was established as a vehicle for sponsorship
and fund-raising to support the vital air rescue service. |
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| The rescue
helicopter service is there for everyone living in or
visiting Tasmania. Any person may one day require its
service through misfortune. The helicopter will attend
at a wide and varied range of missions, from motor vehicle
accidents, to search and rescue missions in our vast
and rugged World Heritage Area. |
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Helicopter will attend any event whenever it is determined
that it is in the best interest of the patient. The
service is also there for members of Tasmania Police
as a crime fighting tool and to assist in their role
maintaining Tasmania as the Safest State in the Nation. |
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WE
WILL BE THERE FOR YOU
24 HOURS A DAY - EVERY DAY of the YEAR!
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Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service |
| On 1 August
2000 the State of Tasmania obtained its first multi
engine IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) emergency rescue
helicopter. This service has vastly increased the flying
capacity of any previous service available to the State.
A service delivery contract has been signed between
the State
Government and Rotor-Lift
Pty Ltd, to provide a full-time 24 hour aero-medical,
search and rescue helicopter service. |
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Funding for the Air Rescue helicopter is provided by the State Government through the Department of Police and Emergency Management's recurrent budget. This considerable funding is provided on the basis that complementary funding sources through community ownership are sought to maintain the continual improvement to specialist equipment and training required by Police and Ambulance personnel and the pilots night flying training.
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| To maintain acceptable
training standards for the police search and rescue
crew, ambulance paramedic's, divers and Special Operations
Group members for a 12 month period an intense training
regime is carried out with additional upgrading of special
search and rescue and aero-medical equipment. |
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| The Department of Police and Emergency Management is responsible for the ongoing management of the service delivery contract between the State Government and Rotor-Lift
Pty Ltd, as well as the ongoing management of appropriate
use of this vital asset to the State. |
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| Management-Who's Responsible? |
| The Trust is managed
by a Board of Trustees who provide
leadership to the Trust, and who approve the allocation
of funding for training and equipment based on the recommendation
of an Operational Management
Committee. This Committee is made up of people who
work directly in the search and rescue, aviation and
medical fields. |
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Department of Police and Emergency Management recognises the work already completed by the Trust and has appointed a Trust Manager to coordinate programs and manage the day to day operations of the helicopter service. |
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Boards & Committees
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| The Board of Trustees
are made up of the following persons: |
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Mr Tom Tully, Commander,
Tasmania Police
who chairs the Board. |
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Mr Steve Williams |
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Mr Michael Mazengarb
is Director, Tasmanian Communications and Marketing
and is the Board's marketing representative. |
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Mr Bob Sydes, Rotary
International - Community Representative. |
| Support Team |
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Ms Jean Henley - The
Board's Trust Manager. (Ph: 62302308) |
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Miss Tracy Foulkes
- Secretarial/Accounting support. (Ph: 62302138) |
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Mr Geoff Easton - Liaison Officer. (Ph: Mobile 0421024146) |
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| The Operational Management
Committee |
| The Operational Management
Committee is responsible for conducting appropriate
research within specialist aviation, medical and law
enforcement fields, and make recommendations to the
Trust as to the appropriate equipment to be purchased
and training that should be undertaken. This is only
possible with funding raised by the very generous community
and corporate support. |
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This Committee is made up of the
following persons:
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Mr Steve Williams - Board Member. |
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Mr Paul
Steane - Sergeant in charge of Search and Rescue
Services, Tasmania Police. |
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Mr Ted Preshaw - Superintendent
in Charge of Southern Region and State Communications,
Tasmanian Ambulance Service. |
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Mr Andrew O'Brien
- Supervisor, Tasmanian Ambulance Service. |
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Ms Jean Henley -
Senior Executive Officer, Tasmania Police and also representative
of the Tasmanian Air Rescue Service. |
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| Service Area |
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Tasmania has the fourth largest coastline
in Australia (4,800km).
The vast service area of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter
Service extends from 39°12"S (approxiamately
00°11" South of Wilsons Promontary, Victoria)
and includes all 52 islands of the Furneaux Group.
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