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An RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter comes in to land at Kingaroy Hospital for another medevac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 30, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue crews performed 2851 missions – and helped 7455 people – across Queensland in 2023.<\/p>\n

This was up 28 per cent on the previous year’s total of 2223 missions.<\/p>\n

The majority were inter-hospital transfers undertaken on behalf of Queensland Health but there were also multiple callouts to car and motorbike crashes, searches for missing people, mountain winch rescues and marine incidents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bundaberg-based crews performed a record 410 missions, up 52 per cent over the previous 12 months; these included 32 incidents involving motorists or motorcyclists.<\/p>\n

Toowoomba-based crews – and the Roma-based LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service – completed the highest number of missions, a total of 959, up 46 per cent.<\/p>\n

The Toowoomba aircraft was tasked 48 times to the scene of serious on and off-road vehicle incidents.<\/p>\n

The SGAS chopper completed 72 missions, with motor vehicle incidents the number one reason to be called out.<\/p>\n

The Sunshine Coast helicopter crew helped\u202f557 people during the past 12 months, up 31 per cent, notching up more than 900 hours\u202fin the air<\/p>\n

The demand for services means a new LifeFlight hangar will be built later this year at the Aerospace Precinct at Sunshine Coast Airport following $18 million in State Government funding. The site will include a visitor centre for the public.<\/p>\n

LifeFlight\u2019s fleet of four air ambulance jets and nine helicopters operate from eight Queensland bases, servicing an area of 1.85 million square kilometres.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It also supports search and rescue efforts across 53 million square kilometres of land and sea for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.<\/p>\n

LifeFlight Australia will celebrate 45 years of service in December, coinciding with the 30-year partnership with naming rights sponsor RACQ.<\/p>\n

The service is funded by a combination State Government funding, community fundraising, the RACQ sponsorship and profit-for-purpose enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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