Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
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Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust (EHAAT) is a charity air ambulance service providing a free, life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for the critically ill and injured of Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.
Founded | 1997 |
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Type | Charitable organisation |
Location |
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Area served | East Anglia and London: (mainly Essex and Hertfordshire) |
Chief Executive Officer | Jane Gurney |
Aircraft operated | |
Revenue (2022) | £15.5 million[2] |
Staff (2022) | 64[2] |
Volunteers (2022) | 412[2] |
Website | www |
The charity aims to save lives, reduce or prevent disability or suffering from critical illness and injury, by delivering a first class pre-hospital emergency medical service.
Since fundraising began in 1997, Essex & Herts Air Ambulance has flown over 20,000 missions,[3] and is deployed, on average, six times per day. The helicopters and rapid response vehicles (RRV) are based at Earls Colne Airfield and North Weald Airfield.[4]