Back on 14 September 2008, I posted about hearing Life Star work through a different dispatch center on the weekends. I recently confirmed that they are no longer dispatched by "Life Star Base" through Med Star Dispatch. They are being dispatched by OmniFlight, their parent company. They are still using 426.975, seemingly through a Motobridge to OmniFlight's east Communications Center in Kennesaw, GA. The callsign for dispatch is simply "RADIO." There is still traffic on frequency between Life Star and Memorial ER.
Additionally, if anyone is interested in what the OCC number is that Life Star needs for each mission, OmniFlight's website has a link about their Operations Control Center.
Effingham County is attempting to land Life Star's base from it's current location at Savannah International Airport. From the Effingham Herald on 10 November 2008:
The LifeStar air ambulance still isn’t cleared for landing at a new home in Effingham County.
County commissioners tabled a lease agreement with OmniFlight Helicopters, the Addison, Texas-based company that operates the LifeStar service, last Tuesday. Commissioners are expected to revisit the issue Nov. 18, but some are getting antsy that the delay may mean Effingham will lose out on landing the service.
The full text of the article can be found here.
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
