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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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had seen a huge increase<br />

in the number of jobs they<br />

perform each year.<br />

“We now do over 700 a<br />

year, up from 300 when I<br />

first started.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> trust has to fundraise<br />

$7 million annually<br />

on top of what it receives<br />

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