£2000 Springfield donation helps Inverness Community First Responders

Springfield Properties has donated £2,000 towards a new emergency response kit bag for Inverness Community First Responders, enabling the volunteer group offer around the clock cover. 

The group, which operates in partnership with the Scottish Ambulance Service, launched earlier this year and has quickly become an important part of emergency response in Inverness and the surrounding area, with trained volunteers able to reach certain types of emergency calls in the first vital minutes before an ambulance crew arrives.

Their teams are armed with tools to help stabilise patients and provide appropriate care until the ambulance crew arrive with each kit bag containing a defibrillator, vital sign monitoring, airway management and trauma supplies. The fledgling charity has nine trained volunteers located across the city and can be called to a variety of emergency situations including cardiac arrest, chest pain and potential stroke victims.

Now, thanks to Springfield’s £2000 donation, Inverness Community First Responders have invested in an additional kit bag which they envisage will allow them to provide round the clock support.

Bobby Mitchell, Volunteer and Coordinator for the Inverness First Responders, said:

“In the event of an emergency, having quick access to defibrillators, vital sign monitoring and emergency first aid equipment until the ambulance service arrives could significantly improve survival rates in some cases.

“Since launching this summer, we’ve already attended over 100 emergency calls across Inverness and the surrounding area. Having the right equipment readily available means our team can respond quickly and provide potentially lifesaving care until the ambulance crew arrive.

“Our goal is to provide each of our volunteers with their own kit bag to improve our response time and help even more people who are in crisis. Springfield’s generous donation has put us one step closer to this ambition and significantly enhanced our offering for the people of Inverness and the surrounding areas.” 

Springfield Properties is a key business in the homebuilding landscape in the North of Scotland and are selling high-quality homes at Drumossie Braes just off Culloden Road in Inverness with views across the Moray Firth. Springfield Managing Director (North), Dave Main, said:

“We’re hugely impressed with the impact the Inverness First Responders have had in such a short space of time and the important role their volunteers are already playing in the community.

“Knowing our £2,000 donation will help them provide round the clock cover makes this a particularly worthwhile cause for us to support. We’re proud to have made an important impact in helping the team reach more people when they need it most.”

For more information about the Inverness Community First Responders visit https://www.facebook.com/p/Inverness-Community-First-Responders-61591237937177/.