Dropzones with Medivac based on airport

[JumpHog 0]

I was wondering if their are any DZ with a medivac helicopter based permanately on the airport. I am trying to gather some information as to what protocols are used.

[dropdeded 0]

Not sure but possibly Cal City??? I know we have a Medivac bird that responds from Cal City, not sure if its based right there at the airport or not.

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[CSpenceFLY 1]

skydive Alabama in Cullman,Al.

[Nutz 0]

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skydive Alabama in Cullman,Al.

One of the pilots jumps with us. The dz is a member so it doesn't cost anything if we need their services. They have saved one life at the dz that I know of.

[jlmiracle 7]

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skydive Alabama in Cullman,Al.

and the pilot is a skydiver too.

j

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[BillyVance 34]

Yep.... Everybody beat me to it. Eric Smith flies the copter there. I see him hang around the DZ in his flight suit sometimes.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[itllclear 1]

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I was wondering if their are any DZ with a medivac helicopter based permanately on the airport.

Perris has the county morgue about 1 mile north of the end of the runway.

"Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there."

"Your statement answered your question."

[sixtysevengt5oo 0]

Im not positive but i believe there is a medical chopper at Skydive aggieland, i work out there but im not sure if it is a medvac or not, you'd have to ask aggiedave or someone else from there

[BillyVance 34]

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I was wondering if their are any DZ with a medivac helicopter based permanately on the airport.

Perris has the county morgue about 1 mile north of the end of the runway.

Oh really??? So any fatality there would have a very short trip down the runway?

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[ltdiver 3]

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I was wondering if their are any DZ with a medivac helicopter based permanately on the airport.

Perris has the county morgue about 1 mile north of the end of the runway.

I can top that, Harry. Richmond has a cemetary -at- the end of their runway.... >

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[relyon 0]

REACH Air Medical operates a Bell 407 out of Lodi

Bob

[skybeergodd 0]

Quantum Leap Skydiving in Sullivan Missouri has ARCH 1 based at the airport permanently. Cool group of people....If we need them we just call or knock on their door.....they have even chased down one of our cut away mains for us when they were returning from a trip.

[riggerrob 558]

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I was wondering if their are any DZ with a medivac helicopter based permanately on the airport.

Perris has the county morgue about 1 mile north of the end of the runway.

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So Riverside County finally replaced their rundown morgue?

[piisfish 135]

Lausanne (Switzerland) has one of the Rega (www.rega.ch). But Lausanne is not a regular DZ, we can only jump there 5 days a year.

edited to add pics...
they used to drop doctors/research crew and dogs.. How cool is that ??

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[AggieDave 6]

Skydive Aggieland has Phi (another air medivac company) on the airport, just a couple hundred yards away from our hangers.

Basically, they will spool up but not take off if we have canopies in the air or jumpers away. They will call the DZ and ask how many canopies to look for and count canopies. Then they'll wait a bit just to make sure. If they call us when we're climbing or on jumprun, we'll go around to give them time to get off the ground and leave. Their medics have even come out on a golf cart to check out a jumper or two after a hard biff landing. We haven't had any real injuries since they moved on to our airport, thank god, but if we do they're more then willing to help. We're brothers in aviation and they feel the same way. The staff at the DZ and the staff with the Phi guys have gotten to know each other and regard each other with respect. So I guess you can say that its definately a good relationship.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Eule 0]

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I was wondering if their are any DZ with a medivac helicopter based
permanately on the airport.

At the Cushing, Oklahoma airport (KCUH), there is the Oklahoma
Skydiving Center and an AirEvac Lifeteam base. I don't work here, but
OSC is my home DZ. I'm at the DZ for the weekend and I will ask about
any special procedures on Sunday; if you have any more detailed
questions, reply or PM me before Sunday evening and I should be able
to find out.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[Eule 0]

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At the Cushing, Oklahoma airport (KCUH), there is the Oklahoma Skydiving Center and an
AirEvac Lifeteam base.

I asked the DZO and he said that there wasn't any special procedure outside of the jump pilot and
the medevac pilot monitoring and reporting on the advisory frequency for the airport. I assume that
if the medevac needed to take off or land while there was a jump going on, the two pilots would
co-ordinate it between themselves. FWIW, I have seen the helicopter take off and land a few times
during jump hours, and it always seems to be between loads, or else the helicopter immediately heads
in a direction away from where the jumpers are.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.