Tasmanian Air Rescue Trust - Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service

The Crew
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is serviced by a group of dedicated crew members and pilots. Rotor-Lift Pty Limited employs suitably qualified pilots to fly the rescue helicopter at any time of the day or night and at times in adverse weather conditions. All pilots require a high degree of flying experience and search and rescue expertise.
Tasmania Police provides fully trained and qualified crew members who are responsible for the operation within and surrounding the aircraft. The crew members are the eyes and ears for the pilots who are unable to see what is happening at the rear of the helicopter and also the winch operators.
Whenever the rescue helicopter flies on a rescue mission, a qualified crew member needs to be in attendance. Tasmania Police also provides qualified divers who will be winched out of the rescue helicopter when a person needs to be rescued over water or over a boat. These members are highly trained for this extremely dangerous operation. The Tasmanian Ambulance Service provides highly qualified paramedics who will attend at all motor vehicle accidents, medical emergencies and will also be winched out of the aircraft to attend to medical emergencies at incidents where the rescue helicopter is unable to land.

Crew Profiles

Click on the names to profile the crew members:

Pilots	^RETURN TO PAGE TOP^
Roger Corbin	Chief Pilot
Police Members	^RETURN TO PAGE TOP^
Sergeant Paul Steane	Crew member, Search and Rescue Services, training officer, police diver
Sergeant Nicholas Preshaw	Crew member, police Diver
Sergeant Matthew Drumm	Crew member
Sergeant Rod Stacey	Crew member
Senior Constable Chris Williams	Crew member, police diver
Senior Constable Tim Champion	Crew member
Constable Michael Preshaw	Crew member, police diver
Constable Josh Peach	Crew member