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Check out these pics from a recent training exercise between the West Coast ROA Mining Rescue Helicopter crew and LandSAR volunteers.
At the training, six members of LandSAR`s Alpine Cliff Rescue team were taught how to go down the wire on winch operations.
The training was sparked by a 12-hour rescue mission in Franz Josef earlier this year.
It was funded by the Trust thanks to support from the Greymouth Masonic Lodge Charitable Trust.
"𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.”
𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻
Read more here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/stories/remote-mission-sparks-specialist-training-for-west-coast/
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A huge thank you to everyone involved in the Pleasant Point Golf Tournament last weekend. A beautiful day of community support that raised much-needed funds for the service.
We`d like to extend special thanks to the following individuals and companies who helped to make the day a success.
Dale and Rosemary Walden, Nolan Painting and Decorating, @pleasantpointgolf , @golfstoptimaru, The Lookout Peel Forest BnB, @toddmudiegroup, @barkersofgeraldine, Four Square Pleasant Point, @heartlandchips, @hsgolfcoach, @moviemaxdigital, @ping.golf, @golfstoptimaru, Tievoli Trading, @titleist_anz, Forsyth Barr Timaru, The Garden Centre Timaru
For our rural communities, the rescue helicopter is a critical link to lifesaving care.
Mid-Canterbury crop farmer Hamish Sloper knows that.
That`s why Hamish and the team from Pendarves Young Farmers are donating the proceeds from their upcoming Speed Shear event to the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.
Thank you for your incredible generosity and support.
Keen to find out more about the Speed Shear? Check out the event here: https://facebook.com/events/s/pendarves-speed-shear/701541328932577/
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This is the impact of the Canterbury West Coast rescue helicopter service. It`s an impact only possible because of the support of our community.
Behind each mission is a person and a story.
Read some of those stories here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/our-stories/patient-stories/
