Originally Posted by
The Nr Fairy
@Flying Bull - even for first responders, they're still dead or injured if the aircraft crashes and then no use to the patient irrespective of whether they're arriving or are departing. The risk assumptions from an aviation perspective have to be the same either way.
You're right in that respect
But in terms of property damage due to downwash, first responders can do things, which you shouldn'tīt or wouldn't do in the commercial world, even if they should avoid extra costs due to damage ;-)