Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) have teamed up with the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) in a scheme believed to be the first of its kind in England.
It has seen paramedic educator, Phil Barlow, who has 15-years frontline experience being seconded to the brigade to provide trauma first aid training to fire crews, who may be first on the scene to an emergency.
Over the past six-months the instructor from NEAS has been working with firefighters from across 17-community fire stations, ...
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