FOND DU LAC COUNTY- The rolling farmland of this county is dotted with gigantic wind turbines. The futuristic looking structures tower 400 feet into the clear Wisconsin air. Each has a sun-blocking 270 foot wingspan. The modern windmills may create clean energy but they are a clear and present danger to air ambulances. Milwaukee-based Flight for Life has notified first responders in Fond du Lac County that air ambulances will not land near the windmill clusters here. “They are up in the air,” said Flight for Life’s Claire Rayford. “We have to be aware of them. Depending on how high they are, they may not be lit.” That decision worries former law enforcement officer and Byron resident Curt Kindschuh. “I do understand where they’re coming from,” Kindschuh said as he stood in the shadow of one of the windmills he despises. “But, how many people here could potentially be at risk because of that?” Kindschuh has a long list of complaints about the massive turbines. Still, he maintains public safety is his key concern. “Does somebody have to get thrown into an ambulance now and carted two, three, four miles to Flight for Life,” he asked with a shrug of his broad shoulders. “That delay could make a major difference between life and death.” Flight for Life maintains public safety does not have to be compromised. “We can set up pre-determined landing zones right on the perimeter of the wind turbine farms,” said Rayford. “We can meet the EMS agencies at that location with the patient.”