Government Flying Service

Performance Statistics

PERFORMANCE

Targets

In 2004, all targets were achieved to a satisfactory standard. Both pilots and aircrewman were given specialist training in order to provide 24-hour search and rescue services and police emergency response service.
The key performance measures are :

	Target
	Target	%within	2006	2007
	Time	target	(Actual)	(Actual)
Air Ambulance Service
on-scene time for call-outs for Type A+ Casevac# and Type A Casevac#
within Island Zone@	20 minutes	95	84	84.24
outside Island Zone@	30 minutes	95	NA	NA
on-scene time for all call-outs for Type B Casevac#	2 hours	100	97	98.52
Search and Rescue (SAR)
helicopter
on-scene time for inshore SAR call-outs
between 0700-2159 hours	40 minutes	90	97	98.23
between 2200-0659 hours
additional crew or specialised equipment not required	40 minutes	90	81	95.45
additional crew or specialised equipment are required	1 hour and 40 minutes	90	100	50
on-scene time for offshore SAR call-outs
between 0700-2159 hours
within 50 nm (92.5km) of GFS HQs	1 hour	90	100	100
between 50 nm (92.5km) and 200nm (370.4 km) of GFS HQs	Add 30 minutes per 50nm	90	100	N/A
between 2200-0659 hours
within 50 nm(92.5km) of GFS HQs	2 hours	90	100	100
between 50 nm(92.5km) and 200nm (370.4 km) of GFS HQs	Add 30 minutes per 50nm	90	N/A	N/A
fixed-wing aircraft
on-scene time for SAR call-outs
between 0700-2159 hours
within 50 nm(92.5km) of GFS HQs	50 minutes	90	100	100
between 50 nm (92.5km) and 100nm (185 km) of GFS HQs	1 hour and 5 minutes	90	100	N/A
beyond 100 nm (185km) of GFS HQs	add 15 minutes per 50 nm	90	89	100
on-scene time for SAR call-outs
between 2200-0659 hours
within 50 nm (92.5km) of GFS HQs	1 hour and 50 minutes	90	100	100
between 50 nm (92.5km) and 100nm (185 km) of GFS HQs	2 hours and 5 minutes	90	100	100
beyond 100 nm(185km) of GFS HQs	add 15 minutes per 50 nm	90	100	80
Police Operation
on-scene time for call-outs within Island Zone@
additional crew or specialised equipment not required	20 minutes	90	100	99.12
additional crew or specialised equipment are required	1 hour and 20 minutes	90	NA	NA
on-scene time for call-outs outside Island Zone@
additional crew or specialised equipment not required	30 minutes	90	78	89.47
additional crew or specialised equipment are required	1 hour and 30 minutes	90	NA	100
Fire Fighting
on-scene time for all call-outs for water bombing during day-time*	40 minutes	85	84	79.45
on-scene time for all call-outs for trooping during day-time
additional crew or specialised equipment not required	40 minutes	85	100	100
additional crew or specialised equipment are required	1 hour and 40 minutes	85	NA	NA

#	Type A+ Casevac - Casualty evacuation involving life-threatening cases.
#	Type A Casevac - Casualty evacuation involving emergency medical conditions other than life-threatening.
#	Type B Casevac - Casualty evacuation involving lesser emergency.
@	Island Zone includes Hong Kong Island, Cheung Chau, Hei Ling Chau, Lamma Island, Lantau Island, Peng Chau and Soko Islands.
^	Not applicable. No cases fell into this category.
*	Water bombing can only be carried out during hours of daylight.
%	Not applicable
+	Only two cases fell into this category. Nine minutes of delay was recorded in one of the cases because the operation required additional aircrew from both Aeroplane and Helicopter sections.

Indicators
	2006	2007
	(Actual)	(Actual)
Total Flying Hours
fixed-wing	1266	1282.07
helicopter	4690	4306.25
Casualty Evacuation
flying hours	920	920.74
Search (fixing-wing)
flying hours	190	214.27
Rescue (helicopters)
flying hours	571	447.35
Law Enforcement Operations
flying hours	516	366.02
Fire Fighting
flying hours	307	227.86
Other Tasks For Government Departments
flying hours	1326	1048.36
Training
fixed-wing flying hours	543	671.67
helicopter flying hours	1343	1445.6
Miscellaneous
fixed-wing flying hours	24	27.81
helicopter flying hours	217	218.62

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