Careflight & Mercy Air

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bdillin

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Careflight is relatively new to town - based out of Southern Hills Hospital in the SW. They have Southern Nevada divided into first in districts for each helo/company.
 

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I've only seen Mercy Air at hospitals, never seen Careflight.
 

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@bdillin - Thanks for the reply and explanation! I really appreciate it. I have been hearing them on SNACC and will post information shortly.

Eric
 

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FYI Careflight has been the primary air transport provider in northern Nevada since the 1980s.
 

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careflight and mercy air

There are 2 Careflights: one out of northern Nevada, the other "tri-State" Carefilght, is HQed out of Bullhead City and has helos all along the river . Careflight nevada is based out of Reno. If the bird is RED and White =Tri-state careflight, BLUE and White=Careflight Reno.

Sounds like Tri-state careflight has the base in Vegas from the search I did.

Mercy Air is a subsidiary of Air Methods, the largest HEMS provider in the US

As for scanning, Tri-state uses Sat phones but carries Wulfsburg Radios no dispatch frequency.

Air mehods does not have a dispatch frequency as far as I know, however they are on a vhf am frequency in cailfornia on 131. something.....

As they are used for long haul transports in the area of 150mi or less check CCFD ch 7 and 8
 

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Thanks for that interesting update, I didn't know there were two companies using that name operating in the same state.
 
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