CQ Rescue Drug Testing
Testing with Purpose. Keeping Workplaces and the Community Safe. Together with BMA CQ Rescue, We Save Lives. INETGRITY | ACCURACY | COMPLIANCE
CQ Rescue Drug Testing is a subsidiary organisation of Central Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service (BMA CQ Rescue). All proceeds from our NATA Accredited drug and alcohol testing service are used to help fund the region's rescue helicopter. CQ Rescue Drug Testing was established in 2010 and has since fostered very strong partnerships with organisations and businesses throughout Mackay, the Bowen Basin and Whitsundays. By testing your employees using our professional and efficient NATA Accredited testing facility, you'll be ensuring a safer workplace and help fund a vital lifesaving community service. Since 1996, CQ Rescue's helicopter and crew has provided rapid response aeromedical care whenever, wherever there has been a call for help across this vast region. Our community-funded rescue helicopter provides peace of mine to people living, working and visiting Central and North Queensland. Our rescue helicopter is synonymous with saving lives and plays an important role in emergency services each and every day in this region. Contact Paula Macey on 07 4998 5232 or email [email protected] for more information
13/09/2026
Urine or saliva - which testing method is right for your workplace?
Every workplace is different. The best option will depend on your industry, workplace risks, testing policy and whether you need broader screening or detection of more recent use.
Not sure which method is right for your team? CQ Rescue Drug Testing can help you select a testing approach that is practical, reliable and compliant.
Contact us to discuss your workplace testing requirements.
💙 Testing with purpose
🚁 Proudly supporting BMA CQ Rescue
09/09/2026
Feedback like this means so much to our team. Thank you to One Industries for trusting CQ Rescue Drug Testing to support the safety of your workplace.
When businesses choose CQ Rescue Drug Testing, they receive professional, reliable and compliant testing services while also helping support a vital local emergency service - BMA CQ Rescue.
That’s what we mean by Testing with Purpose.
03/09/2026
When should workplace drug and alcohol testing take place?
Effective testing isn’t only reactive. A well-planned program may include pre-employment, random, for-cause and post-incident testing—guided by your workplace’s risk profile and Drug & Alcohol Policy.
A structured 12-month testing schedule can help your business:
✔️ Plan testing around operational requirements
✔️ Maintain a consistent approach
✔️ Strengthen workplace safety
✔️ Support ongoing compliance
CQ Rescue Drug Testing provides NATA-accredited testing with integrity, accuracy and compliance at the centre of everything we do.
Contact our team to book your 12-month compliant testing schedule.
Every test has a greater purpose, with all profits proudly supporting BMA CQ Rescue. 🚁
01/09/2026
Thank you to Maskill for the five-star review! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Our convenient Mackay Airport location helps businesses arrange workplace drug and alcohol testing around their operational and travel requirements.
📍 16 Mike Jones Street, Mackay Airport
Every test also helps support BMA CQ Rescue, making safer workplaces part of something even bigger. 🚁
26/08/2026
When accuracy matters, experience counts.
For over 16 years, CQ Rescue Drug Testing has helped businesses across Central & North Queensland maintain safer, compliant workplaces with minimal disruption to operations.
From instant drug and alcohol screening to laboratory confirmation, our qualified team delivers reliable testing when and where you need it.
Onsite testing and walk-in appointments are available. Contact our team to discuss your workplace testing requirements.
Every test also helps support the lifesaving work of BMA CQ Rescue.
23/08/2026
A huge thank you to Redhot Couriers for continuing to choose CQ Rescue Drug Testing and for sharing this wonderful feedback.
Reliable testing, prompt results and service with a greater purpose-that’s what we’re here for!
19/08/2026
After more than 16 years of providing professional drug and alcohol testing, many people still don’t know CQ Rescue Drug Testing is here—or that our services proudly support BMA CQ Rescue.
Would your workplace or business be happy to display one of our posters and help us spread the word?
If you’d like a copy, simply send us a message and we’ll arrange one for you!
You can also help us reach more people by following our page and sharing this post with your network.
Thank you for supporting a local service that tests with purpose. 💙🧡
16/08/2026
We’re proud to be leading the way as the first testing provider in Queensland to offer Sample Assist's innovative digital platform.
This technology gives our clients greater control over their workplace drug and alcohol testing programs, allowing them to design, manage and view their own compliance schedules in one convenient system.
It’s another step in our commitment to providing accurate, efficient and audit-ready testing solutions, backed by integrity, accuracy and compliance.
And because we believe in Testing with Purpose, all proceeds from CQ Rescue Drug Testing support the lifesaving work of BMA CQ Rescue 🚁
To learn how Report Assist can strengthen your workplace testing program, give me a call or send me an email!
📞 0439 795 655
📧 [email protected]
11/08/2026
⭐ We truly value the loyalty of our long-term clients.
At CQ Rescue Drug Testing, we’re incredibly grateful for clients like Richglen who have trusted our team with their workplace drug and alcohol testing for several years.
Long-term relationships like these mean a great deal to us. We never take that loyalty for granted, and we’re proud to continue providing the reliable, efficient and professional service our clients have come to expect.
Thank you to Richglen for the wonderful feedback and, most importantly, for your continued trust and support.
Every client who chooses CQ Rescue Drug Testing is also helping us support something much bigger — with all profits proudly supporting BMA CQ Rescue and its lifesaving service. 🚁
Testing with Purpose.
Integrity | Accuracy | Compliance
15/03/2026
We’re pleased to offer Drug & Alcohol Hair Follicle Testing through CQ Rescue Drug Testing.
Hair testing provides a longer detection window and is often required for workplace compliance, legal matters, or pre-employment screening.
✔ Qualified technicians
✔ Accurate laboratory testing
✔ Convenient Mackay Airport location
📍 16 Mike Jones Street, Mackay Airport
📞 (07) 4998 5232
📧 [email protected]
All proceeds support BMA CQ Rescue, helping keep this vital lifesaving service in the air.
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