David Cragg told us about the Community First Responders in his area.
In Oxfordshire, we now have the retained Fire service attending to perform this sort of role. If you call 999 for a medical emergency a large noisy red fire engine appears out side your house and sits blocking the road, ready to respond to any other emergency that may occur, while one of the crew members delivers first aid until an ambulance can arrive. It gets someone there fast but I bet it is annoying the employers of the aforementioned retained firemen as their number of callouts must have doubled since they started this new process. Graham www.jannock.org.uk
