September 27, 2017
Nanango’s Local Ambulance Committee celebrated Ambulance Week with a special Open Day at the station – and an opportunity to check out Nanango’s brand new ambulance.
The Mercedes-Benz unit had only arrived the day before, which made it extra special for the station.
This year’s Ambulance Week marked the 125th birthday of the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS).
What we now know as the QAS was established on September 12, 1892, with the formation of the City Ambulance Transport Brigade in Brisbane.
The annual Ambulance Week is always an opportunity for the public to thank ambulance staff for what they do.
Nanango LAC Secretary Ann Black said the day was also an opportunity for local residents to find out what the LAC does (they are volunteers who support their local ambulance station in various ways, including raising CPR awareness).
The LAC organised a sausage sizzle at the Nanango station as well as giveaways and a money board.
Ann said there were currently five people on the LAC but they were always looking for more to join.
In the 73 years the ambulance has operated in Nanango, there have been only six LAC chairmen and nine Officers-in-Charge.
Currently, there are nine paramedics plus the Officer-in-Charge based at Nanango, with three Mercedes-Benz ambulances and a Toyota 4WD.
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On the same day, the Murgon LAC hosted an Open Day at the Murgon Ambulance Station.
There was a sausage sizzle here, too, plus displays of ambulances and equipment, CPR and defibrillator demonstrations, and free activity books for children.
(Photo: Murgon LAC)
