In October 2008, UT LIFESTAR opened its fourth remote base in Anderson County. The new base provides faster trips to UT Medical Center's Level I Trauma facility from Clinton -- from a 35-40 minute drive time by ambulance to a 6 minute flight time, creating potentially life-saving results.

Located adjacent to Anderson County EMS Station 6 in the David Jones Industrial Park in the Andersonville community, the base of operations will include full-time, around the clock UT LIFESTAR crews and a Bell 407 helicopter.

“The addition of a base of operation in Anderson County will result in decreased transport times for patients in Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott and Union counties as well as in parts of Kentucky and the surrounding area,” said Jeff Gregory, program director for UT LIFESTAR. “We’ve always enjoyed a close working relationship with emergency medical services agencies in and around Anderson County, and we know the implementation of this base will be of significant, potentially life saving benefit to the patients we collectively serve.”

The Anderson County base will include living and sleeping quarters as well as office space for crew. An aviation maintenance technician will be dedicated to the Anderson County base. Flight crew consists of a pilot, paramedic and nurse. UT LIFESTAR now operates remote bases in Anderson, Hamblen, Monroe and Sevier counties.

Read the full article about the Opening of the Anderson County UT LIFESTAR Base.