NSW Ambulance and Toll Rescue base officially opened
New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard officially opened the Bankstown NSW Ambulance & Toll Rescue Helicopter Base at the end of January.
New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard officially opened the Bankstown NSW Ambulance & Toll Rescue Helicopter Base at the end of January, marking a significant milestone for the Helicopter Retrieval Network – 1,200 missions completed. Joined by Toll Global Logistics President Chris Pearce, Toll aircrew, NSW Ambulance Chief Executive Dominic Morgan, local NSW Ambulance helicopter doctors and critical care paramedics, Ms Berejiklian and Hazzard toured the Bankstown base.
Patient rescue, retrieval and treatment services have been operating from the NSW Ambulance & Toll Rescue Helicopter Base in Sydney and over 1,200 missions have been completed from Bankstown in the past 12 months, said a representative from Toll. The base houses three AW139 aircraft online 24/7/365 and a state of the art maintenance facility that ensures the entire fleet is ready to respond to any mission across the state of NSW.
The base also houses the ACE Training Centre, in which crews – air and medical – can take advantage of mission simulation technology. Specialist medical training rooms are available, along with helicopter underwater emergency training, a virtual reality training system and full flight AW139 simulator.