Most of time the helicopter will try to contact the IC/LZ on their own frequency. Otherwise, the common frequencies that a medical helicopter will try to establish communications wth the onscene command/landing zone are....
151.2800 MARCS I +Repeater+
151.2800 MARCS II +Simplex+
155.3400 Statewide Medical
463.0000 / 468.0000 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 1
463.0250 / 468.0250 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 2
463.0500 / 468.0500 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 3
463.0750 / 468.0750 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 4
463.1000 / 468.1000 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 5
463.1250 / 468.1250 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 6
463.1500 / 468.1500 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 7
463.1750 / 468.1750 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 8
462.9500 / 467.9500 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 9
462.9750 / 467.9750 UHF Medical Frequency Pair 10
EAGLE III (Their Website)
This medical Helicopter is based out of Green Bay. They are operated by "County Rescue Services". In addition to medical transports, they also will assist on search and rescue missions. They also have assisted in police pursuits.
153.1100 County Rescue Services Repeater - Dispatch (D365)
155.1750 County Rescue Services Simplex - Administration (179.9)
157.4850 County Rescue Services - This is the input to 153.1100 repeater (You should be able to hear helo on here)
458.0250 County Rescue Services - Mobile Extender for 153.1100 (131.8)
Flight for Life (Their Webiste)
This program currently operates out of three locations.
“Trauma 1” = Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry, Illinois
“Trauma 2” = Waukesha County Airport in Waukesha, Wisconsin
“Trauma 3” = Fond Du Lac County Airport in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
123.0500 Flight for Life uses this to coordinate in the air with the media's helicopters at an emergency scene
129.4750 Main Contact for the helicopter back to Headquarters
463.1500 UHF Operations / Now Dispatch?? (123.0)
Life Link III (Their Website)
This Medical Helicopter program is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have a couple of helicopters based in Wisconsin, however.
Life Link 1 - New Richmond Regional Airport in New Richmond, WI
Life Link 2 - Saint Cloud Regional Airport in Saint Cloud, MN
Life Link 3 - Hutchinson Municipal Airport in Hutchinson, MN
Life Link 4 - Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, MN
Life Link 5 - Rice Lake Regional Airport in Rice Lake, WI
Life Link 6 - Chisholm-Hibbing Airport in Hibbing, MN
Luke's One
This medical helicopter program was merged with the Life Link above in 2008.
Mayo One (Their Website)
This medical helicopter program runs out of three locations.
“Mayo 1” = Based at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota
“Mayo 2” = Based at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
“Mayo 3” = Based at Mankato Regional Airport in Mankato, Minnesota
155.4000 Mayo 1 - Operations
155.2350 Mayo 2 - Operations (179.9)
154.2050 Mayo 3 - Operations
Med Flight (Their Website)
This is the University of Wisconsin's Med Flight which is based out of UW Hospital in Madison.
462.9750 Unknown Use
463.1750 Dispatch / Operations (167.9)
Med-Link Air (Their Website)
This medical helicopter is based out of Gundersen Luthern Medical Center in La Crosse. I don't know which frequencies this program operates on. If anyone can provide more information, please let me know.
Spirit of Marshfield (Their Website)
This medical helicopter is based out of St Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.
They reportedly use 462.9500 (88.5) / 463.0250 (88.5) / 463.0750 (88.5). Anyone having more information please let me know.
They are reportedly going to start to use the MARC channels for Landing Zone operations
151.2800 MARC I (136.5) / Repeater
151.2800 MARC II (136.5) / Simplex
Theda-Star Air Medical (Their Website)
This medical helicopter is based at the Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah.
462.9500 Dispatch can be heard on here (192.8)
467.9500 Helicopter can be heard on here (192.8)
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