Volunteers responding for a decade in Penicuik

Penicuik Community First Responders (PCFR) recently celebrated their tenth birthday. In that time they have responded to 2,643 call-outs within the Penicuik area and volunteered more than 65,000 hours of cover.

Penicuik First Responders L to R, Bill Lawson, Philip Knight, Delia Stewart, Gilbert Kirkwood, Ros Burness, Sandy Wann, Yvonne Mitchell

PCFR are a group of volunteers trained by the Scottish Ambulance Service. They operate as part of a rota system from their own home or place of work and are dispatched at the same time as an ambulance, via ambulance control, to attend life-threatening calls. To join the group contact Beeslack Community Education Department on 01968 673893.