HEMS in Europe
 

Hi all,
Im looking to put together a table of HEMS operators in Europe under the following headings.
Country
HEMS Y or N
Night Ops Y or N
NVG Ops Y or N ( if Y then just prepared Pads,airports etc or full primary HEMS)
IFR rated pilots
Dual/Single Pilot
Type of Aircraft.

Not too difficult getting the likes of the UK, Switerland etc but can be difficult for the less obvious countries.
Any info greatly appreciated about any country.
Particularly interested to hear any of the above info from HEMS pilots.

Thanks

Countries I'm trying to include if it helps
Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Luxemburg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands
Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

Croatia 0
Bosnia 0
Montenegro 0
:sad:
Slovenia Police helicopter unit
AW109E and AB412

Norway:

HEMS: Yes, Luftambulansen, parapublic.
Night Ops: Yes.
NVG Ops: Yes.
IFR rated pilots: Yes.
Dual/Single Pilot: Single pilot IFR.
Type of Aircraft: EC135 mostly, 1 EC145 and a few AW139 (multi crew, patient transport).

Iceland:


Landhelgisgæsla: Coast guard, public. Does maritime SAR and onshore Air ambulance missions.

Multi crew, IFR, night and NVG equipped AS332 and AS365.

Czech and Slovak EMS
 

Czech Rep:
network of Alfa Helicopter, DSA and military/police
DSA: EC135 variants
Alfa H: EC135, Bell 427 (the only country in the world using it for EMS) and B206L4T still some left in Alfa H's fleet, but seems not actively flying.

Czech Military: W3-A Sokol, Mil-17 in the past, could be used if large scale op
Czech Police: EC135 (they also have some B412, but not EMS AFAIK)

Mostly single pilot (don't know details for police/mil), DAY VFR - some inadvertent IMC/CFIT crashes/crashlandings of Alfa H - one 427, one B206L4T previous years - speaks for itself. Military could fly IFR or night time, but some legal issues these days.

Slovakia: company ATE operating 7 bases with A109, some NVG use and what seems Special night VFR. Lots of mountain rescue missions.

Can update, ask first hand for more info, if special interest etc.

Poland

Polish Medical Air Rescue operates from 17 regional HEMS bases (+1 season base) and medical planes base EPWA/Warsaw (24h). In main base on EPBC there's FTD for training purposes. Helicopters are equipped for night operations, one or two pilots + paramedic and doctor, IFR. Planes: two pilots, paramedic, doctor.

Bases and operating hours: Dla dyspozytorów medycznych - Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe

There's almost 1000 designated places for night landings.

Fleet: 23x EC135 + 1x Piaggio P.180 Avanti and 1x Piaggio P.180 Avanti II

Xon,

Thats great thanks. When you say equipped for night ops are you talking about Night Vision Goggles of Night VFR.

9Aplus,

Thats great thanks very much

Martinch,

Great thanks.

DauphinDude,

Great thanks, no actual HEMS as such so in Iceland, but still SAR and Inland Air Ambulance which would probably cover similar missions.

A109 K2 ATE is only EMS operator of sub type, before was REGA too

Only secondary SAR level, before entrance in full EU membership was
primary EMS/SAR,
To be withdrawn from service soon, announced recently....

Country: Slovenia
HEMS: Y (Police serves as primary operator, Army for backup)
Night Ops: N
NVG Ops: N
IFR rated pilots: Y
Dual/Single Pilot: Dual
Type of Aircraft: 1x A109E, 1x Bell 212, 1x Bell 412
Medical team: one paramedic, one doctor

Hi av8thor,

just some info - may be some HEMS-pilots can give you mor inforation

Country - Germany
HEMS Y or N - Yes - private firms and goverment helicopter underway
Night Ops Y or N - on some stations
NVG Ops Y or N ( if Y then just prepared Pads,airports etc or full primary HEMS)
- NVG operations started a couple of months ago with one operator so far
IFR rated pilots - mostly not
Dual/Single Pilot - mostly single
Type of Aircraft.- BK117, EC 145, EC 135
some links
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Betreiber | rth.info - Faszination Luftrettung | Rettungshubschrauber online

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Greetings Flying Bull

Hi.

Portugal,

HEMS - Y

NIGHT OPS - Y

NVG - N

IFR PILOTS - Y

MULTI CREW - Y

AIRCRAFT 3 x A109E / 2 x BELL 412 EP

:ok:

This info is great, thanks very much to all.
Also whats the standard medical crew in most place ,
two paramedics, doctor and paramedic, one paramedic?

Country : France
HEMS Y or N : yes, SAMU, Securite Civile and Gendarmerie
Night Ops Y or N : Yes
NVG Ops Y or N : Yes, Securite Civile and Gendarmerie already using NVG and SAMU are looking for it.
IFR rated pilots : Depends of the base
Dual/Single Pilot : mostly single pilot
Type of Aircraft : EC135, EC145, MD900, AS355N, A109 and Dauphin.

Country: AUSTRIA
HEMS: yes (Oeamtc, Heli Austria, Schider, ARA, Wucher, Schenk, Flymed)
Night Ops: only secondary missions (one Oeamtc base 24/7)
NVG Ops: only on the 24/7 base
IFR rated pilots: mostly not
Dual/Single Pilot: always single
Type of Aircraft: EC 135, AW 109SP, BK 117, MD 902, AS 355, Bell 412

Standard crew: pilot, doctor, paramedic

Keep up the good work snake!!

Country: Italy
HEMS Y or N: Yes, different operators
Night Ops Y or N: Yes, but only a few bases and for secondary missions
NVG Ops Y or N: Not at all!!
IFR rated pilots: Yes, mandatory
Dual/Single Pilot: Single apart for night missions
Type of Aircraft.: more or less > 16x EC145/BK117 C1, 7xAW139, 3xAS365N3, 11xA109 S, 4xA109E, 3xEC135T2+, 6xB412.

Country: Estonia
HEMS: Y - more like medical transport. Estonian Police and Border guard aviation group
Night OPS: Y
NVG Ops: Soon Y
IFR rated pilots: Y
Dual/Single Pilot: Dual
3 AW 139 / 2 Let L-410 Turbolet

Belgium

North AS 355 Day only

South EC145 DAY & NIGHT
no IFR & NVG operations

:D excellent idea, will forward results to my Gov....

Recently we have made some math that during last 15 y
9A have burned through expensive military transport
helicopters block hours, only for secondary med transport
value of 3 x small twin full equipment (20 M USD) :E

5000 euro Mi171 block hour, no equipment, no insurance, no proper training
instead of
3000 euro for light twin, insurance, equipment, suitable IFR rating and med team

Spain
 

Spain

HEMS Y or N: Yes, INAER is almost the only operator with around 90% market.
Night Ops Y or N: "Yes" in the Islands and 'Castilla la mancha Province'. "No" in the rest"
NVG Ops Y or N ( if Y then just prepared Pads,airports etc or full primary HEMS): Yes, just in Castilla la mancha
IFR rated pilots: Yes when needed (see above)
Dual/Single Pilot: dual
Type of Aircraft: Mainly A109E and EC135. plus 2 EC145 and some B412 wich will be changed shortly for 109E
Roster: 15on-15off (most common), 20on-10ff, 7on-7off(rare)