STARS in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

[compressor_stall]

I am applying for a position with STARS in Saskatchewan and want any feedback from members who are employed with them now or in the past.

Any details would be great.

[falkyn1]

Excellent organization with an expanding number of future opportunities.
You will not regret working for STARS.
Nothing like Ornge; only a positive environment here.

[Arnie Madsen]

STARS in Manitoba ?? As far as I know we do not have , unless brought in from different provinces during floods or other emergencies etc.
Maybe Govt will bring a permanent unit here ..... they had been talking about it. It took a lot of debate just to get one surveillance helicopter for the Winnipeg Police.

Link to a Government news letter from 2011 (STARS - flood)
Province of Manitoba | News Releases | STARS Air Ambulance Helicopter Returns to Manitoba for 2011 Flood Season (http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=11163)

On a side note a STARS (from out of province) happened to be stationed here in 2006 and saved the life of a 5 year old boy trapped in a culvert full of water.

==========
Edit ... to my surprise I see the following in todays news : Manitoba is a little safer now that it's reached for the STARS. On Wednesday, the province formally signed a 10-year deal with the Alberta-based Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society, which will provide a shiny red helicopter ambulance with paramedics and nurses ready to fly to folks in need.

STARS has already been here full-time since last spring, and Health Department experts credit it with saving 50 lives in that time. "Today is a historic moment for emergency care (in Manitoba)," Health Minister Theresa Oswald said at a ceremony on West Hangar Road attended by STARS executives, more than a dozen blue-uniformed STARS pilots, paramedics and nurses and their families.

The province first made use of the non-profit service during the 2009 flood, and it quickly proved its life-saving potential.

STARS align for air rescue - Winnipeg Free Press (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/stars-align-for-air-rescue-140118793.html) ...

.just goes to show that PPrune gets the news before the locals.

[Bladestrike]

I operated an EMS 222 in Manitoba during the big flood many moons ago, must have been over 15-16 years ago. There was alot of momentum to set up a permanent EMS bird then, it was fun to apart of the process, but unfortunately it fell through. It'd be nice to see them get one finally.