
GWAAC is the air ambulance for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire, stretching across the Forest of Dean, the Cotswolds and the Severn Vale, is the largest county served by Great Western Air Ambulance Charity. If you call 999 in Gloucestershire and need the specialist skills of our crew we will be dispatched from our Almondsbury base and can be with you within 20 minutes.
In 2024 we were called out more in Gloucestershire than ever before, responding to 621 incidents, which was 27% of our missions.
You can also find us at many of the county’s biggest events including Frampton Country Fair, Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford and Fresh Art Fair at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Please do get in touch if you would like to find out more about fundraising in the county or volunteering with us.

Helimed 65 at Gloucester Royal Hospital
2024 Gloucestershire missions in numbers:
Call-outs to Gloucestershire
Up from 573 in 2023

211 by helicopter
Compared to 252 in 2023

410 by critical care car
Up from 321 in 2023
Medical emergencies
Up from 271 in 2023
Trauma incidents
Down from 302 in 2023
We were called out to Gloucestershire 621 times in 2024. That's up from 573 times in 2023 and up from 536 times in 2022.
Meet Emma - Supporter Engagement Coordinator for Gloucestershire
Emma's Q&A

Emma Fawcett
Photographed in Gloucestershire
- Helimed 65 by Tewkesbury Abbey
- Helimed 65 at Prescott Speed Hill Climb
- Gloucester Docks from above
- Gloucester Royal Hospital
- Forest of Dean – near Coleford
- Helimed 65 and crew at Gloucester Services M5 South
- Helimed 65 in Stroud
- Helimed 65 landed in Wooton Under Edge
- Cotswold water park