All Ireland Air Ambulance - publicity launch

[whaey]

Looks like these lads are on tour, collecting. Would be worth a look.

homepage:
All Ireland Air Ambulance - Home

Publicity Launch details:
All Ireland Air Ambulance - Publicity Launch of the All Ireland Air Ambulance

[vortexadminman]

Brill hope they get one of the three up and running soon. Please tell me they not thinking of using a Bo 105 though, cracking machine in its day I know. Now it has to be a 902 or a 135 for HEMS. 902 My personal choice but then I used to drive them so I am biased not only from a pilots point of view but from some years listening to the para medics who worked on various types.

[funfinn2000]

It would be nice if they hired all Irish pilots, there is enough in need of work in these times,

[irelandairambulance]

Don't forget we are starting a service which will run from the north coast down as far as Dublin later this year.

Ireland Air Ambulance | Home

[lipgo]

Best of luck with the venture- however did you speak to the Health Service Executive!!!!??

[Oneflewover]

Well done to all involved getting this up and (almost) running - has been long overdue. Best of luck to you all.

Are the HSE/insurance companies supporting?

Anyone know how many Irish hospitals have dedicated landing facilities?

[peterprobe]

Best of the Irish to erm, anyone know what kind of aircraft they using???

[EI-tom]

They're using a BO 105 bud

[Just a spotter]

Best of luck to them and the lives they save.

Details below of the current service provided by Irish Air Corps AW139's.

Air ambulance given clearance for HSE take-off - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

The EC135-P2's also have Quick Conversion' Emergency Medical Services (EMS) kits.

JAS

[peterprobe]

A Bolkow....... OK better than nothing and cheaper yes. Least they will have one up and running is the main thing.

[206Fan]

Their using a 105? I got the impression they were looking at buying a MD902.. Anyway at least they have something airborne. Good luck to them!

[capt tosspot]

Start up 105

Bolkow (stretched) is fine as start up - cheap, tough, powerful enough. lets you get procedures sorted and brings in extra support once it is seen to be working. A decent low risk start up plan I should think. If all goes well and money and or big sponsor comes on board then its straight forward to move on up. 902 is nice HEMS machine as is 135, even the Dauphin works if they are after longer IFR transfer type work as well. I wish them all the best and think that they will be busy busy.

[mg1]

Went down to Naas Co Kildare today to see the Air Ambulance - seems like an impressive set-up. Well done to all involved and lets hope it becomes a permanent service in the country.

[peterprobe]

Yeah good point about start up and etc, having flown around NI a lot and some Southern Ireland, gotta have a skidded machine, am sure most here have landed in those lovely small soft fields, so guess that would be a 902 or 135. Or even 2 Bolkows maybe

[500 Fan]

A.I.A.A. Bolkow photos.

Here are a few photos of a Bond BO-105 that was in Ireland last week on a publicity tour to promote the proposed All-Ireland Air Ambulance service. Depending on funds, they hope to have three Bolkows based in Ireland to provide a VFR Air Ambulance service with Bond providing the machinery and personnel. This machine was only done up to demonstrate the concept to medical personnel around the country. Apparently it is the maintenance relief helicopter for Bond's Air Ambulance operations in the U.K., a fact they are very proud of as no other EMS service provider has a spare helicopter on stand-by when a regular machine goes sick.









Now, I have described this helicopter as a Bolkow but apparently I am wrong. The press hounds at RTE News have just discovered that the machine is in fact a "Bulker".

RTÉ News: Air ambulance plans launched

It's good to see my hard-earned cash spent on the T.V. Licence is money well-spent.

500 Fan.

[206Fan]

The press hounds at RTE News have just discovered that the machine is in fact a "Bulker".

Silly ejits, one must have been on the guinness the night before!

Nice shots 500, thanks for posting

[SASless]

At least they left out the words "plunge, plummet, and sputtering".....give'em a break!

[peterprobe]

a fact they are very proud of as no other EMS service provider has a spare helicopter on stand-by when a regular machine goes sick.

errr I think you need to check some facts my friend. I do know as a mate flies for them that MAS/PAS also have a Bolkow as a replacement if one of their 902 s has a bad day. They did sell one but still have a standby cab.

[500 Fan]

The information about Bond being the only service provider with a spare air ambulance on stand-by came from speaking to the engineer who was accompanying this helicopter on its trip to Ireland. Apologies for passing on incorrect information. Perhaps he genuinely didn't know that PAS also have a maintenance relief machine.

500 Fan.

[206 jock]

Indeed the 'only ones to offer a spare' is bunkum.

Keny, Surrey/Sussex and Herts have a contractual Bo105 as a spare machine. And East Anglia (sterling) have a Bo105 in case one of their two main machines goes tech.