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St John WA rolls up to the Perth Royal Show
Powering ahead with first electric vehicles
Global impact: St John Health nurse volunteers in Kenya
12,000 more reasons WA is ready to help
Meet the faces of St John WA’s bold new ‘Here to Help’ campaign
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Forget checkerboard strips - these ride-ons follow the racing line. Meet the mower racers of...
Wherever you are in WA, St John is here to help.
Our new brand campaign...
@perthroyalshow, we're so excited to be here! 🎆
It's been a busy first day so...
It's International Sign Language Day! A day to celebrate, protect and support the diverse cultures...
We're so excited to be at the Busselton @caravanandcampingwa show all weekend ☀️☀️☀️
Come and...
We've all heard a first aid 'remedy' that makes no sense. This World First Aid...
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A conversation can change a life.
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Urgent Care Kelmscott is now open, for when it’s urgent but...
Meet our Metro Volunteer of the Year - Steve Fraser 📸
Internationally renowned photographer Steve...
🚨 About 300,000 people call St John WA through Triple Zero (000) each year. One...
One of our community transport faves, Rod, answers all the important questions on volunteering with...
You can't outrun all your problems ... but you can outrun some of them.
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From one green team to another - good luck for the grand final tomorrow, @westcoastfeverofficial!...
Your blood donation could be the difference between life and death for someone. More people...
This International Day of Friendship we're giving a shout out to our mates on the...
When you volunteer with St John WA, not only do you support your community, but...
Scooters or skateboards, when it's spins vs shins we're here to help. Last week we...
Second Lights & Sirens round of the year: DONE. The Eagles gave it their all,...
First Lights and Sirens round of the year DONE. Final score: Dockers 77, Hawthorn 64....
Who's at the footy tonight? 🙋
Tonight's Dockers vs Hawks game is dedicated to WA's...
What a week so far!
We've been proudly celebrating NAIDOC Week by supporting Aboriginal-led conferences...
Did you know it's International Paramedics Day? A day to honour, thank and recognise our...
Were you in Yagan Square last Thursday, on the coldest morning of the year? We...
Our Albany team has made a very special delivery.
St John WA paramedic Gerard Monks...
Katie and Brad live in paradise. 🏖️
They've called the idyllic town of Coral Bay...
It's Thank a First Responder Day 💚❤️🩵
And while it's just one day, it's a...
We're proud to share that former St John WA Clinical Support Paramedic Shane Toovey has...
New defibrillator for Narrogin ⚡
An organisation supporting First Nations communities across the Wheatbelt is...
We love a bloody good competition here at St John WA! @lifebloodau has launched its...
What a day! 💚
Our teams hit the Northern Goldfields last week where more than...
Did you know our Special Operations Paramedics can provide help and support when there's an accident or injury in a confined space? Our teams, along with our emergency services colleagues, face situations like this all the time. And we're always looking at ways to improve. Our Special Operations Paramedics recently got together with Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA to do a re-enactment exercise in the Perth CBD. Check out the photos to see how the teams tackled it 👇
It's Shocktober ⚡ Do you own a defib? They're portable devices designed for anyone to treat people experiencing cardiac arrest until emergency services arrive. Without CPR and defibrilllation, a person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest reduces by 10% every minute. Don't miss out on the Shocktober sale! Buy a St John G5 Semi Automatic Defibrillator before 31 October 2025 and save $450*. https://www.stjohnwa.com.au/first-aid-kits-and-supplies/defibrillators/details/5523?show=12
Perth Royal Show, we're so excited to be here! 🎆 It's been a busy first day so far. Pop by Stand 48 for a whole world of life saving fun! Meet Kura bear, learn about DRSABCD, tour an ambulance and stock up at our First Aid Shop. You can also learn more about our St John Academy and St John Health. And our Event Health Services team will be out and about across the grounds in case you’re injured or unwell. We're here to help all week.
