Christoph 8
Christoph 8 D-HOFF
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Air rescue center data | |
Operator: | ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH |
Carrier: | District of Unna and 12 districts and independent cities |
Helicopter type: | Eurocopter EC 135 |
Former LFZ *: | until April 1, 2005: BO 105 until January 1978: Bell UH-1D until July 1976: BO 105 |
Installation: | 23rd December 1974 |
Location: | Klinikum Lünen, St. Marien Hospital, Altstadtstr. 23, 44534 Lünen |
Operational readiness: | Sunrise - Sunset, however no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and no later than 9:45 p.m. |
Coordinates: | 51 ° 37 '7 " N , 7 ° 30' 53" E |
Height: | 167 ft |
crew | |
Pilot: | ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH, pilots from Chr. 8 and Chr. 76-Westphalia |
Doctor: | Specialists, St. Marien Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology |
HEMS Technical Crew Member : | ADAC HEMS & Fachkraft GmbH, Leipzig
from July 2018: ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH, Munich |
* LFZ = aircraft |
Christoph 8 is a rescue helicopter stationed at St. Marien Hospital in Lünen , which was put into service on December 23, 1974.
history
Since there was not enough money to build an air rescue station and buy a helicopter in the mid-1970s , the ADAC headquarters started a publicity campaign with a fundraising campaign by selling the record Stars sing for Christoph 8 . The donated 1.3 million Deutschmarks were handed over to the then incumbent Federal Minister of the Interior, Hans-Dietrich Genscher , at the ADAC spring congress in 1974 .
On December 23, 1974, the Christoph 8 site was officially opened and put into service. At that time, the control center of the Lünen fire brigade was responsible for the alarm. In 1978 this was taken over by the rescue control center of the Unna district. The first pilots were from the Federal Border Guard Fliegerstaffel West, Sankt Augustin (until September 30, 1975). The doctors are now provided by the Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Lünen St.-Marien Hospital. Only doctors experienced in emergency medicine in anesthesiology are used. The three emergency paramedics / HEMS TC are all employed by ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH. They too have many years of experience.
From mid-1975 to 1978, the Faßberg Transport Regiment (Lüneburg Heath) of the German Armed Forces ensured air rescue with a Bell UH-1D . After that, pilots of the Federal Border Police / Federal Police with a BO 105 were used again. The station has been operated by ADAC-Luftrettung gGmbH since April 1, 2005, and the BO 105 has been replaced by a Eurocopter EC 135.
Application area
The operational area of Christoph 8 covers a radius of 50 km around the Lünen site . The north-eastern Ruhr area as well as parts of the Münsterland and the Sauerland are covered:
- Coesfeld district
- Recklinghausen district
- Soest district
- Warendorf district
- Unna district
- Ennepe-Ruhr district
- Hochsauerlandkreis
- Märkischer Kreis
- Bochum
- Dortmund
- Hagen
- Hamm
- Herne
Around 4 million people live in the entire operational area (approx. 7854 km²).
Use statistics
year | 1975 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Calls | 576 | 917 | 1002 | 1063 | 1299 | 1430 | 1387 | 1361 | 1326 | 1297 | 1162 | 1238 | 1202 |
Incidents
On May 15, 2016, a construction tarpaulin got into the rotor during a landing. The damaged helicopter (D-HOFF) was removed by low loader. Nobody got hurt.
Others
The name Christoph 8 goes back to St. Christopher , the patron saint of motorists. After him, all German rescue helicopters have the BOS radio call name Christoph , followed by a number.