Tim Crowley (left) and Jim Thibodeau (center), LifeFlight Foundation Board of Trustees members, spoke at this week’s club meeting and are thanked by Rotarian Carl Young, Program Host. Tim and Jim shared LifeFlight of Maine’s mission and the critical service provided here in The County as well as throughout the state. It was stated that over the past ten years the service has provided, on average, two flights per week from county locations to medical facilities down state located in Bangor, Portland, and Boston, MA, with this number increasing each year.

While it is semi-general knowledge that flights are carried out from the medical facilities in the county, e.g., the Houlton Regional Hospital, the Northern Maine Medical Center, The Aroostook Medical Center, and the Cary Medical Center, it was not known to this writer that there are several locations along trails in The County, maintained by local snowmobile clubs, where medevac flights may originate during the winter months to evacuate those injured in snowmobile accidents. LifeFlight of Maine and the LifeFlight Foundation are non-profit organizations.

Tim Crowley presents information about LifeFlight of Maine and the services provided, while Jim Thibodeau explains logistical issues associated with flights from The County to down state and beyond with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.