Originally Posted by
eddie1
Is it correct that only german pilots doing night HEMS without being IR rated/IFR backup?
Other countrys?
I'm not aware that in Germany there is any station doing Night HEMS with non IFR rated pilots.
Generally speaking primary HEMS in Germany is strictly daytime VFR ops.
IFR only secondary HEMS. (There is an experiment running with NVG op's but that is really an exception)
There are 76 stations in Germany.
14 of those are 24/7 (edit: <Mostly> Secondary HEMS).
Biggest operators are ADAC (German Automobile Club) with 34 stations and DRF (public trust) 29 stations, which are private organisations and the German Ministery of the Interior (12 stations).
Types used:
Mainly EC135 for primary HEMS.
BK117 / EC145 some of which also used for secondary HEMS (IFR).
Two stations still using B412 mainly secondary HEMS at least one of them soon to be replaced by an EC145 and one station AS365N2 also mainly secondary HEMS (IFR)