A community first responder is a volunteer who is trained by the ambulance service to attend emergency calls in the area where they live or work. 

Their aim is to reach a potential life threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew arrives on scene.

Community first responders are sent by ambulance control to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrests. They live or work in area where a group is set up and can get to an incident in just a few minutes while an ambulance resource is on its way.

Their role is to help stabilise the patient and, in doing so, keep the patient alive until the arrival of the more highly skilled ambulance crew, who are trained to undertake further life saving techniques. 

As a Community First Responder group we rely on donations to buy life saving equipment. With donations we are able to update our equipment to keep providing the best care possible to our patients. 




Holland / Clacton Community First Responders would like to say thank you for your kind donation.