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The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is active in your community every day.

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Your support saves local lives

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is active in your community every day.

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Our Mission

Always be there for the community delivering the highest standard of aeromedical and rescue services to those in need.

Ready to
respond 24/7
365 days

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Four AW139’s across three bases

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Servicing 1.5 Million people in Northern NSW

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Saving lives since 1975

 

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50 Years

Keeping you safe for 50 years

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Rescue Stories

OUR STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINE OF COURAGE, SURVIVAL & HOPE.
David Gatwood
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A Helicopter and a Helmet

David and his companions recall the reassurance the Westpac #RescueHelicopter provided them when David was thrown from his bike after hitting a cattle grid on the outskirts of Scone.

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50 Years
A fledgling Service takes off above the waves
On 7 December 1975, with a $15,000 sponsorship and a Bell 47 helicopter, the Newcastle.
Missions
Chevy’s Holiday Rescue
It was a much-anticipated coastal getaway for the Mirtschin family from Lithgow as they holidayed.
Missions
Hiker’s Mountain Rescue
Kim and Pete Creigh set off on the adventure of a lifetime, caravanning around Australia..

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50 Years
Then v. Now: Our AW139s

In March 2017, under the new contract with the NSW Government through NSW Health and

Community Fundraising
A Message from our CEO: RESCUE has landed

On the seventh of December 1975, at a ceremony in Newcastle, NSW, our iconic Service

50 Years
Then v. Now: Our Broadmeadow Hangar

Our three forward operating line bases at Belmont, Tamworth and Lismore all host a dedicated

50 Years
The Formation of the Warialda Gliding Club

At 4:15pm on Friday 2 February 2007, our Tamworth aircraft B407 was travelling at 120

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Naming rights partner

Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is the trading name used by Northern NSW Helicopter Rescue Service Limited. Australian Business Number (ABN) 40 002 862 026, Australian Company Number (ACN) 002 862 026. Registered Charity with the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission. Public Benevolent Institution and endorsed as a deductible gift recipient (DGR). New South Wales Charitable Fundraising Authority Number (CFN) 11992.