SARA Sharpness Takes Delivery of Two Special Response Grab Bags

Sharpness lifeboat station has kindly been donated two special response bags containing the new styled Kevlar oxygen cylinders (yet to be issued to front line ambulances) and first aid and resuscitation equipment that has been carefully designed by Gloucestershire Ambulance Service for use with organisations like ourselves.

The British Oxygen Company (BOC) manager visited the sharpness station and happily reduced the cost of rental for the two cylinders and donated two spare cylinders and the emergency grab bags free of charge.

This will now mean that both the lifeboat haulage LandRover and the newly appointed incident command ambulance will al be able to carry oxygen and be used by the stations 17 trained lifeboat crew.

Gloucestershire Ambulance service is also looking at donating a defibrillator to the sharpness station.

My heart felt thanks go to Kevin at Gloucestershire Ambulance service and of course BOC for all the hard work they has put into the design and distribution of this unique response bag. Shane Clark - SARA Sharpness Station Chairman

News Item added 26/08/2005