Thaxted Community First Responders

05/07/2026

💙 Happy 78th Birthday to the NHS! 💙

Today, we are joining the rest of the country in celebrating 78 years of our incredible National Health Service.

As Community First Responders, we get to see firsthand the dedication, skill, and unwavering care that NHS staff provide day in and day out. We are incredibly proud to volunteer alongside such an extraordinary institution and to help support our local NHS ambulance service right here in our villages.

From the paramedics and ambulance crews we hand over to, to the dispatchers, nurses, doctors, and support staff working behind the scenes—thank you for everything you do.

We also want to say a huge thank you to our local community. By supporting our CFR group, you help us stay equipped and ready to bridge the gap in those vital first minutes of an emergency before our NHS colleagues arrive.

Please join us in wishing our NHS a very happy 78th anniversary! 🎂🚑

08/06/2026

A massive thank you to Thaxted Fire Station for hosting us! 🚒🚑

Our volunteer Community First Responders were able to use the wonderful lecture room to run our annual patient scenario assessments.

Community partnerships like this are invaluable, ensuring our teams are well-trained, sharp, and ready to respond when it matters most. Thanks for looking after us!

30/05/2026

We hope you all had fun at the Thaxted Fayre Trust’s event today.

We had lots of people learning CPR and a number of certificates given out to our younger participants!

If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about the role of a CFR, please do get in touch.

29/05/2026

Our volunteers will be at the Fayre tomorrow thanks to the Thaxted Fayre Trust. Come see us and learn how to save a life! Anyone interested in joining our team should speak to our volunteers to learn more!

29/05/2026

Brilliant news!

Our telephone box is bright and shiny again thanks to our Groundsman Luke and the defibrillator has been relocated inside the telephone box 👏👏

06/05/2026

Our volunteers are still active in the community with 13 attendances to 999 calls in and around Thaxted in the last 30 days.

If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the team, please do get in touch!

07/01/2026

We would like to say thank you to Thaxted Fire Station for hosting our monthly training last night.

We brought together volunteers from Saffron Walden Community First Responders, Dunmow Community First Responders and the West Essex Falls Car to cover recent updates to resuscitation guidelines, view recent statistic, recap the key principles of Basic Life Support and discuss the challenges that we may face attending jobs in real world environments.

It was fantastic to see such strong collaboration, shared learning, and commitment to keeping our community safe.

Moments like this show the power of teamwork and partnership across our emergency services. 💙🚑🚒