STARS’ fleet renewal effort has received a donation of $1.5 million from Birchcliff Energy, which will go towards a new H145 helicopter to serve the Grande Prairie region.
The Keep the Fight in Flight campaign launched in 2018 across Western Canada to renew STARS’ aging aircraft fleet of eight BK117s and three AW139s helicopters with new Airbus H145 helicopters. The air ambulance service took delivery of its first H145 last summer.
The organization has also launched a podcast “that takes listeners deep inside our most harrowing and fascinating missions.”
The Mission Ready podcast features dispatch recordings and interviews with crews and witnesses at the scene. It can be found at Apple Podcasts, Google, Amazon, and Spotify or at stars.ca/podcast.
