Our Mission
Our mission is to save lives.
Irish Community Air Ambulance can bring casualties to the hospital that best suits their life saving needs, not just the closest geographically. From the base in North Cork, the ICAA Charity Air Ambulance can put a 25,000km2 area within 30 minutes of emergency medical care. The Air Ambulance is staffed by advanced paramedics and EMTs from the National Ambulance Service.
Saving lives by saving time.
Our Impact
We have been tasked to 490 incidents across 13 counties during 2020, which was our first full year in operation. Click here to read more about our impact.
How does Irish Community Air Ambulance work?
When you call Ireland’s emergency numbers, 999 or 112, to report a life-threatening medical emergency, an ambulance will be dispatched from the nearest hospital. At the same time, our volunteer doctors in their community may also be notified and will be dispatched if they can be of assistance.
If the emergency requires the Air Ambulance due to the severity of the patients injuries, or the patient being located in a very rural part of Ireland then we will be dispatched (callsign HeliMed92).