First Air Responder

First Air Responder (FAR) is a membership medical evacuation scheme with dedicated personnel and equipment on the ground in both northern and southern Tanzania (serving Zanzibar). The FAR fully integrated response system is made up of: - 24 hour manned operations centres with personnel trained to co-ordinate responses in Tanzania. - Internationally trained professional medical response teams certified by UK National Health Service Trusts. - Road and custom designed 4WD ambulances. - Fixed winged and helicopter air ambulances. All equipped with advanced life support equipment including defibrillators, ECG, trauma kits, resucitation equipment, vacuum and scoop stretchers, 7.5 hour oxygen cylinders and life saving drugs. The service is initiated by one telephone call to our emergency lines and an evacuation is carried out through to admission and the first 24 hours charges at the hospital nominated by the patient or next of kin in Dar es Salaam, Nairobi or Mombassa. FAR is designed to fill the gaps not filled by existing medical insurers and assistance companies by having the personnel and equipment on the ground in country trained and ready 24 hours a day 365 days a year. FAR is operated by Knight Support who have been offering people in East Africa effective solutions to their medical and other problems since 1999. Things on safari don't always go as planned - that's part of the adventure. But wherever you are in Tanzania or Kenya, First Air Responder can get to you with professional pre-medical attention and bring you back safely with the first custom designed medical air evacuation and advanced life support ambulance. Make sure you are a member of First Air Responder and 'hakuna matata'.