The Sunrise Beach Volunteer Fire Department soon will construct a medevac emergency landing pad at Sandy Park, thanks to a $19,857 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority.
The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $4,965 in matching funds from the department, will facilitate construction of a much-needed landing pad for medevac helicopters to land and pick up patients in Sunrise Beach Village.
“By definition if someone is being evacuated, they are in a serious situation and time is of the essence,” said Daniel W. “Dan” Gower Jr., Sunrise Beach VFD deputy chief. “This landing pad will allow a person in a medical crisis to be moved to a specialty hospital more rapidly and get the critical care they need without having to navigate the winding road out of town in an ambulance.”
