Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter , this picture was taken during International Navy Fleet Review in 2013.... more

by Miroslava Jurcik

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Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter

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Miroslava Jurcik

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Photograph

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Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter , this picture was taken during International Navy Fleet Review in 2013.
Founded in 1973 by Surf Life Saving Australia, a not-for-profit organisation, the service has carried out more than 50,000 flights ranging from patient transfers to search and rescue missions.
The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service is the longest serving search and rescue helicopter service in the world, it is also the largest non-profit search and rescue, and aeromedical retrieval service in Australia. Its aircraft and trained medical and operational crews respond quickly and effectively to emergencies threatening the life, health and safety of people caused through medical emergency, illness, natural disaster, accidents or mishap.
The major sponsor of the helicopter services is Westpac, an Australian-based financial institution, with operations in New Zealand.

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April 5th, 2016