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Erlanger Life Force receives CAMTS accreditation

Erlanger Life Force receives CAMTS accreditation

28-Jul-2011Source: Erlanger Health System

Erlanger Health System’s air medical program, LIFE FORCE, has received a three-year accreditation for achieving high priority in patient care and safety from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). As of July 15, 148 accredited medical services are through CAMTS. LIFE FORCE is one of three air medical services in Tennessee that... Read more

09-Jul-11 Bell OH-58D Caryville, US-Tennessee (2F)

09-Jul-11 Bell OH-58D Caryville, US-Tennessee (2F)

9-Jul-2011

Fatalities named as Army 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph Williams Jr. and Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel Cole... Read more

LifeFlight changes flight helmets to mirror Vanderbilt football

LifeFlight changes flight helmets to mirror Vanderbilt football

3-Jul-2011Source: Vanderbilt LifeFlight

Vanderbilt LifeFlight has changed its flight crew helmets to mirror those worn by Vanderbilt University football players. LifeFlight crew member’s helmets provide safety, hearing protection, and are also part of the communication system onboard the helicopter. Previous helmets were solid white. The new helmets are designed with Vanderbilt gold, a white stripe down the middle,... Read more

28-May-11 N128KR Robinson R44 Huntsville, US-Tennessee

28-May-11 N128KR Robinson R44 Huntsville, US-Tennessee

28-May-2011

Forced landing on sloping ground and tail rotor struck ground... Read more

05-Apr-11 Bell 407 Johnson City, US-Tennessee

05-Apr-11 Bell 407 Johnson City, US-Tennessee

5-Apr-2011

Precautionary landing in field.  FAA preliminary report quotes registration as “Wings 1” which would be the callsign.  Wings Air Rescue operates four Bell 407s (N407WA, N911WA, N511MT and N513MT) and we expect the subject one here to be N407WA but we have not got 100% confirmation on that yet... Read more

28-Feb-11 N192AE Bell B206L Gibson County, US-Tennessee

28-Feb-11 N192AE Bell B206L Gibson County, US-Tennessee

28-Feb-2011

Bird strike which caused windshield to shatter... Read more

LifeFlight gets permanent landing spot in Spring Hill, Tennessee

LifeFlight gets permanent landing spot in Spring Hill, Tennessee

14-Jan-2011Source: Tennesseean

Swindle said the landing pad has come together as a community project, with support from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which has offered a windsock and specifications needed for their LifeFlight helicopters... Read more

New base for UT Lifestar in Sevier County

New base for UT Lifestar in Sevier County

12-Dec-2010Source: UT Lifestar

Representatives of UT LIFESTAR dedicated the newly constructed Sevier County base of operations during a partnership luncheon celebration at the base, located at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge airport in Sevierville. The Sevier County base continues to be the most heavily utilized of the five bases of operation for UT LIFESTAR, the air medical transport service of The... Read more

Vanderbilt LifeFlight names new leaders

Vanderbilt LifeFlight names new leaders

30-Oct-2010Source: Vanderbilt LifeFlight

Vanderbilt LifeFlight, one of the nation’s premier integrated air ambulance and critical care transportation systems, has announced four new leadership positions. Jeanne Yeatman, MBA, RN, EMT, director of LifeFlight, said the new positions would mark a new milestone for the program, which began in 1984. “This is the beginning of a new era for our... Read more

Lafayette, Tennessee base honored by Air Evac Lifeteam

Lafayette, Tennessee base honored by Air Evac Lifeteam

24-Sep-2010Source: Macon County Times

The Base of the Year Award is presented to the base in the Air Evac Lifeteam system that best exemplifies the company’s mission, including community service, education, and scene work.... Read more

New aircraft for McMinn County Air Evac Lifeteam base

New aircraft for McMinn County Air Evac Lifeteam base

23-Aug-2010Source: NewsChannel9

The rural air ambulance provider has added a new Bell 206L4 to its base at 100 Robinson Street in Etowah, replacing an older L1 model... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam hold ribbon ceremony for new Tennessee base

Air Evac Lifeteam hold ribbon ceremony for new Tennessee base

17-Aug-2010Source: Mid South Newz

Members of Air Evac Lifeteam held a ribbon cutting on Monday, August 16th. The medical services support company expanded to a base of operations in Savannah on July 1st... Read more

Tennessee Highway Patrol heli pilot arrested on DUI charge

Tennessee Highway Patrol heli pilot arrested on DUI charge

4-Aug-2010Source: Tennessean

Gregory Brown, who has been a trooper since 1997 and a helicopter pilot since 2007, has been put on paid administrative leave.... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam opens Savannah base

Air Evac Lifeteam opens Savannah base

5-Jul-2010Source: MidSouthNewz.com

Air Evac Lifeteam, an independently-owned and operated air ambulance provider, has expanded its service area in Tennessee with the opening of a base in Savannah.... Read more

