Dubai Police's air wing soars high after carrying out more than 800 missions

Dubai - Whether there's an accident-related injury, drowning, a people stranded in the desert, emergency aircraft and air ambulances are on the ready

By Staff Reporter

Published: Mon 24 Apr 2017, 9:44 PM

Last updated: Tue 25 Apr 2017, 7:45 AM

The Air Wing and the General Directorate of Transport and Rescue of the Dubai Police revealed that the division's pilots has carried out 820 tasks in 2016, including 438 patrols and 112 emergency missions to transport accident casualties and other multiple tasks.
Colonel Jamal Al-Marri, Director of the Air Wing Centre, said that its services are a humanitarian charity that the Dubai Police are keen to undertake for all residents. Besides responding to all emergency calls, the centre also transports the injured from the site of accidents, traffic or otherwise.
Colonel Al-Marri added that the Air Wing's mission is not limited to humanitarian missions alone, but extends to the security services and the implementation of air patrols to monitor roads and beaches.
Its mission is part of strategic objective to ensure that Dubai is the safest city by responding to emergency situations and providing support and assistance to the injured and sick. The centre also focuses on its specific goal of reaching to the accident or emergency site quick and take off within a maximum of three minutes.
The Dubai Police are the only force in the UAE that has this capability, and has even succeeded in achieving a lower take-off time, according to the centre's statistics.
The centre has achieved this due its employees' consistent efforts, emergency readiness at all times, and ensuring the availability of all equipment - including road ambulance, first aid supplies and air ambulance - at all times.
Whether there's an accident-related injury, drowning, a people stranded in the desert, emergency aircraft and air ambulances can avoid road traffic and reach the site in time to save lives.
"In 90 per cent of traffic accidents, we aim to reach the site in one minute when within the city, and 95 per cent of accidents within 30 minutes when located 40km or over from our centre. The staff are also trained in rescue operations that involve jumping from an altitude and in dealing with all types of emergencies," Col Al-Marri said.
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