Bay Harbour: July 24, 2024

Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>24</strong> 20<strong>24</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />

• By Dylan Smits<br />

SUMNER volunteer firefighters<br />

are now on the frontline of<br />

medical emergency responses to<br />

relieve pressure on St John.<br />

Chief fire officer Daryl Sayer<br />

said 18 brigade members have<br />

signed up for the fire first response<br />

unit after training.<br />

“It’s great to see the brigade<br />

members actually do something<br />

different together. It’s really<br />

good team-building.”<br />

The brigade covers from<br />

Redcliffs to Taylors Mistake.<br />

St John operations<br />

manager<br />

Sam Kellick said<br />

it was a positive<br />

move.<br />

“Responses<br />

into Sumner<br />

can sometimes<br />

Daryl Sayer<br />

be challenging,<br />

especially in<br />

summer when<br />

the population swells and traffic<br />

flow is slow, or when one of the<br />

two routes into Sumner are shut<br />

due to road works.”<br />

Over the past few months,<br />

firefighters have been training to<br />

reach a base ambulance clinical<br />

level, meaning they can assess<br />

and treat patients until an ambulance<br />

arrives.<br />

The firefighters completed<br />

their training on Sunday with<br />

St John staff at the Sumner Fire<br />

Station.<br />

Deputy fire officer Dan Ohs,<br />

who is also ambulance operations<br />

deputy chief executive,<br />

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Firefighters to respond<br />

to medical emergencies<br />

helped co-ordinate the training.<br />

Sayer said the firefighters will<br />

“see things they haven’t seen<br />

before” and will receive support<br />

after distressing medical responses.<br />

He said the volunteers are due<br />

to start attending medical events<br />

over the next few weeks.<br />

In cases where an ambulance<br />

NEW<br />

SKILLS:<br />

Sumner<br />

Volunteer<br />

Fire Brigade<br />

members<br />

during their<br />

medical<br />

training to<br />

become<br />

part of the<br />

fire first<br />

response<br />

unit.<br />

is requested, the 111 operator<br />

will decide whether to send an<br />

ambulance or the brigade.<br />

Kellick said members wanted<br />

the brigade to become a first<br />

response unit “as it is a quieter<br />

station, with a dedicated and<br />

passionate team who wanted<br />

to provide more help to their<br />

community”.<br />

NEWS 3<br />

In Brief<br />

ONE UNDERUSED<br />

MOORING GIVEN UP<br />

Only one renter of an Akaroa<br />

<strong>Harbour</strong> mooring has given up<br />

their space after Environment<br />

Canterbury put out the call last<br />

month. Owners of underused<br />

moorings are being asked to<br />

relinquish their spot ahead of<br />

the main wharf upgrade when<br />

there will be less moorings<br />

available in the harbour. An<br />

ECan spokesperson said the<br />

harbourmaster is still reluctant<br />

to take back any underused<br />

moorings at this stage.<br />

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NETWORK BEING BUILT<br />

Pest Free Banks Peninsula has set<br />

its sights on removing possums<br />

from Akaroa and is calling on<br />

residents and bach owners for<br />

help. PFBP is trying to contact as<br />

many property owners as possible<br />

to establish a network of bait<br />

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