Hospital Wing adds new base at Selmer

Hospital Wing adds new base at Selmer

25-Jun-2010Source: Jackson Sun

A McNairy County airport will use a federal grant to build a hangar and living facilities for a Hospital Wing air ambulance base scheduled to open this year. It will be the company’s fourth base in the Mid-South.... Read more

Controversy over EMS helicopter funding by Georgia General Assembly

Controversy over EMS helicopter funding by Georgia General Assembly

26-May-2010Source: 11Alive

Georgia’s General Assembly has set aside $600,000 to subsidize one of Erlanger Medical Center’s helicopters. The hospital is in Tennessee, but serves many Northwest Georgians.... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam says it likely turned down fatal flight because of weather

Air Evac Lifeteam says it likely turned down fatal flight because of weather

25-Mar-2010Source: Jackson Sun

A spokeswoman says weather concerns prompted her medical transport company to turn down what appears to be the flight that led to a fatal Hospital Wing medical helicopter crash in Brownsville early this morning.... Read more

WellmontOne medevac helicopter gets permanent base at Bristol Motor Speedway

WellmontOne medevac helicopter gets permanent base at Bristol Motor Speedway

19-Mar-2010Source: TimesNews

Wellmont has served as the official health care provider for Bristol Motor Speedway for over a decade, and track legal counsel and Vice President Julie Bennett said the agreement for a medevac presence for the health system was easy to accomplish.... Read more

LifeForce deal with Med-Trans turning out well for Erlanger

LifeForce deal with Med-Trans turning out well for Erlanger

27-Jan-2010Source: Chatanoogan

Erlanger Senior Vice President Roger Forgey said the hospital’s LifeForce helicopter partnership with Med-Trans has worked out well for the hospital.... Read more

Lifestar brings new helicopter to Sweetwater base

Lifestar brings new helicopter to Sweetwater base

20-Jan-2010Source: Advocate & Democrat

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16% workforce reduction at Edwards & Associates

16% workforce reduction at Edwards & Associates

12-Jan-2010Source: TriCities

Edwards & Associates in Piney Flats, Tenn. announced a “workforce reduction” Monday.  Their parent company, Bell Helicopter based in Fort Worth Tx., cut nearly 16-percent of the plant’s 315 employees.... Read more

Farmington-Rich Creek Volunteer Fire Department plans helipad

Farmington-Rich Creek Volunteer Fire Department plans helipad

22-Dec-2009Source: Marshall County Tribune

The Farmington-Rich Creek Volunteer Fire Department has plans to build a paved helicopter pad next to its fire hall on Wade Brown Road, the fire chief said... Read more

UT Lifestar celebrates 25th anniversary

UT Lifestar celebrates 25th anniversary

2-Oct-2009Source: UT Medical Center

On Oct. 1, 1984, with one helicopter, UT LIFESTAR responded to its first call to transport a Loudon County patient suffering from a heart attack. Twenty-five years later, the areomedical ambulance program is celebrating its silver anniversary... Read more

Jackson Police announces new Sergeant of their Aviation Unit

Jackson Police announces new Sergeant of their Aviation Unit

1-Oct-2009Source: WBBJ

The Jackson Police Department announced the promotion of a 20-year veteran officer... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam names Harvey Regional Clinical Educator of the Year

Air Evac Lifeteam names Harvey Regional Clinical Educator of the Year

2-Sep-2009Source: Leaf Chronicle

Air Evac Lifeteam selected clinical educator Mark Harvey of Clarksville, Tenn. as its 2009 Regional Clinical Educator of the Year August 7 during the company’s regional awards banquet in Florence, Ala.... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam selects Maynard Winch as 2009 Regional Mechanic of the Year

Air Evac Lifeteam selects Maynard Winch as 2009 Regional Mechanic of the Year

27-Aug-2009Source: WDEF

Air Evac Lifeteam selected the 2009 Regional Mechanic of the Year during the company’s regional awards banquet in Lexington, Ky. The awards banquet honored employees from the company’s Lexington region, which includes bases in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and eastern Tennessee.... Read more

Wayne County Air Evac base receives regional honor

Wayne County Air Evac base receives regional honor

24-Aug-2009Source: Times Daily

The Air Evac Lifeteam base in Waynesboro has been recognized as the base of the year for the four-state south region, officials said.  The Waynesboro base was selected out of 16 located in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia.... Read more

Vanderbilt LifeFlight replaces BK117s with two new EC135s

Vanderbilt LifeFlight replaces BK117s with two new EC135s

26-Jul-2009Source: Venderbilt Medical Center

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Air Evac Lifeteam closes base in Tennessee

Air Evac Lifeteam closes base in Tennessee

21-May-2009Source: Crossville Chronicle

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Edwards & Associates lays off 50

Edwards & Associates lays off 50

3-Mar-2009Source: Times News

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