Rescue 1

Thursday 7:30 PM

Rescue 1 is a fast paced factual observational series that follows the unsung hero's of Auckland's Westpac Rescue 1 Helicopter as they endeavour to save lives in a race against time. The series will put the viewer in the chopper's front seat and take them on some of the most daring and heart-wrenching rescues the country has ever seen.

From dramatic boat, train, and car smashes ... traumatic head and spinal injuries, near drowning, broken necks and backs ... spectacular search and rescue missions over land and sea... to families worst nightmares, heart and asthma attacks, allergic reactions, pneumonia and accidental poisoning.

This elite team of pilots, crewmen and advance paramedics fly over 500 missions a year, often being the difference between life and death.

Serving a population base of 1.3 million people, Rescue 1 covers a huge area, from Rodney District in the north, to Meremere in the south, the rugged beaches in the west and out to the remote gulf islands of Great Barrier and Little Barrier in the east.

Filmed through the height of the busy summer season, our larger-than-life crews race across the skies of the Auckland region on missions that are often improbable, sometimes apparently impossible, and for anyone else totally unfeasible ... but for the viewer, always enjoyable.