Emergency Contacts
Our operations centres across the country handle all the telephone and HF emergency calls and also requests for medical consultations. These calls are switched to the duty RFDS medical officer who is nearest to the patient’s location.
If our medical officer determines that an evacuation is required, the operations centre duty coordinator will then task the most appropriate Base that is not already flying.
Our coordinators then arrange ambulance transfers for patients to the pick-up airport and from the destination airport to hospital. They will also arrange refuelling, airstrip lighting and vermin inspections and any other special requirements in support of our crews.
Western Operations (24 Hour Medical & Emergency calls)
Statewide number (All WA bases) 1800 625 800
Satellite phone calls 08 9417 6389
Central Operations SA & NT (24 Hour Medical & Emergency calls)
Port Augusta Base 08 8648 9555
(All of South Australia and in NT everything south of Tennant Creek)
Queensland Section (24 Hour Medical & Emergency calls)
Charleville Base 07 4654 1443
Mt Isa Base 07 4743 2802
Cairns Base 07 4040 0500
24 hour emergency patient transfers
Brisbane dial 000
Townsville dial 000
Rockhampton dial 000
Bundaberg dial 000
South Eastern Section NSW, VIC, TAS (24 Hour Medical & Emergency calls)
Broken Hill Base
08 8088 1188