LifeFlight of Maine is committed to ensuring that everyone, in every community in the state, has access to critical care and medical transport. This includes logging professionals working in the remote Maine wilderness. Should an accident happen on the job, these men and women are often at least an hour away from the nearest hospital. […]
LifeFlight of Maine is asking for assistance from EMS departments and first responders to help keep personnel, patients, and vehicles safe during helicopter operations. LifeFlight teams have recently reported several near-miss incidents involving vehicles and our helicopters. LifeFlight helicopters require a landing zone that is approximately 100 feet by 100 feet. No emergency personnel, vehicles, […]
“Had it not been for a LifeFlight pilot hearing a desperate plea for help, I would be a dead man.” That was how Mark Siner greeted his LifeFlight crew about a year after he was crushed by a tree. The crew who cared for him wasn’t sure if he’d make it out of the hospital […]
Dominique and Nick Quintal drove from their home in Kingston, Massachusetts, to Bar Harbor, Maine, for what they planned to be a relaxing Labor Day Weekend before the arrival of their first baby. Dominique, who was 30 weeks along, said the couple spent the first day of their babymoon walking around the town and relaxing […]
Dear Friends, Because of you, when the call comes, we are ready. In 2025, Life Flight of Maine continued to stand for something simple and powerful: reliability. Across mountains, islands, rural roads, and city streets, our aircraft and ground teams launched day and night to ensure that no patient was out of reach. Your generosity […]
In the summer of 2025, 95 participants crossed more than 3,700 miles. These participants raised more than $216,000, thanks to the support of 1,500 donors. The Cross for LifeFlight is our most important fundraising event of the year and is one of the easiest ways to support our lifesaving mission. Every dollar we raise and […]
In 2025, we safely transported 3,031 patients from all across Maine. Ninety-one percent of those were interfacility transports, meaning we transported the patient from one hospital to another offering a higher level of care.
“They’re family now. I replay that day often, and it wouldn’t have gone as well without their comfort and support,” – Lindsey Thebarge
“From the minute they walked in at Maine Med and the minute they left at Children’s, not only were they caring for Cal, but they were caring for me, too” – Linsday Harrington
On Tuesday, January 27th, we hosted a donor reception in Cumberland to celebrate LifeFlight and raise support. Thank you to everyone who attended!
