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St John WA has appointed its first Group Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Brown. Mr Brown is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Perth Airport and was appointed following an extensive global search resulting in a strong applicant pool. He will join St John in January 2023. In addition, leading strategist and Olympian Sally Carbon OAM…

Trent Pope-Strathern has always known where he wanted to be in his career. Now he’s reached a one-year milestone in the State Operations Centre (SOC) and has begun mentoring his peers. Trent joined St John during the first wave of COVID-19 in the First Aid department. As the pandemic changed, so did his role, and…

The 2022 Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Emergency Services Blood Challenge is over for another year, with St John WA again coming out on top. Beginning in June and carrying through to August 31, the challenge invites emergency services teams to donate blood or plasma and help save lives. Every week, Australia needs 31,000 blood donations…

On Wednesday the St John WA pavilion won ‘Best Presented Site’ at the Show. It’s that fun time of year when the greatest show in Perth throws open its gates, bringing the country to the city along with rides, showbags, and plenty of fun. This year, the St John WA exhibition stand is right next…

St John WA has launched a children’s book dedicated to telling true stories of the paramedics, volunteers and staff who answer the calls of ‘help’ from those in need. Perth children are invited to a free event 10am, Saturday 8 October, to hear from one of the paramedics featured in the book and learn interviewing…

St John WA today acknowledged a record 353 frontline staff for outstanding and distinguished service to St John and the community of Western Australia. The Recognition Awards event was originally scheduled in February but delayed due to COVID-19 and had to be split over two events in September and October because of the high number…

Busselton paramedic Wayne Cranstoun may have traded his teacher’s classroom for ambulance lights and sirens, but he still has taught hundreds in his 30 years of service with St John WA. Mr Cranstoun has been involved in the recruitment and training of more than 100 volunteers to the Busselton career sub station, and his supportive…

A Royal Peth Hospital patient being reunited for the first time with the RAC Rescue Critical Care Paramedic who helped save her life, at St John WA 2022 Experience. St John WA has thousands of stories of heroic efforts to save and better people’s lives, and a handful of which brought tears and standing ovations…

With the weather becoming finer – and the Noongar season Djilba about to make way for Kambarang – it’s time to hit the great outdoors. Western Australia has some of the most spectacular scenery in the country, and so much of it can be seen simply by taking a walk. But hikers need to be…

Cathy Jackson has held first aid certification for over 30 years and knows first hand it is a skill which sould save a life. The Mandurah local has thrown her support behind a St John initiative to run a free first aid course for people aged over 65 in the local community after research reavealed…