Tag: Westpac Rescue helicopter
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SORGHUM DRIVE RAISES THOUSANDS FOR CHOPPER
Sorghum might be just another grain, but for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter it plays a pivotal role in the lifesaving service’s fundraising. This year’s sorghum drive has seen more than 300 tonnes of grain donated by farmers across the Liverpool Plains. “The farming and agriculture community around here really dig deep when they can and help…
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WESTPAC CHOPPER PREPARING FOR 40TH ANNIVERSARY
The Hunter’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter service notches up four decades of operations later this year, and it’s looking for the first person it saved, to help mark the occasion. In December 1975, soon after its public welcome ceremony at Merewether, the chopper was called to a boy trapped on a nearby cliff. Also celebrating 40…
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MAN RESCUED AFTER SPENDING FOUR NIGHTS IN THE WATAGANS
A Central Coast man, believed to have endured freezing temperatures in the Watagan Mountains, west of Lake Macquarie, was winched to safety by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter this afternoon. Another man saw the 39-year-old from Kanwal entering the bush last Friday… and raised the alarm after noticing his car was still parked in the same…
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TEAM EFFORT TO RESCUE INJURED TEEN
A team effort was needed to get a 15-year-old boy to safety, after he fell three metres down an embankment in the Pokolbin State Forest yesterday afternoon. The teenager, who was attending an army cadets camp, required the help of his friends to carry him up the hill to the waiting Westpac Rescue Helicopter. “There…
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FISHERMAN RESCUED AT FRAZER PARK
A fisherman has been rescued from Snapper Point at Frazer Park after being swept off rocks this afternoon. The Japanese national was winched to safety by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter at around three o’clock. He was suffering shock and hypothermia. The 23-year-old is the third person to be rescued from the area this week. On…
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MAN INJURED AT FRAZER PARK
Two men are being assessed by paramedics, after being rescued at Frazer Park this afternoon. It’s believed one man fell into the water and the other jumped in to save him, but both struck trouble. Emergency services, including the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, are at the scene along Snapper Point Road. We’ll bring you more details…
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BOY AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING HIT BY CAR
An 11-year-old boy has been airlifted to Coffs Harbour Hospital, after being hit by a car this morning. The incident happened just before nine o’clock, out the front of South Grafton Public School. At this stage it’s unknown the extent of his injuries.
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CHRISTMAS BRINGS NO BREAK FOR THE CHOPPER
There’s a very special service on the Northern Rivers that’s in the business of saving lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As NBN reporter Camilla Campbell discovered, there’s nothing routine about life for the highly trained crew on board the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter. To donate to it’s Christmas Appeal visit www.helirescue.com.au
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CREWS TESTED IN ARMIDALE RESCUE OPERATION
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service pulled off a tricky operation at the weekend, winching five people from a deep gorge near Armidale. Three teenagers spent a freezing night at the bottom of Dangars Falls after one of them injured himself in a fall. Two SES volunteers also became stuck after coming to the rescue in…
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DESPERATE SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY ON CENTRAL COAST
A desperate search is underway for a five-year-old boy, swept away at a beach on the Central Coast. Frantic family members jumped in to try and rescue the child, before he disappeared beneath the waves.