ABOUT THE YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is an independent charity providing a life saving rapid response emergency service to 5 million people across Yorkshire. We fly seven days a week, 365 days a year, covering a vast landscape that not only includes major cities and motor ways, but also rural and isolated locations.

To keep providing this life saving service the charity needs to raise £7200 per day to keep both of Yorkshire’s Air Ambulances maintained and in the air. The generosity that we receive is the life blood of the charity and without this generosity, we would not be able to provide the service that we are so proud of.

The charity was set up in 2000 and with the addition of the second air ambulance in October 2007, we are the only Dedicated Air Desk in the UK. With the addition of the Air Ways Communication Systems, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has developed into a sophisticated emergency service that provides state-of-the-art emergency medical care throughout Yorkshire. The swift medical interventions provided by our air ambulance crews have a major impact on a patient’s chance of survival and subsequent quality of life.

Both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances are MD902 Explorers and have state-of-the-art medical and helicopter specification. The first air ambulance, based at Leeds Bradford International Airport is known as G-SASH and the second air ambulance based at Sheffield City Heliport is known as G-CEMS. Both helicopters can reach speeds of up to 145 mph and together cover the whole of the region seven days a week, 365 days a year.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT YAA

• YAA is an independent Charity needing to raise £7,200 per day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances in the air and maintained.       This is equivalent to £2.65million each year. 
• The YAA provides a life saving rapid response emergency service to 5 million people across 4 million acres of Yorkshire. 
• We operate two helicopters, G-SASH and G-CEMS from Leeds Bradford International Airport and Sheffield Business Park 
• The service is operational 365 days a year. 
• Patients are transferred to the most relevant treatment centre, flying atspeeds of up to 145 mph. 
• The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is one of the only air ambulance in the UK to have a dedicated air desk for dispatch of the helicopters 
• The Yorkshire Air Ambulances have carried nearly 2500 patients to relevant treatment centres.
• The work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has also been recently documented by the BBC series, ‘Helicopter Heroes’.