Comments on: Medical Helicopters Collide Mid-Air In Arizona http://firegeezer.com/2008/06/30/medical-helicopters-collide-mid-air-in-arizona/ Hottest Fire Blog On The Web Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: shanana http://firegeezer.com/2008/06/30/medical-helicopters-collide-mid-air-in-arizona/#comment-18908 shanana Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:26:56 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/2008/06/30/medical-helicopters-collide-mid-air-in-arizona/#comment-18908 You will be having alot more "hitting close to home" here shortly shawn bulle! We hope you can win lawsuits! You will be having alot more “hitting close to home” here shortly shawn bulle! We hope you can win lawsuits!

]]> By: Shawn Bulle http://firegeezer.com/2008/06/30/medical-helicopters-collide-mid-air-in-arizona/#comment-18893 Shawn Bulle Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:39:50 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/2008/06/30/medical-helicopters-collide-mid-air-in-arizona/#comment-18893 This hits close to home! Most of our patients are transported to Flagstaff. The top picture is actually of a different helicopter crash Friday 6-27 by AshFork, AZ (2 days before the Flagstaff mid-air collision). I have flown on that particular helicopter during night rescue training. We have often worked with the crew in that crash in which all survived. (The photo has been replaced with an accurate one. Thanks for spotting that, Shawn....Firegeezer) We were real surprised when the second crash happened in less than 3 days after the first. It makes me a bit uneasy to fly now. Occasionally, I fly on the helicopters such as Arizona DPS air rescue when asked to assist in EMS care en route to Flagstaff Medical Center. Because we are so far from the hospital, most of our highway accident trauma patients, heart attacks, stroke, etc are flown via helicopter. One thing that I can say is Flagstaff is heavily wooded with tall pine trees and there aren't any good open spaces to make an emergency landing. Our hearts go out to the families of this tragic accident. Shawn Bulle Deputy Chief Seligman Fire Department This hits close to home!

Most of our patients are transported to Flagstaff.

The top picture is actually of a different helicopter crash Friday 6-27 by AshFork, AZ (2 days before the Flagstaff mid-air collision). I have flown on that particular helicopter during night rescue training. We have often worked with the crew in that crash in which all survived.

(The photo has been replaced with an accurate one. Thanks for spotting that, Shawn….Firegeezer)

We were real surprised when the second crash happened in less than 3 days after the first. It makes me a bit uneasy to fly now. Occasionally, I fly on the helicopters such as Arizona DPS air rescue when asked to assist in EMS care en route to Flagstaff Medical Center. Because we are so far from the hospital, most of our highway accident trauma patients, heart attacks, stroke, etc are flown via helicopter.

One thing that I can say is Flagstaff is heavily wooded with tall pine trees and there aren’t any good open spaces to make an emergency landing.

Our hearts go out to the families of this tragic accident.

Shawn Bulle
Deputy Chief
Seligman Fire Department

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