Angus councillors will extol the virtues of the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance to their communities after hearing of the emergency helicopter’s lifesaving work.
As a charity, the SCAA, which was launched in 2013, is reliant on fundraising and public donations to be sustainable and maintain the invaluable assistance that it gives to the Scottish Air Ambulance Service.
SCAA chief executive Gavin Davey told the council that the helicopter and its crew served all of Scotland from its base in Perth, but that it had flown many mercy missions into Angus.
Indeed, of the 460-plus missions in the 19 months the air ambulance has been operating, almost 20% have been flown into Angus.
The helicopter can reach inaccessible and remote parts of Tayside in all conditions and get people to hospital within the critical “golden” hour, improving survivability rates, enhancing the chances of recovery and the quality of life thereafter.
Mr Davey asked councillors to: “Tell people within your wards that we’re there to help them; let them know what we’re doing.”
In response, Kirriemuir councillor Ronnie Proctor said: “I think this is something we should be supporting. It is a very worthwhile life-saving operation, which has been used quite extensively in our county and beyond.”