At their recent meeting, the trustees made the decision to formalise closing dates for grant applications to The John Villiers Trust.
Commencing in 2010, there will be two funding rounds per year. The closing dates will be 15 March and 15 October each year.
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Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service recently purchased three "lipstick" cameras with the assistance of a grant from The John Villiers Trust.
"We are extremely grateful to The John Villiers Trust as the cameras are valuable for the on-going training of pilots and crew and training is a large part of what we do," said Executive Officer Kay Becker.
"Being lightweight and compact they can be worn on the helmets of crew or fixed internally or externally to the helicopter. Their versatility allows the crew to film unobstructed in all situations and gain an up-close record of rescues and training situations."
The crew including Matthew Cook (seen in the photo) recently trialled the cameras and they are looking forward to improving their performance by viewing footage during debriefing and evaluation sessions.
The helicopter service started in 1996 and operates free of charge to the community 24 hours per day 365 days per year, providing a high quality aero medical rescue helicopter service to the people of Central Queensland. For more information call 07 4922 9093 or visit www.chrs.org.au