AIR EVAC ARIZONA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. PHI Air Medical, is a Medevac

MEDEVAC

Medical evacuation, often termed Medevac or Medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to the wounded being evacuated from the battlefield or to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities using...

 operator that provides services across Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, United States, Canada, Mexico. A provider of 80 helicopters, Air Evac also uses five King Air B200 airplane

Fixed-wing aircraft

A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...

s for long range stable emergencies. The airline is a daily flight operator from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

. Apart from the Sky Harbor hub, the company has established several other hubs in Arizona, including Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport , formerly Williams Gateway Airport and Williams Air Force Base , is a commercial airport located in the southeastern area of the city of Mesa, Arizona, and southeast of Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the...

 in Mesa, Arizona

Mesa, Arizona

According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...

; Yuma, Arizona; Redding, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Grand Junction, Colorado.

History

Air Evac Services, Inc. was established in 1969, in Phoenix, Arizona. Doctors at the Samaritan Hospital saw a need for prenatal and neonatal transportation from remote locations around Arizona. Arizona at the time had a high mortality rate of infants, newborns and mothers. By establishing Air Evac Service, Inc. the death rate, in Arizona, was reduced. Later years showed need for golden hour life saving transports within the city of Phoenix, Arizona so Air Evac Services, Inc. started providing helicopter service for injuries of car crashes and medical emergencies. Phoenix, Arizona is a unique location which allows for aircraft to be landed on city streets. In 1998 Petroleum Helicopters, Inc (PHI) purchased Air Evac Services, Inc. from Samaritan Healthcare.

Services

Air Evac Services, Inc. has five King Air B200 aircraft that are put in use when a patient needs to be flown beyond helicopter range, Air Evac Services, Inc. relies heavily on their helicopters, as most of their transports involve landings in streets and avenues that are usually filled with electrical devices, police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 cars, fire

Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....

apparatus, and bystanders.

They usually transport helicopter passengers to the nearest hospital and take their airplane passengers to the nearest airport, then transport the patients via ground ambulance to a hospital. The services of Air Evac Service, Inc. are used by the snowbirds. Snowbirds are winter visitors from cold northerly locations which migrate to Arizona for the warm, dry winters. When Snowbirds become sick and need to return to their original home they will utilize Air Evac Services, Inc.