Arkansas helicopter team ready to rescue lost, injured
September incident illustrates unit’s work
October 23, 2023 at 2:00 a.m.
by
Laurinda Joenks
Firefighters with the Arkansas Helicopter Rescue Team are lifted Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, into a Arkansas Air National Guard Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during urban search and rescue training at Lake Sequoyah in Fayetteville. The team, which is managed by the Washington County Department of Emergency Management and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, practiced different methods of extraction from the water. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
The state now has helicopter rescue teams at the ready when a person becomes injured or stranded in an area that's hard to reach.
The Arkansas Helicopter Rescue Team is a collaboration between the Arkansas National Guard's helicopter crews and the rescuers of Arkansas Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1,...
