St John Ambulance supports Bingham care home evacuation

St John Ambulance crews have helped evacuate residents from a Bingham care home after electricity power was lost and the home was left without lighting or heating.

Rapid response enables swift exit   

10 residents were evacuated from the care home and moved to alternative accommodation. St John Ambulance deployed an ambulance and two support vehicles immediately after receiving a call from Nottinghamshire County Council at 8.15pm on 12 December.

The electricity supply was restored the following morning and all the evacuated residents were moved back in safely, Nottinghamshire County Council said.

Robert Fisher from Nottinghamshire County Council said: ‘We would like to thank St John Ambulance members involved in the evacuation for their tremendous support. The fact that they were able to deploy three vehicles immediately to assist, with the first arriving in just 20 minutes, is testament to their readiness to provide aid when and where it is needed, when any crisis comes.’

Providing essential first aid support throughout the UK

‘St John Ambulance is a vital part of the nation’s emergency response system,’ said Joe Shaw, Operational Support for St John Ambulance in Nottinghamshire. ‘Whether it’s to support the County Council, the ambulance service or respond to an individual medical emergency, our volunteers and staff are on hand. In times of crisis, emergency first aid support from St John Ambulance can be the difference between lives lost and lives saved.’