Rotorcraft news involving emergency medical services, law enforcement, firefighting, rescue and disaster response.
Squamish Search and Rescue used two uncrewed aircraft during a nighttime operation on September 10 to assist a climber stranded on the Stawamus Chief in British Columbia. Reporting based on the team’s account says the climber was secured…
As of September 1, a South Korean joint response team reported no confirmed trace of nine South Korean workers missing after flash floods struck Nepal’s Rasuwa District on August 26. The missing personnel include six employees of Doosan…
The UK Civil Aviation Authority and Air Ambulances UK have renewed their warning over laser attacks on emergency helicopters during UK Air Ambulance Week. The regulator said 94 attacks involving emergency helicopters were recorded in 2025, with 35…
Search-and-rescue teams responded September 5 after a hiker fell and was injured on a lava rock butte near Melakwa Lake, north of Highway 242 in east Lane County, Oregon. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said the call was…
Spokane County’s Regional Air Support Unit uses volunteer civilian helicopter pilots alongside sworn tactical flight officers and rescue medics to support law-enforcement and search-and-rescue missions across the Inland Northwest. The county says the volunteers are available for emergency…
Avincis says it has introduced two new helicopters for its helicopter emergency medical services operation in Spain’s Extremadura region. The aircraft replace Leonardo AW109E helicopters previously assigned to the service, although Avincis did not identify the new helicopter…
Scotland’s Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will be able to place helicopter resources on standby when its wildfire-danger assessment identifies a need, Justice Secretary Neil Gray told Parliament on September 3. Gray said the service will also be…
California Highway Patrol’s Paso Robles Air Unit rescued two climbers from a steep chute near Hurricane Point, north of Big Sur, California, on August 22. The climbers were reported to be about 600 feet below the roadway when…
Belgium’s Coast Guard deployed a Schiebel Camcopter S-100 vertical-takeoff uncrewed aircraft from the military site at Lombardsijde for North Sea surveillance operations through mid-July. The 2026 deployment was the first time the aircraft operated from Belgian territory under…
South Korea’s rapid-response team has continued a combined helicopter, drone and ground search in Nepal for nine South Korean nationals missing after catastrophic flooding struck the Rasuwa district on August 26. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the missing…
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