Depending on the location of an accident, response will come from either: Air Zermatt, Air-Glaciers or Rega. Response time is within minutes.
Usually before the arrival of a helicopter,patrollers - who are employed by the cable car companies - arrive at the accident scene first to provide first aid help and to assess whether a helicopter landing is feasible.
Thanks to contact between patrollers and air rescue teams, a helicopter can arrive with the appropriate preparation, bringing the applicable medical equipment and know-how in order to save lives.
“Due to the many material flight transports we make in the summer,” said Thomas Kämpfer, pilot and base leader of the 10-member team in Saanen, “we get to know most of the patrollers, because they work in farming or on construction sites. They know where we are stationed and reachable in winter and we profit from their local knowledge. Such a social network is priceless for a fast response in an emergency.”
Depending on the location of an accident, response will come from either: Air Zermatt, Air-Glaciers or Rega. Response time is within minutes.
Usually before the arrival of a helicopter,patrollers - who are employed by the cable car companies - arrive at the accident scene first to provide first aid help and to assess whether a helicopter landing is feasible.
Thanks to contact between patrollers and air rescue teams, a helicopter can arrive with the appropriate preparation, bringing the applicable medical equipment and know-how in order to save lives.
“Due to the many material flight transports we make in the summer,” said Thomas Kämpfer, pilot and base leader of the 10-member team in Saanen, “we get to know most of the patrollers, because they work in farming or on construction sites. They know where we are stationed and reachable in winter and we profit from their local knowledge. Such a social network is priceless for a fast response in an emergency.”
