❓ Ms. Warr questions the Minister about relocating a rescue helicopter to Geraldton. The Minister avoids a direct answer, emphasizing the importance of training and trusting the operators.
AnsweredQoN 306Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Emergency helicopters—Operations
306. Ms Kirrilee Warr to
the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a
supplementary question. Given that the state's third rescue helicopter spends
most of the year idle in Jandakot, will the minister commit to relocating it to
Geraldton so it can be put to work saving lives in the Mid West and beyond?
306. Ms Kirrilee Warr to
the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a
supplementary question. Given that the state's third rescue helicopter spends
most of the year idle in Jandakot, will the minister commit to relocating it to
Geraldton so it can be put to work saving lives in the Mid West and beyond?
AnswerView source ↗
I am getting up now
on behalf of "Fitzy". He is a flight crew member who I met yesterday.
He is a former soldier but he has been operating these rescue helicopters for
decades now. They provide an incredible service. They are not sitting idle in
any location. There are paramedics who jump out of these things and winch down.
It has an 80-metre winch on it—can you believe that? Eighty metres is a
fairly significant capability. They are massively upgraded. To operate those
aircraft efficiently in times of need and urgency you have to train, you have
to practise and you have to maintain skills and the aircraft, and that is what
is going on all the time. I refer back to point one: anything associated with
operating aircraft, in particular rescue or police aircraft or anything of that
nature, I leave to the operators because they are the
ones whose lives are on the line, the ones who put themselves regularly in harm's
way on our behalf and the ones we should trust.
on behalf of "Fitzy". He is a flight crew member who I met yesterday.
He is a former soldier but he has been operating these rescue helicopters for
decades now. They provide an incredible service. They are not sitting idle in
any location. There are paramedics who jump out of these things and winch down.
It has an 80-metre winch on it—can you believe that? Eighty metres is a
fairly significant capability. They are massively upgraded. To operate those
aircraft efficiently in times of need and urgency you have to train, you have
to practise and you have to maintain skills and the aircraft, and that is what
is going on all the time. I refer back to point one: anything associated with
operating aircraft, in particular rescue or police aircraft or anything of that
nature, I leave to the operators because they are the
ones whose lives are on the line, the ones who put themselves regularly in harm's
way on our behalf and the ones we should trust.
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