BMF Transport Specialists (paramedics) similarly become Certified Flight Paramedics within one year of hire if they do not already hold FP-C certification.
BMF staffs and operates its own communications center at the Bedford headquarters. Communications Specialists are required to be Nationally Registered EMTs, or the Massachusetts equivalent; they are also expected to complete an International Association of Medical Transport Communications Specialists (IAMTCS, formerly National Association of Air-medical Communications Specialists or NAACS) Certified Flight Communicator course within their first year, course schedule permitting.
Their helicopter (rotary wing) and airplane (fixed wing) pilots are rated at the Airline Transport Pilot level, the highest level of pilot license; pilots have no medical duties during transport other than the safe delivery of the patient and medical team. The critical care ground ambulances are operated by Massachusetts-certified emergency medical technicians; in contrast to the pilots, they will assist their medical teammates during transfers.
BMF operates five twin-engine helicopters: four Airbus H145s, and one Eurocopter EC-145 (an earlier version of the H145). BMF also operates eight critical care ground ambulances, and a Beechcraft King Air 200 fixed-wing aircraft.
BMF transports emergency patients regardless of their ability to pay and is financially supported in part by a seven hospital consortium (as of 2017) of the following:
BMF is a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) accredited critical care transport service in all three transport modes (Rotor wing, fixed wing and ground critical care). BMF was a founding member of the New England Air Alliance, now known as the North East Air Alliance, along with UMass LifeFlight and Hartford HealthCare LifeStar. The goal of NEAA is to enhance the safety of air-medical operations in the region through information sharing.
1984- Boston MedFlight is created and a hospital consortium formed to develop helicopter service
1985- June 26, Boston MedFlight transports its first patient
1992- Second aircraft added to fleet and stationed at Plymouth, Massachusetts airport to expand service to southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands
2011- February 23, Boston Medflight Nurses and Paramedics successfully organize with the Massachusetts Nursing Association.
2011- BMF opens Lawrence Base
2015- Billing staff relocated to Lincoln North, an office building just off-base, due to space constraints
2016- Awarded a long-term lease by Massport for the hangar space designated 'Hangar 12A' on the West Ramp of Hanscom Field, also known as 'the civilian side' of the airfield. New hangar is expected to be completed by the spring of 2018
2016- March 30, Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel, one of BMF's founders and then-CEO/CMO dies, inspiring BMF to continue her legacy by serving patients with expert care and compassion.
2017- January, Awarded its own Part 135 operator's certificate by the FAA. BMF performs its first independent Part 135 transport in March. BMF also opens its fourth base in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
2018- October, BMF departs Hanscom Air Force Base and moves into its new corporate headquarters on the civilian side of Hanscom Field, consolidating its Bedford operations under one roof at Hangar 12A
