Snowy Hydro SouthCare began on 1 October 1998, as the primary provider of aero-medical and rescue helicopter services to people in the ACT and south-eastern NSW.Since that time, the Service has completed over 3,550 missions.

The Service provides care through three main types of helicopter missions. Primary missions, where highly-trained crews fly directly to the scene of an accident and transport patient(s) to major hospitals. Secondary missions, when patients are in need of urgent, specialised, medical-services, we provide transfers from regional areas to major hospitals that can provide the needed care. The helicopter also conducts non-medical missions including search and rescue and assisting the Bushfire Service with aerial fire-fighting.While the helicopter is based in Canberra, Snowy Hydro SouthCare's primary service area extends east to the coast, south to the Victorian border, west to Wagga Wagga and north almost to Sydney. 

As Snowy Hydro SouthCare completes one mission nearly every day of the year, it is clear that this life-saving service is an important part of our community.  The Service could not exist without the generous and ongoing support from its partner Snowy Hydro Limited, and all the generous community partners and the generous public that give their time and money to make Snowy Hydro SouthCare possible. For more information on how you can become a part of this extremely important group, visit our website www.snowhydrosouthcare.com.au.