Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

They say many hands make light work, and in country communities like Kununoppin in WA’s Wheatbelt, they keep vital services alive.   Four generations of one family have given more than 90 years of volunteer service to ensure their region’s ambulance service runs around the clock.  Geoff Waters has been volunteering with St John WA Kununoppin…

Ian Digweed’s volunteering journey with St John WA began when he was just 11 years old.   Eager to become like the heroes he looked up to behind the lights and sirens, he joined as a young cadet in 1977.   Just a few years later, young Ian witnessed a child get hit by a car, it’s…

National Volunteer Week gives pause to reflect on the contribution of St John WA’s 5000 volunteers who contribute more than 230,000 hours to serving community each year. Volunteers work in a range of roles at St John WA from on-road emergency ambulance response in Country WA, to logistics, volunteer support, community transport and Event Health…

More than 180 St John WA operational team members have been acknowledged for their service to the Western Australian community in a Recognition Awards ceremony held on Wednesday. The ceremony acknowledges the academic and professional achievements of operational team members, including those who have served more than 25 years spanning country posts from Esperance to…

More than ten years after St John WA paramedics were by her side on the worst day of her life, Jana Biddle has embarked on a new career to help patients through theirs.   Jana’s life changed in an instant when she was seriously injured in a horrific crash with a drunk driver on a dark…

St John WA’s Mid West ambulances have successfully converted to 5G technology thanks to an Ambulance Communications Upgrade Initiative with Mitsui E&P Australia (MEPAU) and joint venturer Beach Energy. The $117,000 initiative rolled out the latest 5G compatible smartphones and Wi-Fi technology to 18 ambulances ahead of Australia’s 5G network expansion to the region. The…

Service to the community is at the heart of what St John WA paramedics do every day. But there is a special cohort within the St John WA ranks who don another uniform when out of their greens, serving their country in the Australian Defence Force. This Anzac Day, there will be many in the…

Volunteers past and present gathered to celebrate 60 years of the St John WA Williams Sub Centre and its enduring impact on the region last week.   Originally established as a sub branch of St John WA Narrogin in 1963, Williams’ ambulance service evolved into a fully independent sub centre a decade later.   Since then, about…

Western Australia has the highest bystander CPR rates nationally, as well as the lowest OHCA incidence, according to latest research by the Australasian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC).  The Aus-ROC research paper mapped OHCA cases in adults aged 20 and over where an ambulance attended across 543 Local Government Areas (LGAs) nationwide between January 2017 to…

St John WA (SJWA) celebrated its 2024 Women in Ambulance Award winners at a special dinner hosted by Group Chief Executive Officer Kevin Brown last week.   The Council of Ambulance Authorities Women in Ambulance Awards, announced in March, recognise hardworking and exceptional women in ambulance services across Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.…