We're here to help at the 2025 Perth Royal Show!🎢 For more than 120 years, St John WA has been a big part of the show, keeping crowds safe with first aid and medical support for attendees and education and fun for all. Our Event Health Services will be out in force, operating fully equipped medical centres around the showgrounds. While our Youth and Community Engagement Team will be bringing the fun with interactive first aid demos, ambulance tours and our very own Kura bear. We'll have first aid kits for sale and you can also learn more about St John Health and our Academy too! See you at Stand 48 and look out for us all around the grounds from Saturday 👋
WA, we made it through one of the coldest, wettest winters on record. Now it’s time to warm up, head off and be ready to help out. More daylight means more hikes, road trips, weekends off the grid – and more chances to be the person who’s prepared when it counts. Last year, our crews treated: 🌼 2300+ allergic reactions 🐍 200+ bite and sting cases – many in the great outdoors. This spring, we’re backing Adventure Smart and encouraging every Western Australian to: 📲 Download (and register!) the First Responder App 🩹 Carry a first aid kit that suits your plans ❤️ Refresh your first aid training Outdoors WA - OWA, Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA, Western Australia Police Force, State Emergency Service - Western Australia, Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia
Western Australia, it's your 12,000th AED! Located at the Mount Hampton Community Hall in the heart of the Wheatbelt, we're proud to see the State Defibrillator Network growing throughout the regions. Giving more people, in more places, the chance to help save a life ❤️ Thanks to everyone helping build a more responsive, lifesaving WA — one postcode at a time.
We’re proud to share that WA now has over 12,000 registered defibrillators (AEDs) across 10,000 locations — and more than a third of those are accessible 24/7 to the public. With only one in 10 people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, defibrillators are key to saving lives. We'll reveal these milestone locations next week, but in the meantime: ⚡ Download the First Responder App ⚡ Register your AED ⚡ Search the St John WA AED Map https://brnw.ch/21wVRLx
80 years of service to the Mullewa community 💚 More than 40 past and present volunteers and community members came together to mark this incredible milestone at the St John WA - Mullewa Sub Centre - including much-loved volunteer John 'Hobby' Peet, whose father, Horrace, was a founding committee member (pictured here with the old ambulance). Thank you to everyone who has been involved in Mullewa’s journey over the past 80 years. Here’s to 80 more!
The Pocock family have volunteering in their blood. And John, Dave and Rhys have all found their niche here at St John WA. Three generations committed to making things better and keeping our communities safe. With Father's Day approaching, and 18-year-old Rhys set to do his first ever Event Health Services shift on that very day, check out their story and get inspired by their journeys: https://news.stjohnwa.com.au/meet-the-pococks-three-generations-giving-back-with-determination/
Our first aid shop and training rooms are now open in Bunbury! The shop offers locals and businesses an easy, one-stop destination to buy everything from defibrillators to fully stocked first aid kits, ensuring Bunbury and surrounds are better equipped for emergencies than ever before. And our fully refreshed training rooms are ready for all our first aid courses, including our popular First Aid for Mental Health course. If you're looking for first aid courses and equipment in the South West then drop by. We're here to help. 📌 270 Bussell Highway, South Bunbury St John WA - South West
We loved attending Dowerin Field Machinery Days - one of the biggest agricultural events of the year! 🚜 This year we ran the first aid tent, while volunteers and paramedics from surrounding sub centres attended to support the crowds and get some new recruits. We're proud to be spreading the word and bringing much-needed first aid skills and emergency support to regional communities.
Our 2025 Sub Centre of the Year is St John WA - Laverton 👏 In Laverton, teamwork makes the dream work, with our local volunteers joining forces with nearby companies to keep the wheels turning. This shared commitment means there’s always a skilled responder ready for the community when needed. Thanks to strong leadership, regular training, and a true community spirit, Laverton is a shining example of how collaboration can keep a rural ambulance service thriving. Congratulations to Laverton, and all of our sub centres across the state, for keeping WA safe.
