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REACH Air Medical Services company history timeline

1987

1987 Founded by physician Doctor John L. McDonald, Jr., Redwood Empire Air Care Helicopter (REACH) provides air ambulance services to Northern California.

1988

1988 Pilot Ken Suzuki, hire date 1988, and Dean Anderson, one of our first paramedics, with patient survivor.

1993

REACH 2 base opened in Vacaville, CA. Sean Russell (now President of REACH Air Medical Services), EMT-P, RRT, on board in 1993.

1996

1996 REACH established 24-hour Communications Center.

1999

1999 Cindy Scruggs, RN, on board REACH fixed-wing aircraft with neonatal patient.

2002

2002 REACH celebrated 15 years with new logo design.

2004

2004 REACH 6 established in Lakeport, CA.

2005

2005 REACH for Life air ambulance membership program launched.REACH 7 began service in Marysville, CA. REACH constructed a new maintenance facility at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport.

2006

2006 REACH completed installation of night vision goggles (NVG) throughout entire helicopter fleet.REACH 8 established in Corvallis, OR.

2008

2008 REACH 9 opened in Imperial, CA, the first base to use the new generation helicopter, the Eurocopter EC135.

2011

2011 REACH and Methodist Healthcare expanded their partnership with a second base, REACH 15, known as Methodist AirCare 2, in Pearsall, TX. REACH and Cal-Ore Life Flight merged creating the most comprehensive network of air and ground medical transportation in the Western United States.

2013

2013 REACH opened a new base at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin, TX known as Methodist AirCare 4.

2014

2014 REACH opened new base at Mather Airport in Sacramento, CA providing helicopter air ambulance service to residents.

2015

2015 In December, REACH announced the opening of a new air ambulance base in Alpine, California.

2016

2016 In October, REACH Air Medical Services relocated helicopter service from Thermal, CA to a new base in Brawley, CA, expanding air ambulance services in Imperial County.

2017

On April 4, 2017, REACH Air Medical Services opened a new air ambulance base in Murrieta, CA to serve the French Valley region.

2019

2019 On May 16, REACH announced that Guardian Flight had joined the REACH family of companies.

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