Medical Air Transport As Easy As One Phone Call
Lifeguard Air Ambulance Service was established in 1982 by a small group of physicians in Sarasota, Florida. These physicians saw a need for fast, comfortable, long distance transport for their patients traveling to specialty care centers across the country. The potential of this service was spotted by the administration of Pinellas Ambulance Service in St. 
Petersburg. They purchased the company in the mid-1980s and expanded a small branch to Pensacola, Florida, in 1983. In 1990, Lifeguard’s administrator, John Roche, and his wife Deborah, purchased Lifeguard and moved the company’s headquarters from St. Petersburg to their hometown of Gulf Breeze, Florida. In the first year of private ownership, Lifeguard Air Ambulance, Inc., saw a 56% increase in the customer base and bought its first aircraft. In April 1997, Lifeguard’s second air operation opened in Birmingham, Alabama. Lifeguard has continued this positive growth and now its fleet includes King Air Turbo Props, Lear Jet 35s, and a Citation Bravo Jet. For over 20 years, Lifeguard Air Ambulance has consistently provided quality national and international medical transport for critical and non-critical patients via mobile intensive care units aboard our aircraft.
