Your support saves local lives

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

Your support saves local lives

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

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

 

75

50 Years

Keeping you safe for 50 years

Rescue Stories

OUR STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINE OF COURAGE, SURVIVAL & HOPE.
David Gatwood
Featured story
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 Stories: David’s Rescue Story

Monday morning of the 2021 October long weekend in the Hunter Valley was cool and

50 Stories: Workplace Giving and its Legacy of Support

For over 40 years, the mining industry have been one of the strongest supporters of

Housie The Longest Running Fundraiser
50 Stories: The Longest-Running Fundraiser

Since 1989, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service’s Cash Housie Program has been a cornerstone of

Baby Henry being airlifted after funnel web spider bite
Baby Henry’s Rescue Story

When Kirsty Bryant’s 11-month-old son, Henry, was bitten by a deadly funnel-web spider at their