SAFETY
Our Southern Heli Lift team is extremely proud to have a clean safety slate, a record we guard with a consistent and stringent approach to health, safety and wellbeing planning, and exacting risk management.
We have also successfully implemented the Civil Aviation Authority’s Safety Management System.
In few workplaces is mutual respect, cohesive teamwork, leadership and safety so critical. Our livelihoods and lives are in each other’s hands – quite literally much of the time.
With potentially hazardous conditions the daily norm, our proactive and stringent approach to health and safety is not just a legal necessity, it’s a lifesaver.
There is no room at all for complacency around helicopters. Here’s a great graphic from the Civil Aviation Authority highlighting some of the key risks.
We operate in some of the most dangerous and unpredictable work environments around. Our rigorous commitment to, and investment in, safety – both in the air and on the ground – is uncompromising.
Our Southern Heli Lift team is extremely proud to have a clean safety slate, a record we guard with a consistent and stringent approach to health, safety and wellbeing planning, and exacting risk management.
We have also successfully implemented the Civil Aviation Authority’s Safety Management System.
In few workplaces is mutual respect, cohesive teamwork, leadership and safety so critical. Our livelihoods and lives are in each other’s hands – quite literally much of the time.
With potentially hazardous conditions the daily norm, our proactive and stringent approach to health and safety is not just a legal necessity, it’s a lifesaver.
There is no room at all for complacency around helicopters. Here’s a great graphic from the Civil Aviation Authority highlighting some of the key risks.
Wire strikes
Wire strikes are one of an agricultural pilot’s worst risks.
If you’re a farmer and you have a helicopter booked this ag season, you can help greatly to identify hazards and reduce the risk.
This Civil Aviation Authority of NZ underscores steps pilots and farmers can take to mitigate or eliminate the dangers – click on the image to view.
Wire strikes
Wire strikes are one of an agricultural pilot’s worst risks.
If you’re a farmer and you have a helicopter booked this ag season, you can help greatly to identify hazards and reduce the risk.
This Civil Aviation Authority of NZ underscores steps pilots and farmers can take to mitigate or eliminate the dangers – click on the image to view.
Frost-fighting
From September to early December, helicopters can be a common sight hovering over Kiwi vineyards, protecting them from frosts.
Like all operations, it doesn’t come without its risks. If you’re a winegrower or a nearby resident, there is some really useful information and guidance in these fact sheets from the Civil Aviation Authority.
Frost fighting
From September to early December, helicopters can be a common sight hovering over Kiwi vineyards, protecting them from frosts.
Like all operations, it doesn’t come without its risks. If you’re a winegrower or a nearby resident, there is some really useful information and guidance in these fact sheets from the Civil Aviation Authority.
Wildfire safety
If there’s one job we really don’t want to get the call up for, it’s a wildfire. As aerial firefighters, we get a pretty haunting bird’s-eye view.
We can all play a part in mitigating the risk to keep our people, properties, pets, wildlife, forests and landscapes safe.
Our Southern Heli Lift team helped fight the devastating Tasman fires. Click play to watch this sobering video put together by Fire and Emergency New Zealand, where a Pigeon Valley resident recounts the fire closing in, and includes excellent insight and safety tips.
Keep an eye out for our Huey, Thumper, flown by Chief Pilot Darren Davison, in the news footage.
The best cure is always prevention. Stay across the fire conditions in your area at:
With wildfires predicted to markedly increase from hereon, it’s never too soon to protect your own property and fireproof it as best you can.
This graphic from Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a good place to start when considering your own property.
Wildfire safety
If there’s one job we really don’t want to get the call up for, it’s a wildfire. As aerial firefighters, we get a pretty haunting bird’s-eye view.
We can all play a part in mitigating the risk to keep our people, properties, pets, wildlife, forests and landscapes safe.
Our Southern Heli Lift team helped fight the devastating Tasman fires. Click play to watch this sobering video put together by Fire and Emergency New Zealand, where a Pigeon Valley resident recounts the fire closing in, and includes excellent insight and safety tips.
Keep an eye out for our Huey, Thumper, flown by Chief Pilot Darren Davison, in the news footage.
The best cure is always prevention. Stay across the fire conditions in your area at:
With wildfires predicted to markedly increase from hereon, it’s never too soon to protect your own property and fireproof it as best you can.
This graphic from Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a good place to start when considering your own property.
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CHIEF PILOT
DARREN DAVISON
Phone 027 243 6141
darren@southernhelilift.co.nz
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
LYNDA DAVISON
Phone 027 632 2893
lynda@southernhelilift.co.nz
The Black Hangar
Rangiora Airfield
Merton Road
Rangiora
Canterbury, 7471
We'd love to hear from you.
CHIEF PILOT | DARREN DAVISON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE | LYNDA DAVISON
The Black Hangar
Rangiora Airfield
Merton Road
Rangiora
Canterbury, 7471
We'd love to hear from you.
CHIEF PILOT | DARREN DAVISON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE | LYNDA DAVISON
The Black Hangar
Rangiora Airfield
Merton Road
Rangiora
Canterbury, 7471
We'd love to hear from you.
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