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FlightCare Program

A symbol of Enloe's commitment to the local communities

Celebrating 25 years of Emergency Response
By Air: Enloe FlightCare was proud to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2010. The FlightCare helicopter took to the air in July 1985 as the first ambulance helicopter north of Sacramento. The FlightCare Program grew out of the need to rapidly transport patients from the growing mountain communities to Enloe.
See a 25-year timeline.
Read a Stethoscope article.

Outfitted with advanced life-support equipment, FlightCare:

  • Is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Air Medical Transport. This accreditation recognizes that the medical transport rotor-wing service provides
    highly skilled flight nurse and paramedic teams to care for adult and pediatric patients.
  • Is equipped with 12-lead machine, as part of Enloe Medical Center's STEMI Designation, to provide the most timely care for patients suffering from the most urgent heart, life-threatening heart attacks.
  • Was one of the first three air medical programs in the country to become fully certified with the Federal Aviation Commission to use night-vision goggles
  • Touches the lives of many by responding to emergencies within a 75-mile radius of Enloe, in counties including Butte, Tehama, Glenn, Plumas, Colusa, Sierra, Yuba and parts of Lassen
  • Flies at an average speed of 135 miles per hour
  • Responds to an average of three calls per day
  • Has transported more than 14,000 patients
  • Is backed by a full team of emergency and critical care experts
  • Is affiliated with the Association of Air Medical Membership Programs (AAMMP), which means members' FlightCare benefits transfer to the sister programs

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