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COVER STORY
Dresden Elementary students meet real life

heroes, Air Evac Lifeteam 107

by Lynette Dotson

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ZANESVILLE: Kroger, The Muskingum County Students gathered to listen to the Air Evac Lifeteam 107 crew speak moments after they watched as the helicopter landed in the rear parking lot behind
YMCA, John McIntire Library, Muskingum County Dresden Elementary. Lynette Dotson
Center for Seniors, Mass Media Comics,
Denny’s Classic Diner, Fieldhouse Family Sports
and Wellness Center, Donald’s Donuts, Med Flight Helicopter Air Evac Life- into service in 1992 and is often used flights). The team explained what their
The Zanesville-Muskingum County Conference team 107 – Licking County, OH landed for police and paramilitary missions, po- roles are, a little about the helicopter,
& Welcome Center, The Elk’s Eye Art Market, in the back parking lot of the Dresden lice patrol, corporate transport, by news and the equipment onboard.
Walgreens (Military Rd.), The Carr Center, Elementary school on May 8, giving stu- stations, for airborne surveillance, and, “I love doing it, I have kids too, so I
Sunrise Bowling Center, Colony Square Mall,
Chatty Cat Cafe dents a once-in-a-lifetime experience. of course, emergency medical services think it is great for them to see it (a life
Kindergarten through 6th grade were like Air Evac Lifeteam. flight helicopter) in situations like this,
SOUTH ZANESVILLE: South Branch Library, treated to a field trip- it’s not as scary, so that
Darrell’s Donuts, Central Pike Coffee Co. like experience without maybe in the future if
having to leave their something were to hap-
AVONDALE: Tina’s Diner
school! Students were pen it is not as scary
WEST PIKE: Litten Home Hardware, able to see the helicop- they have already seen
West Side Market ter as it approached something like this,
and then hovered above we’ve made it a little
NEW CONCORD: Scott’s Diner, Wally’s Pizza, their school, watched as bit less scary in that
New Concord Branch Library, Creno’s Pizza, it landed, met the three- moment, said Shearer.
Orme Hardware
person crew, and got to “And it’s also cool, like
DUNCAN FALLS: Duncan Falls/Philo Branch ask questions before hey, there are job oppor-
Library taking pictures with the tunities out there that
aircraft. are more than what you
ROSEVILLE: Roseville Branch Library John Foster, a mem- might see normally. And
ber of the Air Evac Life- everybody wants to be a
team 101 – Lancaster, pilot!”
OH has a granddaugh- The Lancaster base
ter who attends kin- visits about 10 to 12
dergarten at Dresden schools a year, and
Elementary. “I was talk- they also participate in
ing to Mr. Richie, and health and safety fairs
I had made the com- throughout the year.
ment that I had come “Air Evac is actually
straight from work, and owned by an umbrella
he asked what I did, and company called Global
I explained it, and just Medical Response,
jokingly, he asked what Inc., and they are su-
it would take to get an per good about public
aircraft down here. I relations, and they’ll al-
said a couple of phone low us to expand fuel oil
calls,” explained Foster. and man-hours, and so
Around 10:00 a.m., on and so forth, just to
the staff and students come out and do stuff
of Dresden Elemen- like this. We do it not
tary gathered behind only here but all over
the school near the central Ohio, stated Fos-
playground. Mr. Foster ter. “I’ve actually talked
spoke to the students to the fire department,
and answered some of and moving forward, we
their questions while may try to do this as an
they waited for Air Evac annual thing.”
Lifeteam 107 to arrive. Air Evac Lifeteam em-
As anticipation grew, ploys more than 600 registered nurses
the chopper was en route, arriving with The essential lifesaving aircraft that is and 600 paramedics to board more
cheers and excitement from the crowd. the Bell 206 LongRanger measures 42′ than 150 medically equipped helicop-
After landing, the aircraft had to cool for 6″ long and 11′ 8″ high. Its gross weight ters that are equipped with advanced
a few minutes, and the blades had to is 4,450 pounds. Its range is 390 miles safety systems. The company serves
come to a complete stop before classes at speeds up to 144 miles per hour. The more than 18 states.
approached, eager to get an up-close aircraft is set up to hold a pilot, a para- You can learn more about Air Evac
look. medic, a nurse, and one patient at a Lifeteam by visiting www.lifeteam.net.
The Bell 206 LongRanger Helicopter time.
was produced by Bell Helicopter Textron Students met Nurse Brittany Shearer,
manufactured at a Canadian plant in Mi- Pilot Frank Susskey, and Paramedic READ & SHARE THE BUZZ ONLINE IN FULL
rabel, Quebec. According to the website Bryan Thompson (Thompson recently COLOR - WWW.DRESDENBUZZ.COM
airport-technology.com, it first entered celebrated completing 1,000 patient
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