Air Evac, January 19, 2017 - O’FALLON, MO - Air Evac Lifeteam’s continued commitment to safety was recently validated by the FAA when its Safety Management System was awarded the designation of “Active Conformance.”
This is the highest status a SMS can achieve.
Tom Baldwin, Air Evac Lifeteam’s SMS manager, said the company’s Safety Management System is an organization-wide comprehensive and preventive approach to managing risk and promoting safety.
“A Safety Management System includes employee and leadership safety accountability, formal methods for identifying hazards and mitigating risk, and promotion of a positive safety culture,” Baldwin said. “The SMS also provides assurance of the overall safety performance of our organization. The SMS aids Air Evac leadership, management teams, and employees in making effective and informed safety decisions. Those in the health care setting may recognize some of the fundamental pieces of SMS as those found in modern Quality Management Systems.”
Seth Myers, president of Air Evac Lifeteam, said the development and maintenance of a Safety Management System is a voluntary initiative for Helicopter Air Ambulance providers – not mandated by the FAA.
“The inspection process used by the FAA during plan validation is vigorous and comprehensive,” Myers said. “Achieving this validation is a reflection of our ongoing commitment to the safety of our employees, customers and those entrusted to our care. This makes Air Evac Lifeteam one of a handful of companies in the general aviation community to be validated in the newly revised program.”
In a letter from the FAA’s Washington D.C., SMS Program Office, Division Manager Timothy Miller congratulated Air Evac Lifeteam for achieving Active Conformance Status.
“The FAA SMS Program Office and your Certificate Management Team congratulate you on your company’s significant accomplishment in implementing a fully functional SMS that is ‘accepted by the State’ in accordance with international requirements,” Miller said. “Thank you for your continued commitment to improve aviation safety in our National Airspace System.”
Myers said the validation signals the beginning of a continuous improvement process that is managed through the FAA’s Continuous Operational Safety (COS) program.
About Air Evac Lifeteam: Air Evac Lifeteam, headquartered in O’Fallon, Mo., is the largest independently owned and operated air medical service provider in the United States, with more than 130 air medical bases across 15 states. Air Evac is the leading provider of helicopter air ambulance services to communities in need of rapid medical transport to advanced emergency health care.
Flight crews, consisting of a pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic, are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to the scene of an emergency, or provide transportation between medical facilities.
This is the highest status a SMS can achieve.
Tom Baldwin, Air Evac Lifeteam’s SMS manager, said the company’s Safety Management System is an organization-wide comprehensive and preventive approach to managing risk and promoting safety.
“A Safety Management System includes employee and leadership safety accountability, formal methods for identifying hazards and mitigating risk, and promotion of a positive safety culture,” Baldwin said. “The SMS also provides assurance of the overall safety performance of our organization. The SMS aids Air Evac leadership, management teams, and employees in making effective and informed safety decisions. Those in the health care setting may recognize some of the fundamental pieces of SMS as those found in modern Quality Management Systems.”
Seth Myers, president of Air Evac Lifeteam, said the development and maintenance of a Safety Management System is a voluntary initiative for Helicopter Air Ambulance providers – not mandated by the FAA.
“The inspection process used by the FAA during plan validation is vigorous and comprehensive,” Myers said. “Achieving this validation is a reflection of our ongoing commitment to the safety of our employees, customers and those entrusted to our care. This makes Air Evac Lifeteam one of a handful of companies in the general aviation community to be validated in the newly revised program.”
In a letter from the FAA’s Washington D.C., SMS Program Office, Division Manager Timothy Miller congratulated Air Evac Lifeteam for achieving Active Conformance Status.
“The FAA SMS Program Office and your Certificate Management Team congratulate you on your company’s significant accomplishment in implementing a fully functional SMS that is ‘accepted by the State’ in accordance with international requirements,” Miller said. “Thank you for your continued commitment to improve aviation safety in our National Airspace System.”
Myers said the validation signals the beginning of a continuous improvement process that is managed through the FAA’s Continuous Operational Safety (COS) program.
About Air Evac Lifeteam: Air Evac Lifeteam, headquartered in O’Fallon, Mo., is the largest independently owned and operated air medical service provider in the United States, with more than 130 air medical bases across 15 states. Air Evac is the leading provider of helicopter air ambulance services to communities in need of rapid medical transport to advanced emergency health care.
Flight crews, consisting of a pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic, are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to the scene of an emergency, or provide transportation between medical facilities.
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