Become a Community First Responder

Could you be a Community First Responder?

cfr jacket Community First Responders volunteer their spare time to be available for selected 999 calls to help other members of the community.

Volunteers can be male or female, aged over eighteen years. They must have access to a car and be able to attend emergency calls from either their home or place of work as soon as they are received.

Whilst a responder is on call in their local area or at their workplace, they can continue with their normal activities until a call is received. They can attend if possible or reject the call if deemed inappropriate.

A Community First Responder needs to be extremely reliable and trust worthy, good under pressure, able to remain calm in emergency situations, be caring when dealing with patients and have a reasonable level of physical fitness.

Regular monthly refresher training is recommended and encouraged which is provided by the local or nearby scheme.

Prospective responders have to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau Check (CRB) which is carried out by the Ambulance Trust following a successful interview.

SEAmb's region covers Surrey, Sussex and Kent. For more information and for details of schemes in your area please contact the responder team on one of the emails below.

For Kent, email: Kent.cfr@secamb.nhs.uk

For Sussex, email: Sussex.cfr@secamb.nhs.uk

For Surrey & North East Hampshire, email: Surrey.cfr@secamb.nhs.uk

Please can you provide us with the following information:

Your full name
Postal address (including postcode)
Contact telephone number
Email address
Details of any previous voluntary/medical experience (although previous experience is not essential as full training will be given)

We will then pass this information on to your local CFR Scheme Team Leader who will be in touch about attending a meeting.

Visit our Community First Responders section to find out more about this scheme, read about sucess stories or find out about schemes in your area.