Medevac Lands for Police Academy Visit

Students at Jefferson Township’s Junior Police Academy got a visit from a Medevac on Monday—but not because anyone needed to be rushed to the hospital.

Atlantic Air One’s Medevac visited the aspiring police officers to show them what the aircraft looks like and what it does.

The helicopter landed on the baseball field at as the students watched. Upon landing, Paul Sepanski spoke to the students about what it takes to fly the Medevac and how it helps people. He was accompanied by Tony Raffino and Bob Jones, the flight crew for Atlantic Air One.

The helicopter contains a radar that allows the pilot to see the weather at least 200 miles ahead of where it is traveling, and a radio for pilots to communicate with the trauma center to which they are heading.

According to Raffino, it takes about eight minutes for the helicopter to get from Jefferson Township to Morristown Medical Center. It can travel at a speed of up to 135 knots, or 150 miles per hour.

Usually three people attend a trauma scene in Atlantic Air One—a paramedic, a nurse and the pilot. The Medevac that the students viewed is usually configured for one patient, but in an emergency it can hold two.