Air rescue in the Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic there is a nationwide network of ten air rescue stations , which are located in the individual regions. The rescue helicopters are provided by private operators, the police and the Czech Air Force . The rescue helicopter is requested via the emergency number of the rescue services (ambulance) 155 . The network of bases is designed so that no point in the Czech Republic is more than 50 km away from the base.
history
The beginnings of air rescue go back to the first trial missions in the High Tatras in what was then Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Mil Mi-4s were used as the first helicopters . After the crash of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter in the High Tatras in June 1979, the flights were suspended.
In 1985, a coordination group was set up at the Federal Ministry of Transport to prepare the establishment of an air rescue network. On April 1, 1987, trial operation of the Kryštof 01 with a Mil Mi-2 rescue helicopter was set up in Prague and the Central Bohemian Region. From July 1, 1987, the trial operation was expanded to include the Kryštof 02 location in Banská Bystrica for the Central and Eastern Slovak District. On the basis of the trial operation, a decision was made about the expansion of a nationwide air rescue network, which was completed in the Czech Republic around 1992 on the current scale.
Locations
| Nickname | Location | Application area | operator | business | Rescue helicopter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryštof 01 | Prague |  |
Police of the CR | continuously | EC 135 T2 + |
| Kryštof 04 | Brno |  |
Police of the CR | continuously | EC 135 T2 + |
| Kryštof 05 | Ostrava |  |
Helicopter Air Transport | continuously | EC 135 T2 + |
| Kryštof 06 | Hradec Králové |  |
DSA | Day | EC 135 T2 + |
| Kryštof 07 | Líně near Pilsen |  |
Air Force | continuously | PZL W3A Sokol |
| Kryštof 09 | Olomouc |  |
Air Transport Europe | Day | Augusta A109 K2 |
| Kryštof 12 | Jihlava |  |
Helicopter Air Transport | Day | EC 135 T2 + |
| Kryštof 13 | Bechyně |  |
Air Force | continuously | PZL W3A Sokol |
| Kryštof 15 | Ústí nad Labem |  |
DSA | Day | EC 135 T2 + |
| Kryštof 18 | Liberec |  |
DSA | Day | EC 135 T2 + |
In 2004 around 5,500 patients were transported by helicopter. On average, each of the helicopters has 400 to 500 missions per year.
Web links
operator
- DSA as (Czech, English)
- ALFA-Helicopter, spol. s ro (Czech, English)
- Police Air Service (Czech)
- Air rescue and SAR Pilsen-Líně (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ policie.cz
- ↑ vrtulnik.cz
- ↑ mediafax.cz accessed on March 4, 2012
- ↑ zzsuk.cz ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 26, 2012
- ↑ Ambulance service in the Czech Republic ( memento of the original from May 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 11, 2009.
