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Are you interested in becoming a Rega patron? Have you always wanted to know what the working day of a Rega crew looks like? Or would you simply like to immerse yourself in the world of Rega and learn more about our organisation? Our Events team would be delighted to provide you with information and answer your questions. Come and visit us at our stand –…
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Are you interested in becoming a Rega patron? Have you always wanted to know what the working day of a Rega crew looks like? Or would you simply like to immerse yourself in the world of Rega and learn more about our organisation? Our Events team would be delighted to provide you with information and answer your questions. Come and visit us at our stand –…
…Guided Tour Information
Would you like to visit Rega’s headquarters at Zurich Airport with a group? Below you can find the most important information about our guided tours of the Rega Centre.
Programme:
• Presentation about Rega • Viewing of the hangar and ambulance jets (if possible) • Viewing of helicopters undergoing maintenance • Visit to the…
…Encounters In focus
Rega’s new H145 helicopter
The crew from the helicopter base in Berne recently commenced operations with Rega’s new Airbus Helicopters H145 rescue helicopter. The cabin interior of this
latest-generation helicopter has been designed and developed by Rega over the last two years. The helicopter bases in Basel, Zurich, Lausanne and St.…
…Encounters In focus
The rescue hoist
Every year, Rega evacuates more than 800 people with the aid of a rescue hoist. The hoist is always deployed when the helicopter
is not able to land near the casualty.
The rescue hoist in action
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The crew and their tasks
The pilot keeps the helicopter stable in the air and ensures that the load at the end…
… the helicopter can be swivelled and controlled individually.
Primary Secondary missions missions
1,399
1,119
Night missions in 2020
Night missions illustrate Rega s broad range of missions: in terms of the 1,399 primary missions (emergency missions direct to the scene of the incident), the most frequent reasons for raising the alarm…
… foot while hiking or a misjudged bend on a mountain bike trail and suddenly you are lying injured on the ground,
away from the path – unable to summon help. As soon as Rega is notified by the police or there is good reason to believe that a person has gone missing and is probably urgently
in need of help, the Rega Operations Centre initiates a…
…Encounters In focus
Flying blind
In future, Rega wants to help even more people in distress. It has therefore launched a series of measures that will enable its helicopters
to also be able to fly in fog and falling snow.
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Up-to-date weather data
To be able to fly according to instrument flight rules (IFR), up-to-date weather data needs to be…
…Leaflet:
Emergency radio
Version 06.02.2019
Basic rules for calling out Rega • If a fixed telephone line is available, call the emergency telephone number 1414 (in canton
Valais 144) to request emergency assistance by air. • If only the mobile network is available, if possible raise the alarm via Rega’s emergency app
or by calling the emergency…
… our patrons enable us to build up and operate a suitable infrastructure to perform air rescue operations on behalf of the Swiss population.
The services rendered by Rega to its patrons are not of a contractual nature and are therefore not deemed to be insurance benefits.
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Our partners
We are fully aware of the importance of working…
