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Victor Valley Community Hospital Helistop,
Victorville, California
Owner: Victor Valley Community
Hospital
Architect: Basant and Associates,
Yorba Linda, California
Victor Valley Community Hospital found
a need to accommodate helicopter transport of ill and injured patients
in Southern California's high desert region. A CHAMPUS contract with the
Army convinced hospital officials to direct the design team to design the
facility to accommodate aircraft as large as the Army's Sikorsky UH-60
Blackhawk. It quickly became evident from surveying the densely developed
campus that an elevated helistop was needed to meet obstruction clearance
criteria. Since hospital staff ruled out retrofitting a helistop to existing
hospital buildings, the decision was made to build a separate stand-alone
helistop structure. The resulting landing deck surface is 17 feet above
ground and features a three-level ramp to transfer patients between the
helicopter and ground level, from which they are moved to the emergency
entrance. Heliplanners assisted the hospital and design team with site
selection, design and permitting through five levels of government. The
helistop became operational in 19--.