Sancho:
We have the RFDS and St Johns Ambulance based at the AD.
interesting place to put an ambulance station, at an airport.....wonder what the decision making process was on that one.......facilitating aeromedical transfers perhaps?
RFDS is moot - they don't have doctors sitting there waiting for prangs, and in that light unless the ambulance is sitting there on instant response, and the helicopter on the pad turning and burning, then the end result is the same - no difference to outcomes.
I think you would agree that a GA pilot/pax life is worth just as much as an airline Pilot/Pax if YOU were the one concerned
I have already agreed, but if I were asked to pay more for GAAP or any other airport in order to base a dedicated RFFS there, my answer would be NO - because it makes no difference to outcomes. A less than 10 minute response time is entirely appropriate - if your local fire service is not acheiving that then some questions need to be asked.