Lanark Community First Responders

Great day out yesterday at the Carluke Jam & Ham Festival! 🍓🍖

​Our Community First Responders had a brilliant time joining forces with Open Water Rescue at the Carluke Community Fire Station open day.

​We loved chatting with everyone in the community, running live demonstrations, and giving hands-on practice with CPR and AEDs. With the Water Rescue giving demonstrations of Public Water Rescue Equipment and water safety advice.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to learn a life-saving skill! ❤️🩹🛟

Scottish Ambulance Service
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Scottish Ambulance Service Community Resilience
South Lanarkshire Council Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire

Water Safety Scotland
Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK

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Our can't wait to join everyone tomorrow, at the Carluke Community Fire Station Open Day during the Carluke Jam & Ham Festival 2026!

​We'll be running hands-on CPR & AED awareness sessions and will be on hand to chat about the work we do to support our local community. 🚑

​📍 Where: Carluke Fire Station 🚒
⏰ When: Saturday, 26th September | 10am - 2pm

​Come along, say hi, learn a life-saving skill, and enjoy a fantastic family day out!

Scottish Ambulance Service
Scottish Ambulance Service Community Resilience
South Lanarkshire Council
Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire

Our can't wait to join everyone this Saturday, 26th September, at the Carluke Community Fire Station Open Day during the Carluke Jam & Ham Festival 2026!

​We'll be running hands-on CPR & AED awareness sessions and will be on hand to chat about the work we do to support our local community.

​📍 Where: Carluke Fire Station
⏰ When: Saturday, 26th September | 10am - 2pm

​Come along, say hi, learn a life-saving skill and enjoy a fantastic family day out!

Carluke fire station annual open day.

Saturday 26th
September
10am till 2pm

Carluke Jam & Ham Festival

Live demonstrations
Lanark first responders
Bouncy castle
Plus loads more.

💚 World First Aid Day 💚

​Seconds count in an emergency. Our volunteer Community First Responders work alongside the Scottish Ambulance Service to provide life-saving support right when it’s needed most. 🚑✨

​Today, we’re encouraging everyone to learn CPR and help build a nation of lifesavers. 🙌

​🔹 Want advice on CPR & AED awareness?
🔹 Thinking about installing a Community Public Access Defibrillator?

​We’re here to help! Drop us a DM 📥 or comment below to get started.

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https://www.resus.org.uk/public-resource/how-do-cpr

Today is Emergency Services Day 9️⃣9️⃣9️⃣
​Our pay tribute to all emergency service workers who work tirelessly around the clock to help, support, and protect us all.

​We also pause to remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives in the line of duty. 💙💚❤️🧡

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🚨 Lanark Community First Responders Need Your Help! 🚨

​Our dedicated volunteers are on call around the clock to provide lifesaving emergency care across Lanark, we are currently searching for a new base.

​We are actively seeking a 24/7 standby facility to help our team respond to local emergencies as quickly and efficiently as possible please.

​What we are looking for:
​📍 Location: In or very close to Lanark
​🔑 24/7 Access: A secure space our volunteers can use day or night
​🔌 Basic Utilities: Access to power, heating and basic amenities.
​🚗 Parking: Space for responder vehicles

​Whether it’s an unused office space, a community hall annex, a secure unit or a spare room in a local business premises—if you have or know of a space that might fit the bill, we would love to hear from you!

​By helping us find a home, you’re helping us save lives right here in our community.

​📩 Got space available? Please send us a direct message or drop a comment below!

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A huge thank you to Lodge Hozier! 💙

​Our volunteers are immensely grateful to the Right Worshipful Master and Members of Masonic Lodge Hozier, Douglas Water No 912 for their wonderful donation toward our latest community project!

​This generous support will directly fund lifesaving training equipment for our recently launched Tracey Lammie Community Training Project, which aims to equip members of the public with vital skills in CPR, AED use and basic lifesaving awareness.

​Without the ongoing support of local organisations, businesses and the public our volunteers simply couldn't provide these essential services to the towns and villages we serve.

Thank you for helping us make a real difference! 🩺✨

🌹 Day of Reflection in Memory of Tracy Lammie 🌹

Today, we take a moment as a Lanark Community First Responders family, alongside our wider CFR colleagues, to reflect on the life and service of Tracy Lammie.

Tracy dedicated so much of her time to helping others, both as a valued Community First Responder and through her caring nature in her professional life and everyday acts of kindness. She touched the lives of so many across Lanark and beyond with her compassion, commitment, and selflessness.

Today is a day for us to pause, remember, and reflect on the difference Tracy made to our community and the many lives she impacted.

We invite those who knew Tracy, worked alongside her, or were touched by her kindness to join us in taking a quiet moment of reflection in her memory. 💜

Our thoughts remain with Tracy’s family, friends, colleagues, and everyone feeling this loss.

Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts. 🌹