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St John WA Paramedic Murray Allum, who is currently the longest serving paramedic in the organisation, is hanging up his ‘greens’ after a 41-year innings. Beginning his career at the age of 22, Murray joined the workforce as a Metropolitan Paramedic back in 1980. Murray has seen many changes at St John WA over his…

St John WA will be delivering its First Aid Focus course to year 11 and 12 students from Norseman District and Esperance Senior high schools, thanks to the renewed sponsorship of the program by exploration and mining company, IGO. St John WA’s First Aid Focus program aims to train and equip students with the skills to…

St John WA’s newest regional volunteer and first aid training facility has officially opened its doors to the Northampton community. The new Northampton facility has been built as an extension to the existing Sub Centre site, with a 68m2 training room and 48m2 undercroft garage added to the Hampton Road location. The new and improved…

St John WA is “bleeding” the way in the Australian Red Cross 2021 Emergency Services Blood Challenge, St John WA Chief Executive Michelle Fyfe has joined more than 100 members of the St John WA workforce who have rolled up their sleeves to donate blood, plasma and platelets for the 2021 Australian Red Cross Emergency…

More than 250 St John WA Patient Transport Officers across WA have completed a new custom training program to greater support patients living with dementia.   The new training program was delivered through a partnership between St John WA and Dementia Training Australia (DTA) to improve the experience patients living with dementia when travelling with St…

St John WA’s newest state-of-the-art sub centre and first aid training facility has officially opened its doors to the Onslow community. The new Onslow facility takes up over 1700m² on McGrath Avenue and will be used for ambulance as well as volunteer training and public first aid courses. The new and improved sub centre will…

The Town of Cambridge has received the highest level of accreditation and new status of St John Safe. The Town is the first in Western Australia to receive the accreditation and is now one of the most first aid ready places in the state to live, visit and work. St John WA’s St John Safe program recognises…

Six members of St John WA were recognised for their outstanding contribution to ambulance services as part of International Women’s Day, including five employees and one volunteer. The dedicated women were part of a 60-strong international cohort recognised by the Council of Ambulance Authorities which started the awards last year to highlight successful and hardworking…

One of the world’s most popular children’s groups, The Wiggles, has teamed up with St John WA under a three-year partnership to increase education and understanding to children and families about the importance of first aid skills and what to do in an emergency. St John WA Chief Executive Officer Michelle Fyfe said every year,…

St John WA has been recognised by the public for its excellent reputation, securing a reputation score of 97 out of a possible 100 points using RepTrak’s Charity reputation model and scoring methodology. The mark of excellence was awarded to St John WA due to the community’s confidence in its services, citizenship and reputation, as…