Port Hedland Base
Waldron Road
Port Hedland WA 6721
Ph: (08) 9172 0700
Fax: (08) 9172 0709
RFDS (Western Operations) Port Hedland Base
Port Hedland is an administrative centre for the Pilbara region of WA which is particularly noted for its rich iron ore deposits. Port facilities provide a departure point from WA for large quantities of iron ore from BHP Iron Ore at Newman. The ore travels from these inland mines over hundreds of kilometres by private railway line, on trains which may be up to 200 carriages in length. 200 kms south is the town of Karratha which likewise operates as a port for the exit of iron ore from the Hamersley and Cliffs Robe River companies; Karratha is also the major centre serving the North-West Shelf gas project on the Burrup Peninsula.
Distance from Perth: 1700kms (by road)
Population: 16,000 (varies)
Region: Pilbara
Port Hedland Base Opened: 1935
Distance to town: 20 kms
Staff / Aircraft at Port Hedland Base:
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1 Base Administrator
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5 Medical Officers
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7 Flight Nurses
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5 Pilots
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2 aircraft
RFDS services from Port Hedland include:
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Emergency transfers to Port Hedland District Hospital
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Inter hospital transfers to Perth
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‘RFDS On the Road’ clinics, health checks and health information
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Primary Health clinics to the Pilbara regions
Housing is provided for RFDS (Western Operations) doctors, flight nurses and pilots in Port Hedland and vary in size from a two bedroom duplex to a four bedroom home.
One of the RFDS (Western Operations) staff houses in Port Hedland
Contact: Lis Kilmartin – Base Administrator
Phone: 9172 0700 Mobile : 0408 943 841