The Website of Vale First Responders - VFR is a Community First Responder group
In association with East Midlands Ambulance Service
Covering The Vale of Belvoir - North Leicestershire and South Nottinghamshire
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Vale First Responders is a charity registered in England and Wales number 1115596 - to see our registration details, click HERE
The Vale First Responders scheme was originally set up to provide First Responder cover for East Midlands
Ambulance Service to the following villages, in the Vale of Belvoir:-
Ambulance Service to the following villages, in the Vale of Belvoir:-
Who do we help ?
This is not an exhaustive list, and providing
We can get to a destination within 10
Minutes by driving safely and within the law
Then there is every possibility we will attend appropriate incidents. Call outs have included Cotgrave,
Branston and various other small collections of properties and occasionally an isolated farm down a small track.
We can get to a destination within 10
Minutes by driving safely and within the law
Then there is every possibility we will attend appropriate incidents. Call outs have included Cotgrave,
Branston and various other small collections of properties and occasionally an isolated farm down a small track.
First Responders aim to arrive on scene as quickly and safely as possible after being alerted to an incident
via the ambulance service pager. First Responders from the Vale First Responders team should be able to travel
to any these villages in a relatively short time, usually arriving within 3 to 8 minutes.
via the ambulance service pager. First Responders from the Vale First Responders team should be able to travel
to any these villages in a relatively short time, usually arriving within 3 to 8 minutes.
As volunteers there are inevitably limits on what we can be trained to do and therefore incidents we are able
To attend. The Ambulance service will not send us to the following :
To attend. The Ambulance service will not send us to the following :
We do now have two Satellite Navigation units which are really
Useful, particularly for remote locations, and we expect that we
Will be in a position to purchase two more during 2007, or early
2008. We will then have one in each of the four kits we
Operate.
You can really help us, and the Ambulance Service, by clearly
identifying your property from the roadside with either the name,
or the number or both preferably !
Until the Sat Nav’s are purchased, we shall continue to rely upon
Street level maps and a pretty good local knowledge.
Useful, particularly for remote locations, and we expect that we
Will be in a position to purchase two more during 2007, or early
2008. We will then have one in each of the four kits we
Operate.
You can really help us, and the Ambulance Service, by clearly
identifying your property from the roadside with either the name,
or the number or both preferably !
Until the Sat Nav’s are purchased, we shall continue to rely upon
Street level maps and a pretty good local knowledge.
