7th July survivor opens new ambulance station
Wednesday, 04 February, 2009
Staff outside the station, with Chief Executive Peter Bradley , Gill Hicks MBE, her husband Joe Kerr, Ambulance Operations Manager for Brent Kevin Brown
A survivor of the 7 July bombings, Gill Hicks MBE, declared the new Brent Ambulance Station officially open last month.
Gill was taken on a guided tour of the new ambulance station, which features an open plan mess room with kitchen and seating area, fully-equipped offices and a large training room. She was also given the opportunity to meet some of the staff that worked on 7 July and see
some of the vehicles that respond to emergency calls in the area.
At 13,500 square feet, Brent Ambulance Station is now the second largest ambulance station in London and a base for approximately 70 members of staff including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, A&E support, urgent care, administration and management.
It replaces two older, smaller stations at Park Royal and Willesden and works with St John's Wood station to form the new 'Brent complex'. The complex will respond to approximately
100 calls per day.
Ambulance Operations Manager for Brent, Kevin Brown, said: "The ambulance station is an excellent environment for us to work and train in and I would like to thank everyone who has
been involved with the project. "The new station is ideally located and will help us to deliver a faster response to patients in the Brent area. "We are honoured to have Gill along to officially
open the station. As a survivor of the 7/7 bombings and a tireless campaigner for peace, she is an excellent motivation for all of our staff."
