Next week we mark 90 years of Guernsey’s St John Ambulance & Rescue Service. To mark the anniversary Guernsey Museums is staging an outdoor exhibition telling our story through the decades. The exhibition opens on Tuesday and runs until September.

We will also be sharing images from the past 90 years in the return of #WayBackWednesday as a tribute to the founders of the service and all those who have served our island community with care and compassion since 1936.

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Many of us will no doubt be enjoying barbeques on the island’s beaches throughout the summer season. So we’d like to share some advice for islanders on how to stay safe when cooking food on the beach, while remaining respectful to the local environment:

☀️ To safely extinguish a barbeque, embers and surrounding sand, douse them in water until they are cold. If the barbeque is disposed while still hot, bins can catch fire and cause harm to wildlife and other people.

☀️ Dispose of the cold remnants properly by either taking them home or by placing them carefully in a litter bin.

☀️ Barbeques can only be lit between 5pm and midnight on the island’s north and west coast beaches, excluding the Richmond end of Vazon.

☀️ They are not to be held on the South or East coasts, i.e. from Soldier’s Bay to Pleinmont.

☀️ They should be lit in a small fire bowl or bucket.

☀️ Permission is required for beach barbeques to be attended by more than 50 people. You can apply for permission here: gov.gg/BBQform

All your litter from a trip to the beach should be placed safely in the appropriate litter bin or taken home with you. Avoid taking glass as it is easily broken causing risk of injury to yourself and other beach users.

Please respect other beach users by following these steps – it helps keep Guernsey’s beaches as a safe and beautiful space for everyone to enjoy.

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Later this year volunteers from the marine ambulance are planning to sail a car to Herm and Sark to raise money for the Flying Christine III. We will be out and about at lots of venues and events this summer collecting donations and sponsorship.

We would like to thank all the individuals and companies that have sponsored the challenge so far and enabled our volunteers to get the car prepared for the water.

There are new sponsors being added all the time, but a big shout out to everyone below...

Tony Collington at Sarnia Auto, who supplied the car!
John Biggs at JA Biggs Engineering
Chris Machon at MS Engineering
Rohais Motor Centre
Ethan Paint at Black Cat Services
James Roussel at Northern Motor Works
BDM Recovery and Haulage
Dan Smith at Smith Signs
AB Marine
Moonpig

Not forgetting Gary, Paul and their team of dedicated volunteers!

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Emergency response driver training is due to continue at locations around the island over the coming days. This means that from time to time you may see more ambulance vehicles using blue lights and sirens.

This training is essential to allow our crews to respond safely and efficiently to medical emergencies around the island.

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