DSAA Beeline, Issue 1 2017

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HOW YOU CAN HELP Ways to make a personal donation There are a number of ways to support us by making a personal donation. If you are a UK taxpayer, the methods below allow us to claim Gift Aid on your donation. Gift Aid enables us to claim back 25p in every £1 donated from HMRC and is one of the easiest ways to make your donation tax effective. The Charity reclaims the money and there is no additional cost to you. Standing order To donate on a regular basis please complete the Standing Order Form in the centre of this magazine Credit/Debit card You can do this over the phone by calling: 01823 669604 Cash or personal cheque Please make cheques payable to ‘Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance’ and send to: DSAA, Landacre House, Castle Road, Chelston Business Park, Wellington, Somerset TA21 9JQ. Please do not send cash in the post. Online via JustGiving www.justgiving.com/dsaa/Donate Payroll giving Ask your employer if they offer a ‘Give as you Earn Scheme’, most large employers do Text giving Simply text DSAA01 £2/£5/£10 to 70070 (eg. to donate £5, DSAA01 £5) Other ways to support us As you can see from our magazine, there are so many different ways that you can help us! A small selection are listed below: Join our Lottery (simply complete the Lottery Direct Debit form in the centre of this magazine) Hold an event in aid of us Become a collection box holder Volunteer and donate the ‘gift of time’ Nominate us as your Charity of the Year at work or your social group Book a talk from one of our team Leave a legacy Recycle your unwanted textiles, mobile phones and used stamps Shop online – high street purchases can help raise £££s More information on these methods, together with a number of other ways you can get involved can be found by visiting our website: www.dsairambulance.org.uk Need to get in touch? CONTACT US: Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Landacre House, Castle Road Chelston Business Park, Wellington, Somerset TA21 9JQ Tel: 01823 669604 E: info@dsairambulance.org.uk www.dsairambulance.org.uk 46 01823 669604 | www.dsairambulance.org.uk 46-47_DSAA_Ways to support us.indd 46 09/03/2017 11:50
HOW HOW YOU YOU CAN CAN HELP HELP Night flying: we need your help Could you help us find night-landing sites for the air ambulance? ith our new AW169 helicopter comes W the capability to operate in the hours of darkness and so we will be increasing our operating hours to 19, from the current 12, to cover the period from 07.00am through to 02.00am. Although the crew will be using the latest nightvision technology to assist them, flying at night does increase the overall risk levels that they face. The crew will always try to get the helicopter as close to the incident as possible so that the medical team can get to the scene quickly and to then facilitate movement of the patient into the helicopter for transfer to hospital. Therefore, the crew will generally be taking the helicopter into a location they haven’t been to before and so there may be hazards present, such as power lines or masts, which are difficult to see at night. Finding the best site To reduce the risk when flying into such locations at night, the crew will spend some time, after being notified of an incident, looking at computer images of possible landing sites nearby. Because images can be out of date, or livestock may be present when the helicopter arrives on scene, two possible locations, a primary and a secondary, are chosen and then closely examined for possible hazards. Only when the crew are happy and have planned their approach into the selected sites do they launch the helicopter. Precious minutes are lost carrying out these vital surveys of possible night landing sites, but there is another option. If we had a grid of presurveyed landing sites across the two counties, then we could launch to one of those sites with the minimum of planning and so bring our life-saving service to where it’s needed with minimum delay. Therefore, we are looking for communities, or individuals, to offer us the use of their field, sports pitch or playing field as potential night landing sites for the air ambulance. What we need What we require is a level area of grass, tarmac or concrete that measures a minimum of 30 metres by 60 metres (a football pitch measures 45 metres by 90 metres), has pedestrian access to the site and vehicle access close by. Do not worry if there are tall trees surrounding the site, or there are power lines present as we will survey all potential sites before adding them to our network. There will be no need to install lights, or make any changes to the location. If you think that you have suitable land or an area to support our night flying operations, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please email: info@dsairambulance.org.uk or call: 01823 669604. Dorset Dorset and Somerset and Somerset Air Ambulance Air Ambulance @dsairambulance 47 47 46-47_DSAA_Ways to support us.indd 47 09/03/2017 11:51
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