Air rescue in the Netherlands

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Dutch Lifeliner 1

Four rescue helicopters are currently stationed in the Netherlands . Thanks to the cross-border cooperation in air rescue, the rest of the country is also covered, in part by German helicopters.

operator

ANWB Medical Air Assistance

ANWB Medical Air Assistance BV
legal form BV
founding 1995
Seat Lelystad
Branch Air rescue
Website www.anwb.nl/maa

The ANWB Medical Air Assistance BV (MAA) is an air ambulance service of the Dutch automobile club ANWB with seat and base at Lelystad Airport . The MAA employs 38 pilots and operates the stations in Amsterdam ( Lifeliner 1 ), Rotterdam ( Lifeliner 2 ), Nijmegen ( Lifeliner 3 ), Leeuwarden ( Medic 01 ) and, together with ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH, the station in Groningen ( Lifeliner 4 ).

The ANWB Medical Air Assistance fleet consists of ten helicopters as of June 1, 2020: With the takeover of a third H135 on May 28, 2020, the fleet has been expanded to include three H135 P3s with Helionix avionics (PH-TTR, PH-DOC , PH-LLN). Four more are to follow as part of the contract from October 2018 , initially in June 2020 PH-UMC. The EC135 T2 marked PH-ELP and PH-ULP are sold.

Helicopter type number Aircraft registration Remarks
Eurocopter EC135 T2 2 PH-ELP, PH-ULP
Eurocopter EC135 T2 + 2 PH-HVB, PH-MAA
Eurocopter EC135 P2 + 1 PH-MMT
Airbus Helicopters H135 P3 1 PH-TTR, PH-DOC, PH-LLN
Airbus Helicopters H145 2 PH-HOW, PH-OOP 1
total 10
1They are used to transport patients from the West Frisian Islands . One helicopter is stationed at Leeuwarden military airfield , the second is a reserve and is stationed either at Leeuwarden military airfield or at Lelystad airport .

ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH

The German ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH operated the station in Groningen ( Lifeliner 4 ) between 2003 and 2019 in cooperation with the "ANWB Medical Air Assistance" and the "Universitätsklinikum Groningen" (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen ). The ANWB subsidiary also provides the pilots there. The cooperation with ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH ended on December 31, 2019, the station subsequently fell completely to the MAA.

bases

Areas of application in the Netherlands:
Lifeliner 1 (green)
Lifeliner 2 (red)
Lifeliner 3 (yellow)
Lifeliner Europe 4 (blue)
RH from Belgium and Germany (white)

Rescue helicopter

Only EC-135 helicopters are operated on the bases .

Nickname city province operator Stationing place location Internet
Lifeliner 1 Amsterdam North Holland NH ANWB Medical Air Assistance University Hospital Amsterdam
(VU medisch centrum) 		World icon data sheet
Lifeliner 2 Rotterdam South Holland ZH Rotterdam Airport World icon data sheet
Lifeliner 3 Nijmegen Gelderland GE Air Force Base Volkel ( NB ) North Brabant  World icon data sheet
Lifeliner 4 Groningen Groningen GR Groningen Eelde Airport World icon data sheet

SAR service on behalf of the Dutch government

Nickname city province operator Stationing place location Internet comment
Rescue 08 The hero North Holland NH Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen (NHV) Den Helder Airport World icon data sheet 2 RTH on site (with 2 parallel missions then also "Rescue 09"), also active as "Coastguard patrol" (nickname: Coastguard 08 or 09), otherwise SAR and Medevac on the North Sea and Wadden Islands, active for SAR since July 2011 -Night missions
Rescue 09
Rescue 10 Rotterdam South Holland ZH Maasvlakte Heliport
( Port of Rotterdam ) 		World icon data sheet Also active as "Coastguard patrol" (nickname: Coastguard 10), otherwise SAR and Medevac on the North Sea, since July 2011 active for SAR night missions

Patient transport

Nickname city province operator Stationing place location Internet
Medic 01 Leeuwarden Fryslân FR ANWB Medical Air Assistance Leeuwarden military airfield World icon data sheet

See also

Web links

Commons : Air rescue in the Netherlands  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : ANWB Medical Air Assistance  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ history. In: www.anwb.nl. Retrieved October 12, 2018 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Over MAA. In: www.anwb.nl. Retrieved October 12, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ 19/01/2018 PH-TTR Airbus Helicopters H135, de nieuwste aanwinst van ANWB Medical Air Assistance. In: aironline.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-ELP. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-ULP. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-HVB. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-MAA. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  8. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-MMT. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-TTR. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  10. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-HOW. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  11. ↑ HELICOPTER: PH-OOP. In: helispot.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Dutch).