06/09/2024
When a patient faces a serious emergency, every second counts for them and a simple helping hand from a Community First Responder can make a vital difference to their lives.
Community First Responders in Wales are volunteers who donate their spare time to attend appropriate 999 calls and provide first hand emergency care to people in their own community.
When a 999 call is made, Community First Responders are alerted by the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust's three Clinical Control Centres and are sent to specific types of calls in their local areas where they live and work, often attending the scene of an emergency within a few minutes providing essential care until a clinician reaches the scene.
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04/09/2024
Neath Port Talbot Council’s growing fleet of electric and low-emission vehicles now numbers 50 as it continues its drive towards a cleaner, greener future.
As well as light vans and pool cars, the green vehicles now include a 16-tonne road sweeper and a 12-tonne recycling vehicle with the fleet serving a wide variety of departments from waste and recycling to social services.
And the council now has a solar powered charging park at its offices in The Quays on the Baglan Energy Park with public EV charging facilities also available at the Neath Multi-Storey Car Park and Afan Forest Park. The charging park at the Quays is powered by a large solar canopy.
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02/09/2024
Road Safety Wales is reminding drivers of their responsibilities when encountering School Crossing Patrols.
School Crossing Patrol officers are an integral part of the community in many areas of Wales; they have often assisted the children, and even the grandchildren, of those that attended the same school many years ago. They are that friendly face that always greets us when we arrive at school and the one we say goodbye to as we make our way home.
They are dedicated and much-appreciated members of the school and wider community who turn out, despite the weather, to keep us all safe when crossing the road.
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27/08/2024
Leading up to the summer holidays, Road Safety Wales shared information to highlight the law surrounding e-bikes and e-scooters with secondary schools, colleges and organisations working with young people.
Some people may have innocently purchased an e-bike or e-scooter, unaware that they could be breaking the law when riding it and putting members of the public at risk of being injured if they are involved in a collision.
The Road Safety Wales partnership developed a bilingual information sheet and short educational films, with the assistance of the road safety team at Carmarthenshire County Council.
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23/08/2024
North Wales Police officers from the Roads Crime Unit visited a motorcycle safety course at Rhyl Fire Station on Saturday to show their support.
Biker Down! Cymru is a free course, taught only by emergency service professionals on how to keep an injured motorcyclist alive until the ambulance arrives.
It was created by Jim Sanderson from Kent Fire and Rescue Service and is taught all over the UK by emergency service personnel who are dedicated to saving the lives of others and helping the public to know what to do should they arrive at the scene of a motorcycle collision.
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20/08/2024
The road safety team at Carmarthenshire County Council’s recently partnered with Smyths Toys in Llanelli to host a FREE Child Car Seat Safety Check Clinic.
The event in Llanelli found that 12 of the 21 seats checked needed adjustment, with 7 of these requiring a major adjustment.
Children must use a child car seat until they are 12 years old or 135cm tall, whichever comes first. It is essential to ensure that a child car seat is suitable for the vehicle, appropriate for the child using it and is fitted securely. The free service offered in Carmarthenshire aims to provide peace of mind to parents, guardians and those responsible for taking children in their vehicles.
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19/08/2024
Pembrokeshire County Council’s Road Safety department is offering free monthly mature driver courses for residents aged 65 plus.
The course, held at Haverfordwest Fire Station, includes a classroom based morning and a practical driving session with an approved instructor to help address any personal concerns drivers have now and for the future.
In the classroom attendees will hold informal discussions, watch safety films and refresh their knowledge of the Highway Code and its updates, a great chance to highlight any bad driving habits developed over the years and help keep people driving safer for longer.
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13/08/2024
An operation aimed at targeting those who commit offences on the roads across Gwynedd South saw several tickets being issued to motorists last month.
During July, North Wales Police officers took part in Operation Clench and several motorists were found to be committing driving offences including driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving without a valid licence.
During the month 33 Traffic Offence Reports (TORs) were issued, including:
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08/08/2024
An EV charging public network has reached its first anniversary by providing thousands of green miles for motorists to travel around Denbighshire.
Since launching officially last summer, Denbighshire County Council’s network of public EV chargers located at all towns have provided 239,146kwh of charging for motorists using the facilities.
That’s the equivalent of 837,000 miles of greener lower carbon travelling delivered by the network, nearly 34 times travelling around the circumference of the earth.
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08/08/2024
More than 20 traffic offence reports were detected by officers using an unmarked HGV last week on the motorway through Gwent.
Five people using their mobile phones at the wheel and four driving without due care and attention were among the motorists caught by officers during a weeklong M4 road safety operation.
As part of the national Operation Timeline initiative, drivers who were spotted committing an offence from an elevated position in an unmarked HGV on loan from National Highways, were later stopped by a support vehicle.
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