Hello and Welcome Back
Rescue Helicopters are the backbone of Emergency Services giving fast,
reliable transport while offering the same service you would expect from
an hospital emergency room.
From search & rescue missions, car accident victims (I'm one) and even lost
& injured hikers, Rescue Helicopters are available 24hour, 7 days a
week, on call, ready at a moments notice, often putting their own lives
at risk.
From personal experience, I would not be alive today if it was not for the Careflight Helicopter.
Laying on the road with 4 breaks to my pelvis, broken collar bone, dislocated shoulder, broken nose and massive internal injury's (pelvis cut major artery's to my legs) after a bike accident, it was the Careflight helicopter that picked me up and transported me to specialist doctors, flying me to Liverpool hospital (2 operations), then to Westmead (another operation) then back to Liverpool for the final operation (I died but they brought me back)... all up, I died twice and spent 4 months in hospital with another year learning to walk again..
Newspaper cutting of my accident (below)
Moving on..
NSW has currently 3 Rescue Helicopter teams, those being Careflight, Westpac Rescue and Toll Rescue (NSW Ambulance)
Most Rescue Helicopters today have multi-agency radios onboard including
Police, Marine, Airband, Ambulance & Hospitals at a touch of a
button.
Listening to Rescue Helicopters gives you an idea about what these
amazing services have to deal with, they include things like adverse
weather conditions, patients on the verge of death and even LED laser
lights blinding them as they are about to land.
If you have a digital radio scanner receiver that can receive PSN (Public Safety Network) in NSW, this would be a excellent place to start.
You can often hear Helicopters talking to hospitals detailing what is
going on, so that the hospital is ready and waiting for the incoming
patent.
(Toll Rescue 201 below)
On PSN Network, use NSW TGID 10301 (State Operations / MRU) & 10306 (NETS - Newborn Emergency Transport Service )
RIDs (Radio IDs)
Careflight 2 = 2311826
Careflight 3 =2330606
Careflight 3 = 2310510
Careflight 3 = 2316821
Careflight 4 = 2311674
Careflight 4 = 2314038
Careflight 4 = 2330223
Rescue 201 Heli = 2330703
Rescue 201 Portable = 2330617
Rescue 202 Heli = 2330557
Rescue 202 Heli = 2330818
Rescue 203 Heli = 2330676
Rescue 203 Heli = 2330727
Rescue 203 Portable = 2330640
Rescue 204 Heli = 2330684
Rescue 204 Portable = 2330586
Rescue 204 Portable = 2330620
Rescue 206 Heli = 2330788
Rescue 207 Heli = 2330702
Rescue 207 Portable = 2330588
Rescue 208 Heli = 2330701
Rescue 209 Heli = 2330707
Rescue 209 Portable = 2330619
Westpac 1 Heli = 2330751
Westpac 1 Portable = 2330768
Westpac 2 Heli = 2330801
Westpac 21 Heli = 2330678
Westpac 3 Heli = 2330756
Westpac 3 Heli = 2330791
Westpac 3 Portable = 2330761
Westpac 4 Heli = 2330682
Westpac 4 Portable = 2330774
Westpac 5 Heli = 2330726
Am i missing any?, email me = michael-bailey1708@hotmail.com
Westpac Rescue 2 (below)
OTHER FREQUENCIES
Toll Rescue Canberra (Hume Base) = 120.650
NETS Westmead (Neonatal Emergency) = 124.150
Canberra Rescue Helicopter = 124.250
Toll Aviation = 128.950
Canberra Rescue Helicopter (Hume Base) = 129.150
Careflight (Bankstown Hanger) = 135.350
Helicopter Liason (NS AIR 1) = 426.200
Rescue Heli Simplex = 467.6750 (Used when winching)
ESO Air 1 = 468.575
ESO Surf = 469.1625
Southern Region SLSA Helicopter Rescue Service = 474.8625
Southern Region SLSA Helicopter Rescue Service = 475.100
Surf Lifesaving Rescue Helicopter = 484.950
Surf Lifesaving Rescue Helicopter = 485.000
Careflight - Kawasaki BK117 (below)
Careflight 1989 (Aérospatiale SA 360 Dauphin)
Rescue 201 (below)
Me in front of Careflight helicopter (Agusta A119 'Koala')
All Photos by Michael Bailey
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