17-526: SCAA may refer to: Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance South China Athletic Association , an athletic club in Hong Kong The Specialty Coffee Association of America The Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism Civil Aviation Administration (Sweden) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
34-781: A major trauma centre . The service has been recognised with several awards for their role in Scotland’s emergency response network. The pilots and paramedics were chosen as "Rural Heroes 2017" by the Scottish Rural Award in 2017. The charity won the Health and Wellbeing Award at the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Business Star Awards 2019. SCAA paramedics John Pritchard, Richard Garside and Captain Shaun Rose were recognised as Emergency First Aid Heroes of
51-468: A reconfigured crew workspace. In 2021, Babcock became the first UK HEMS provider to offer a 24/7 helicopter service to East Anglian Air Ambulance, and later in the same year offering it to Wales Air Ambulance's Cardiff based helicopter. Babcock operates a number of helicopters, including air ambulances around the UK and two police support helicopters for Police Scotland , also offering helicopter support for
68-515: Is a registered charity which assists the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) with emergency medical services through the provision of helicopter -based air ambulances . SCAA air ambulances complement the state-funded aircraft that also operate across Scotland. A Eurocopter EC135 is based at Perth Airport . A second EC135 operates from Aberdeen Airport . Both are crewed by one or two SAS paramedics who are tasked from
85-562: Is delivered with their fleet of Airbus (formerly Eurocopter) aircraft. Babcock works in partnership with customers and aircraft manufacturers, providing bespoke design and completion services under Part21G/J approvals. This creates bespoke aircraft and accessories designed for specialised and mission-critical roles – from transporting infants to operating on live high-voltage wires. Their training facility includes an EC135 training simulator (Level III FTD) at Staverton, providing in-house training and external training. In 2013 Babcock provided
102-701: The East Anglian Air Ambulance. They have since taken delivery of another two H145's for the Scottish Ambulance Service. Others have since entered service with East Anglian Air Ambulance and Midlands Air Ambulance . In 2018, they began operating the Airbus Helicopters H135 T3+. In 2018, they were contracted by Western Power Distribution to upgrade five EC135 helicopters with new mission systems, infrared camera equipment, laser scanning devices and
119-623: The SAS ambulance control centre at Cardonald . As of May 2013 , they have flown 5,200 missions. The organisation registered as a charity in Scotland in October 2010. In late 2012, SCAA was hoping to raise money from public and private donations in excess of £1.5 million every year. It commenced operations in May 2013, with a MBB Bo 105 airframe, registration G-NDAA, and flew 40 missions in
136-527: The UK. It has base maintenance facilities in Staverton and Glasgow. Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore has headquarters at Gloucestershire Airport , Staverton, Gloucestershire, which is also home to their training facilities. The primary business of Babcock is the provision of an Air Operators Certificate service to end users, including turn-key packages delivering aircraft, pilots, engineers and service support in support of emergency services. This
153-739: The Year at the Scottish First Aid Awards in 2022, following a mission flying a patient who had a heart attack and several cardiac arrests to a hospital during a winter storm. Captain Russell Myles, who helped establish the service and was the charity's longest service pilot, won the national Air Ambulances UK Awards of Excellence “Pilot of the Year” title in 2023. Captain Myles retired in May 2024, having flown over 1,200 missions for
170-481: The first UK night helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) utilising Night Vision Imaging Systems with East Anglian Air Ambulance . In 2014, they were contracted by the National Police Air Service (NPAS) to upgrade seven EC135 T2 helicopters with new camera and mission systems technologies. In 2015, Babcock took delivery of a Eurocopter EC145 , ordered the previous year for use with
187-433: The first month. After two months, the service changed the hours it operated, allowing deployment later in the day. This change was to make the ambulance available at times of high demand. By January 2014, the air ambulance had flown its 200th mission. In May 2014, after a year of operations they had completed nearly 300 missions. By February 2015, the ambulance had been despatched on almost 500 missions. In March 2015, it
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#1732793551687204-526: The radio call sign Helimed 76 for the Perth helicopter and Helimed 79 for the Aberdeen helicopter. In April 2018, the charity announced that a drive was underway to raise £6M towards the running of a second helicopter for a three-year period. In November, they announced that this second aircraft would be based in Aberdeen and that they hoped that the service would be running by late 2019. A four-year contract
221-450: The renewables industry. Babcock currently provides turn-key helicopter operations for these customers: In 2014, it was announced that Prince William, Duke of Cambridge would take on a full-time role as a pilot with Bond Air Services based at Cambridge Airport. Although a qualified military pilot able to operate as a Sea King captain, William needed a civilian commercial pilot's licence and further training before starting operations for
238-633: The service. The charity was awarded the Emergency Services award at the Pride of Scotland ceremony in 2023. Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore , formerly Bond Air Services ( Bond Aviation Group ) , is an operator of air ambulance , police , and offshore windfarm helicopters in the UK. Babcock operates a mixed fleet of light twin-engine helicopters custom designed to perform specific and specialised tasks. It operates from 17 bases around
255-504: The title SCAA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SCAA&oldid=838012817 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Scotland%27s Charity Air Ambulance Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance ( SCAA )
272-639: Was announced that the charity would receive £3.3M, allocated from Libor fines , which would allow the charity to replace their helicopter with a larger, more capable aircraft. In October 2015, they upgraded to a Eurocopter EC135, which is faster and more powerful than the Bo 105. The new EC135, registered G-SCAA, previously operated for the NHS funded air ambulance in Scotland as G-SASB. The charity reached 1,000 call-outs in March 2016. Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance uses
289-509: Was signed with Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore in September 2019 for a Eurocopter EC135, callsign Helimed 79, to operate from Aberdeen International Airport from early 2020. In the year ending March 2021, SCAA raised revenue of £6.0M, of which £3.3M was spent operating the air ambulance service. Across 2021 SCAA deployed crews on 810 occasions and airlifted 333 people, with almost three quarters of these patients being flown to
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