St John Ambulance SA Annual Report 2022-23

Annual Report 2022/23

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Strengthening SA’s ability to prepare, respond and recover from emergency Responsibilities Provide a structured command, communications and logistics capacity under the Ambulance Services Functional Support Group: • Activate/deploy personnel • First aid/casualty triage (on scene/treatment centres/hospitals/welfare facilities) • Patient evacuation (excluding rescue) • Communications 62 Days of support at emergencies & SEICCC Working relationships with key stakeholders Established working relationships with key emergency service providers enable us to respond cohesively. Emergency services stakeholders: SA Police SA Ambulance Service Country Fire Service

Readiness to respond First response crews are backed by state wide infrastructure including fleet vehicles, comprehensive medical equipment, command, communications and logistics capabilities. 27 Mobile First Aid Units 15 Support fleet (vehicles) 1 Command/communications unit 1 St John SA State Operations Control Centre State-wide resources/coordination 488 Operations adults 47 Healthcare professionals 24/7 State duty officer & disaster response coordinator, pagers & Government Radio Network

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