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AIRLIFE has partnered with Air Methods, a Colorado-based company committed to exceeding the highest safety standards in the industry, and the Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District to operate the third AIRLIFE safety enhanced aircraft from Frederick-Firestone Fire Station #2.

The location on I-25 southeast of Longmont compliments the existing helicopter bases in Lone Tree [at Sky Ride Medical Center] and Aurora [at The Medical Center of Aurora]. Frederick-Firestone was strategically chosen to augment existing ground and air medical resources in the area.

The four AIRLIFE specialty teams—High Risk Obstetrics, Neonatal transport, Intra-aortic balloon pump team, and the Stroke team—in addition to the primary flight nurse team will respond to emergency needs in the northern communities with this new helicopter.

This third helicopter will provide service in northern Colorado—Boulder County, Weld County, Morgan County, Larimer County and southern Wyoming. AIRLIFE’s expansion has the support of officials with northern Colorado emergency medical services and hospitals in the area.

While a third helicopter is new to AIRLIFE; its emergency transport teams have been serving northern Colorado, the metro Denver area, and an eight-state region for 25 years. They continue to grow the strength and capabilities of the emergency medicine program by expanding community outreach and injury prevention programs, quality and process improvement projects, EMS and facility continuing education offerings and of course, the newest safety curriculum.

AIRLIFE Denver is the Emergency Medical and Critical Care Transport Service of the HealthONE system of hospitals, clinics and healthcare plazas, providing air and ground critical care transport for both adult and pediatric medical and trauma patients.

HCA-HealthONE LLC is the largest healthcare system in the metro Denver area with 8,500 employees and 3,000 affiliated physicians. Named Colorado’s “Best Company for Working Families — large business category”(2004, 2005, 2006), the health system was created in 1995 as a joint venture between various affiliates of HCA and The Colorado Health Foundation (formerly HealthONE Alliance), the state’s second largest nonprofit foundation.

HealthONE includes: The Medical Center of Aurora and Centennial Medical Plaza; North Suburban Medical Center; Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center; Rose Medical Center; Sky Ridge Medical Center; Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital; Swedish Medical Center and Swedish Southwest ER; 11 surgical centers; more than 35 occupational medicine/rehabilitation, Broncos Sports Medicine, specialty, and outpatient diagnostic imaging clinics; as well as AIRLIFE , which provides critical care air and ground transportation for a seven state region.

Denver Helicopter Services

The work these people do is extremely heroic and requires tremendous dedication and courage as well as a great deal of personal risk to help others in need, says Jeffery McClintock, Realtor and helicopter pilot. Although I have no direct connection with the air medical community, I recognize the work these professionals do is truly above and beyond. I know first hand the challenges required to fly these amazing machines. The situations they are sometimes called upon and perform under pressure is mind boggling. We are lucky to have them. This is truly a great asset for our community in and along the front range.