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ARCH Medical Helicopter

Formerly called "Area Rescue Consortium of Hospitals"

Coverage Area - Covers the area of IL, MO and parts of OK, IA, KS, AR, KY, TN and IN. Response ? Inter-hospital transports (65%) and primary responses (on scene - vehicle accidents, etc) (have heard ARCH base on 461.525 talking to ARCH unit which was on Litchfield input 467.075 107.2 PL) Has a VOIP Link to Chicago Radio System.

Owned by Air Methods; serves Central/Southwest Illinois and most of Missouri Map

  • Home Base - 2207 Scott Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63103, 314-655-4100, Dispatch 1-800-325-9191

ARCH Bases (will be converted to table) (Tail Number)

  • ARCH 1 - Spare helicopter (N211SL)
  • ARCH 2 - Litchfield, Montgomery County IL (N122SL)
  • ARCH 3 - Sparta, IL (N330SL)
  • ARCH 4 - Backup aircraft (formerly Warrenton, MO) (N440SL)
  • ARCH 5 - Joplin, MO (N550SL) [MedFlight 1] @ St. Johns Regional Medical Center-Joplin
  • ARCH 6 - Labette Health Center, Parsons KS(N660SL) [MedFlight 2] Labette County Hospital, Parsons KS
  • ARCH 7 - Cape Girardeau, MO (127LN, formerly N770SL) Formerly Lifebeat
  • ARCH 8 - Granite City IL (was St. Louis) (N880SL)
  • ARCH 9 - Effingham, IL (N990SL) Effingham (County) Memorial Airport
  • ARCH 10 - no longer in use (is now the new Airlife 1 based at Carle Hospital) (365CH)
  • ARCH 11 - St. Louis (St. Louis Children's Hospital/Cardinal Glennon "Kid Copter") (911KD)
  • ARCH 12 - Sullivan, MO (N217LN)
  • ARCH 15 - Warrenton MO (115LN)
  • ARCH 20 King Air 100 Fixed Wing based at Spirit of STL Airport (N4490M)
  • ARCH 22 King Air 200 Fixed Wing based at Spirit of STL Airport (N220TB)

Staff - Air Methods (Not ARCH units, but dispatched by ARCH)

  • STAFF 1 N10UM University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia MO
  • STAFF 2 126LN Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach, MO (was N22UM)
  • STAFF 3 N151AD LaMonte, MO

Other licensed frequencies

  • 461.250 WPLR946 F (NOT USED?) Downtown Base (also Special School District) (466.25 Deleted)
  • 461.725 WPLR946 F NOT USED (is used by Special School District - St. Louis)


Known Landing Zones

Illinois by County

  • PERRY, Pinkneyville - High School Football Practice Field and DuQuoin State Fairgrounds (ARCH-28 and ARCH-8)

ARCH Terminology

  • AirCom – the current name of the dispatch center in St Louis
  • AirEvac - Refering to other AirEMS service in the area (Lifeteam)
  • BJC - Barnes-Jewish (Corporation) Hospitals
  • Childrens - Childrens Hopsital
  • Christian - Christian Hospitals in St. Louis? (NE or NW)
  • Coordinates - Longitude/Latitude (in decimal) of Landing Zone area / current air position
  • Downtown Base - Base at downtown St. Louis, MO
  • ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival? (for a scene, hospital or other destination)
  • ETE - Estimated Time En-Route
  • Final - on final approach to land
  • Fire Mutual Aid - Refers to Missouri, 154.28
  • Full Bladder - Full gas tank
  • HEAR – Referes to Missouri Hospital frequency 155.34 (normally CSQ)
  • I-REACH - Refers to Illinois, 155.055
  • Glennon - Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis
  • Granite City Base – Base on Route 3 Granite City, near the Mississippi River south of I-270
  • LC - Loud & Clear
  • LifeBeat - Name of ARCH service in Cape Girardeau
  • LifeTeam - Refering to AirEVac Med-Evac company
  • Litchfield Repeater - Rptr in Lakewood/Shelby Co – formerly at Lfld Base (462.075)
  • LZ - Landing Zone (for helicopter)
  • MedStar - EMS agency that serves St. Clair/Randolph Co in IL
  • MED 9 - Refers to dispatch frequency of 462.95 162.2pL
  • MERCI - Refers to Illinois Hospital communication frequency 155.34 (normally CSQ)
  • Outer Link – Remote satellite tracking of Helo Locations (like GPS)
  • POB - Persons on Board (Souls)
  • Position - current status/location
  • St. Johns Mercy - Hospital @ ....
  • St. Louis Downtown base - Base by Union Station area (off I-64/44)
  • Ship - Aircraft/Helicopter
  • Sparta - Base in Sparta (Randolph County IL)
  • SLU - St. Louis University Hospital
  • Souls - People (on board)
  • Spirit - Spirit of St. Louis Airport - Chesterfield MO
  • Trauma Rotation - All hospitals in the St. Louis area get to "take turns" so none are left out (Old?)
  • Status B - unknown (heard enroute to Hospital in Marion)
  • Wolfsburg – The expensive communications radio system on board that can operate on multiple frequencies / bands / modes / tones, etc

Notes

  • 9/07 - Heard ARCH Base doing morning radio check with ARCH 3 on 159.7125 D032 from Cape Girardeau, MO
  • 11/08 - ARCH Helicopter has added a base at St Johns Hospital Springfield, named "Saints Flight" SJR Article Helicopter Pic
  • 7/11 - ARCH Dispatcher St Louis is now refererred to as AIRCOM
  • 461.525 - St. Louis Repeater - Located at High Ridge? (Jefferson Co MO) - licensed in Randolph County MO) (FX1 - Repeater input was located in downtown StL at the old base, but may now be located in Granite City) [Also, Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Madison County, IL uses this frequency for repeater operations]

[{Category:St Louis Region]]

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