Eagle III
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Eagle III is an emergency air and ground transportation program operated jointed by County Rescue Services, Bellin Hospital, and St. Vincient's Hospital in Green Bay. Services are provided via ground ambulance, helicopter, turboprop or jet aircraft to and from medical facilities or accident scenes.
[edit] Objectives
The primary mission for Eagle III is emergency air medical services to include scene flights and transport of critically ill or injured patients to facilities with specialized or greater levels of care. In addition to this, Eagle III also provides air support to local law enforcement agencies upon request due to its prime location and ability to rapidly deploy aircraft. Eagle III also flys support missions for the U.S. Secret Service during presidential visits as seen in the image above.
[edit] Aircraft
Eagle III’s primary aircraft is a Eurocopter EC 135 (N135CR) with a Bell 206 (N396JS) serving as secondary. In the past the Eagle III program has operated a Bell 407 (N407CR) which has been retired, and a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO 105 (N202LF) which was lost during a maintaince flight on April 13, 2006. The cause of the N202LF crash is still under investigation by the NTSB but is believe to be non-maintaince related mechanical failure.
