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Busy Weekend For The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter

Thursday, 24 March 2022, 10:57 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

On Friday, March 18, the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a farm in Whakamaru for a patient who had sustained a serious hip injury from a fall. The patient was flown to Rotorua Hospital for further treatment. The next day, Saturday March ... More >>

Saving Lives In February

Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 3:01 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

Your Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter carried out 23 life-saving missions to Whanganui, Manawatu and surrounding regions over the month of February. Four inter-hospital transfers, 9 medical events, 1 rescue, 6 farm incidents and 3 motor vehicle accidents ... More >>

A Busy Start To 2022 For Your Rescue Helicopter

Thursday, 17 February 2022, 11:20 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

Your Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter carried out a total of 77 missions to the Waikato, King Country, Coromandel and surrounding regions over the month of January. Included in those missions were 44 inter-hospital transfers, 14 medical events, 7 ... More >>

Busy Start To 2022 - Saving Lives In January

Thursday, 17 February 2022, 10:39 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

It was a busy start to 2022 for your rescue crew, almost doubling from the previous month. Your Greenlea Rescue Helicopter carried out a total of 56 missions over the month of January, including 22 inter-hospital transfers, 5 rescues, 9 medical events, ... More >>

Saving Lives In The Central Plateau In 2021

Friday, 28 January 2022, 6:29 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

A rescue operation on 4th Jul ynear Turangi. In 2021, your Greenlea Rescue Helicopter carried out 535 missions, with over 43% of these being to the Central Plateau, impacting the lives of 231 patients in the region. This included 60 inter-hospital transfers, ... More >>

Wairakei Winch Rescue For Vehicle Roll – Greenlea Rescue Helicopter

Monday, 24 January 2022, 6:06 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

Around mid-morning yesterday, Sunday January 23, the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was tasked near Wairakei to assist a patient trapped in a vehicle down a 60m bank. Due to the nature of the terrain, the onboard Intensive Care Paramedic was winched ... More >>

Covid-19 Update From Your Rescue Helicopters – Open Days Postponed

Thursday, 20 January 2022, 3:39 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

We regretfully announce the postponement of all upcoming Open Days for the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter, TECT Rescue Helicopter, Greenlea Rescue Helicopter, and Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter. In light of ongoing developments and uncertainty ... More >>

Three Decades Of Saving Lives Comes To An End For Founding Pilot

Monday, 15 November 2021, 4:16 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

Philips Search & Rescue Trust and the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescue crew has farewelled Grant Bremner, a familiar face to many and a foundation team member who has been there from the beginning. Grant has been flying the Waikato ... More >>

Celebrating 30 Years Of Life-Saving Missions

Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 11:25 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter, incepted in the year 1991, is celebrating 30 years of life-saving missions. Over the past three decades of service, your Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter crew has impacted the lives of over 10,600 patients, many ... More >>

Recent missions by your Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter

Monday, 13 September 2021, 2:19 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter continues to save lives, completing multiple missions over the past week, including to locations in the likes of Tairua, Paeroa and Taumarunui. The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended a single-car accident ... More >>

Tri Across NZ For Charity

Monday, 13 July 2020, 11:22 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

It was late in the afternoon when Kieran McPherson was out working his summer job, felling trees on a block in Piarere situated on the outskirts of Lake Karapiro. Out earning his keep in his late teens chopping firewood, when a freak accident occurred. ... More >>

Three Decades Flying For Founding Rescue Helicopter Pilot

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 4:54 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

Grant in the earlier days with Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter A lot can happen in just one day for rescue helicopter crew, so after 35 years on the job, Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter’s Chief Pilot Grant Bremner really knows what it’s ... More >>

Serious safeguards for essential Rescue Helicopter crew

Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 12:15 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

The commitmentof an essential workerduring a pandemic is evenmorecrucialwhen youressentialrole isflyingforNew Zealand’slargestrescue helicopteroperation. More >>

Helicopter Trust commits all resources to White Island

Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 3:09 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

As part of a national coordinated response, all five units under the North Island’s largest rescue helicopter operation, Philips Search & Rescue Trust, were dispatched to Whakatane during yesterday’s Whakaari/White Island eruption. More >>

TECT sole sponsor of region’s Rescue Helicopter

Friday, 29 November 2019, 10:40 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

TECT, a longtime supporter of the Bay of Plenty Coastal rescue helicopter service, have recently become sole naming right sponsor. Formerly known as the Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter it will now be known as the TECT Rescue Helicopter. ‘We ... More >>

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