We have concluded an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government regarding the use of Doctor Helicopter Airfield as an off-site takeoff and landing field.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will be the implementing entity and will enter into an agreement with each municipality regarding the use of the Doctor Helicopter Airport takeoff and landing field in order to begin operating the Tokyo Doctor Helicopter in the Tama area from March 31, 2020 (Thursday). There was a request for a conclusion.
Our city has concluded an agreement regarding the use of two city-owned locations out of the four locations specified in the local disaster prevention plan as Doctor Helicopter Airport takeoff and landing sites (hereinafter referred to as "rendezvous points").

Overview of Tokyo Medical Helicopter

Operating hours

8:45am to sunset

Request for dispatch

The fire department headquarters that receives the 119 call determines the severity of the patient and makes a request (the general public cannot directly make a request)

Operation system

transmission base

Tokyo Fire Department Air Corps Tama Aviation Center

base hospital

Kyorin University School of Medicine Hospital

Cooperating hospital

Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center Tokyo Metropolitan Tama General Medical Center

Doctor Helicopter Rendezvous Point Usage Location

1. Inagi Central Park General Ground (Nagamine 1-1)
2. Complex facility Friend Hirao Ground (1-9-1 Hirao)
3. Sports Nihon University Athletic Park Inagi (Sakahama 19-1382-1)
4. Kudan Ground Public Interest Incorporated Association (3750-11 Yanoguchi)

Note: The four rendezvous points mentioned above have long been designated as helicopter activity bases in the city's regional disaster prevention plan, and an agreement was recently concluded with the start of Tokyo Doctor Helicopter operations.

A doctor helicopter is a helicopter that is loaded with medical equipment and medicines necessary for emergency medical care.It hurries doctors and others to emergency sites, begins treatment on-site, and quickly transports patients to medical institutions. .

The rendezvous point is where the medical helicopter takes over the patient from the ambulance and begins life-saving treatment at the rendezvous point. Securing as many rendezvous points as possible near the emergency site will lead to faster transportation.