Police Aviation News January 2011
Police Aviation News January 2011
Police Aviation News January 2011
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>January</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 14<br />
The Port Augusta based Royal Flying Doctor Service aircraft has been upgraded and Pilatus<br />
PC-12 PH-FVD was officially welcomed last month. More than 140 guests attended the<br />
unveiling of the new Pilatus, which included representatives for the state and federal health<br />
ministers.<br />
The plane is one of five new aircraft, which have replaced the previous planes that served<br />
South Australia for 15 years, each flying about 15,000 hours.<br />
GERMANY<br />
DRF: The use of Night Vision Goggles (NVGs)<br />
at the Regensburg HEMS base is drawing<br />
closer as ‘Christoph Regensburg’ completes its<br />
approval tests<br />
Preparation for the use of NVGs at the Regensburg<br />
HEMS base of HDM Luftrettung is gaining<br />
pace: The EC145 helicopter completed pilot<br />
training and NVG Capability tests conducted by<br />
Eurocopter last month. In April <strong>2011</strong>, the regular<br />
NVG operation will start in Regensburg. It is,<br />
after Munich, the second HEMS base in Germany<br />
that is allowed to use Night Vision Goggles<br />
in air rescue operations.<br />
Since August 1994 the HEMS base has been<br />
jointly operated by HDM Luftrettung gemeinnützige<br />
GmbH and DRF. The helicopter, which operates with two pilots, an emergency physician,<br />
and a paramedic, is undertakes both the rescue and intensive transport roles on a<br />
24/7 basis. [DRF]<br />
IRELAND<br />
AIR AMBULANCE IRELAND: In late November Air Ambulance Ireland posted a<br />
message to say it had signed a contract with Bond Air Services to lease an air ambulance<br />
and provide the first dedicated helicopter service Ireland early in the New Year. The new<br />
service will cover the whole of Ireland for five days a week initially. Flying from provincial<br />
bases still to be decided by the HSE (Health Service Executive), the air ambulances will be<br />
a mix of Eurocopter EC1352i and Eurocopter BO105 DBS.<br />
JAPAN<br />
This spring the local governments of three prefectures in the northern Kanto region--<br />
Tochigi, Gunma and Ibaraki--will jointly operate their ambulance helicopters beyond their<br />
prefectural borders in what is claimed to be the first mutual assistance operation of ambulance<br />
helicopters in Japan.<br />
Similar joint operations also are planned in the Kansai region, making it likely that cooperation<br />
between air ambulance and emergency medical services will spread nationwide.
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