News
State Government launches next generation helicopters
13 Aug 2025
The three new Leonardo AW139 aircraft are almost 40 per cent faster, reaching more people with improved equipment and capability.
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Stories of survival
Every RAC Rescue mission is a story of strength, survival and the people who make it all possible. Hear from those who’ve been helped and the crew who were there when it mattered most.
Rescue Story
A surfing trip with mates ends in a lifesaving rescue
December 2022
It was a summer morning like any other when 29-year-old Jack headed out for a surf that left him with severe spinal injuries and temporarily paralysed.
Rescue Story
Story of survival
September 2022
Imagine your child is hit by a car while cycling around your neighbourhood...and the nearest hospital is 100 kilometres away.
Rescue Story
RAC Rescue helps change lives every hour of every day
July 2022
RAC Rescue flew 692 missions in 2021 and flew 645 missions in 2022.
Rescue Story
A second chance
February 2018
After two serious incidents in 14 months, the Roneys could be considered one of the unluckiest - and luckiest - families in Capel.
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Rescued at sea
February 2018
The weather was calm when Mat Lyons, his father Wayne and friends Angus and Aaron Gibson took to the ocean for an idyllic day’s game fishing off Dirk Hartog Island back in 2013.
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Running out of time
February 2018
For 10 hours Graeme Fry lay pinned under a 400kg quad bike as he drifted in and out of consciousness in an isolated paddock in WA’s South West.
RAC Rescue: Peter Butler
October 9, 2018
While on a guided motorbike tour of the South West, Peter was involved in a freak accident that catapulted him from his bike causing him serious injury.
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RAC Rescue: Laretta Rowe
October 9, 2018
Only 1.7km from home and 700m from her farm driveway, Laretta was involved in a horrific car crash that threw her from the vehicle.
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RAC Rescue: Jim Roney
October 9, 2018
Jim, a hardworking farmer from Elgin, was repairing a fuel tank when it exploded in front of him. Find out how his family responded and how the RAC Rescue helicopter helped save his life.
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RAC Rescue: Graeme Fry
October 9, 2018
Graeme was working on a farm when he was crushed by his quad bike, trapping him isolated and alone with life threatening injuries.
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