The Star: August 03, 2017
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10 Thursday <strong>August</strong> 3 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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OPPORTUNITY: Miles Toyota chief executive Andre Heyns and Canterbury West<br />
Coast Air Rescue Trust chief executive Christine Prince at the handover of the<br />
two new Toyota vehicles.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
New vehicles boost<br />
for air rescue trust<br />
• By Sarla Donovan<br />
CANTERBURY West<br />
Coast Air Rescue Trust has<br />
just had its three busiest<br />
days on record, attending<br />
22 missions from Friday to<br />
Sunday.<br />
To put that in perspective,<br />
crews would normally<br />
cover six to nine incidents<br />
over a three-day period.<br />
Chief executive Christine<br />
Prince said spikes generally<br />
came from a combination<br />
of ski jobs and weatherrelated<br />
road conditions<br />
such as heavy rain or ice,<br />
leading to more vehicle<br />
accidents.<br />
So it was excellent timing<br />
for local car dealership<br />
Miles Toyota to gift two<br />
new vehicles to the air<br />
rescue trust yesterday.<br />
Miles Toyota chief<br />
executive Andre Heyns<br />
said the trust provided a<br />
critical service and when<br />
it approached him for assistance,<br />
he saw a “valuable<br />
opportunity” to partner<br />
with another Canterbury<br />
institution.<br />
“We’re communitybased<br />
and focused so it was<br />
an easy decision from out<br />
point of view.”<br />
Intensive care paramedic<br />
and winch operator Mike<br />
McLintock takes it all in<br />
his stride.<br />
“Winter is a busy time<br />
for us, what with the<br />
skifields and our other<br />
normal work. We were<br />
down in Timaru twice<br />
on Sunday, with one job<br />
coming in from Fox Peak<br />
skifield. Yesterday we were<br />
up at Mt Hutt for two back<br />
injury patients.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a corresponding<br />
increase in paperwork<br />
which people didn’t see,<br />
Mr McLintock said.<br />
“We do have a great<br />
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<strong>The</strong> cars would be used<br />
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In Mr McLintock’s 14<br />
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“We now do over 700 a<br />
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