News
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29 November 2025
LACs connect to collaborate on community contributions
Last month 70 Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) volunteers and QAS staff came together in Ipswich to connect, engage, and collaborate at the Metro South LAC Forum.
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28 November 2025
Restart a Heart Day teams keep the beat
From Ravenshoe in the Far North, to the lawns of the Gold Coast University Hospital, and dozens of towns and cities in between, LAC volunteers and QAS paramedics hosted 46 separate events on Restart a Heart Day (October 16).
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20 November 2025
QAS takes out top honour at Navigator Awards
In a first for the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Tracey Trotter has been named as the 2025 recipient of the International Academy of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) Dispatcher of the Year Award at this year's
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05 September 2025
LAC volunteers embrace education focus
Two new life-saving community engagement programs were launched in August, when more than 200 Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) volunteers descended on Bundaberg for the Biennial Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) Conference.
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04 September 2025
Warwick volunteer celebrates half a century of service
In 1975 when Clyde Stewart retired from his volunteer role with Warwick’s Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB), his son Peter said the station’s Superintendent tapped him on the shoulder and told him it was “now his turn” to
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31 July 2025
King’s Birthday Honours : four QAS officers recognised
Four Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) officers, from the city to the state’s more remote areas were recognised in the King’s Honours List last month for their distinguished service to our communities.
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30 July 2025
Roll up the sleeves for those in need: donate to the Lifeblood Emergency Services Blood Drive
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) staff are once again being called on to roll up their sleeves to bolster blood and plasma donations as part of the 2025 Lifeblood Emergency Services Blood Drive.
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04 February 2025
LAC gets early start to teach young students first aid
Chermside Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) volunteer and student paramedic Emily Bailey admitted she had a moment of fear and trepidation when she accepted a request for the LAC to deliver first aid training to around 60 primary school children at
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02 February 2025
Regional OIC’s photos take us back to the future
Dysart Station’s Officer in Charge Michael Board is still enjoying his 30-plus career but more recently, his sights have been set on recording our history using the very latest photographic technology.