Helicopter medevac rescue and aerial firefighting helicopters are playing a crucial role as California faces some of the most destructive wildfires in its history. Prolonged droughts and extreme summer temperatures have only intensified the crisis, with two of the state’s largest wildfires in 2021 alone scorching over a million acres and threatening communities, including Lake Tahoe. Exhausted Fire Crews and …
Helicopter medevac rescue services are crucial for extracting injured individuals from remote locations where ground rescue is too slow or dangerous. This was the case on Saturday, September 23, when a hiker suffered a severe upper leg injury while trekking on Algonquin Peak, the second-highest mountain in New York State. Rescue Effort on Algonquin Peak Located within the vast Adirondack …
Droughts and high temperatures combined in 2021 to cook up what have been some of the most severely intense wildfire years in the state’s history. Despite this, some of California’s emergency services agencies are using technology to declare war on the flames with a fleet of high-tech helicopters. Just two of California’s 2021 fires have already torched away over 1 …
Since this past Monday, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) has been using helicopters to handle power transmission line improvement work. The project covers power lines stretching across 50 miles of landscape in and around the towns of Cicero, Clay, Bridgeport, Chittenango, Canastota, Verona, Durhamville, Rome, Westmoreland, Whitestown, and Marcy. This aerial installation assignment is part of the NYPA’S Communications Backbone …
Two New Jersey motorists had to be snatched from the roofs of their cars after spending hours trapped in place by the surging floodwaters of Tropical Storm Ida early this past Wednesday morning in Mercer County. According to police and rescue authorities, one of the drivers was lifted by the New Jersey State Police via helicopter after spending four hours …
Among the grateful victims that chopper pilot Joel Boyers managed to pick up during hurried evacuations in the path of catastrophic Tennessee flash floods were a young girl desperately clinging to a tree, and a soaked dog. These are just two of over a dozen individuals that the pilot managed to save that day. Joel Boyers, who is a Nashville-based …
This past Saturday night, three people had to be rescued from treacherously steep cliff terrain near Muir Beach in Marin County, California, near San Francisco. Despite their proximity to heavily settled urban areas and infrastructure, the individuals became trapped and had to call for help. At 8:15 pm, U.S Coast Guard and Southern Marin Fire Protection District responders received the …
It can be a harrowing experience for both family and police responders whenever a child is reported missing. Fortunately, most such situations are solved rapidly and happily. Such was the case just recently in north Devon in the U.K when a six-year-old girl disappeared from her home in the evening, and her parents called for police assistance. The distraught parents …
Helicopter search and rescue teams were deployed on Monday to airlift an injured hiker from Rocky Mountain National Park. The Colorado National Guard, in coordination with park rescue teams, executed the aerial evacuation of a 41-year-old Texas woman who suffered a 20-foot fall while hiking near Balanced Rock. Swift Response from Search and Rescue Teams Despite her injuries, the hiker …
Ensuring the highways and byways of the United States are well-illuminated is a task that cannot be postponed due to the obvious safety implications. Roadside and highway light pole installation has always been a tedious job that needs to be done as quickly as possible, sometimes requiring a bit of unusual innovation. This was precisely the case in West Virginia, …