The Cooroy Ambulance Station will be celebrating 100 years of service to Cooroy with a program on Saturday 1 July from 10am to 2pm in the Cooroy Community Hall.
It will be an Open Day for the public where there will be guest speakers, historical displays, ambulances, CPR activities, and sausage sizzles.
The Cooroy-Noosa Genealogy Group’s Heritage Centre houses many items of historical interest including bound volumes of the history of the Queensland Ambulance Service.
The Genealogy Group in association with the Cooroy QAS, has prepared a display from its archives for the exhibition.
Cooroy Acting Officer in Charge Samuel Eager said it’s quite a significant event for the community.
“100 years of ambulance service is a long time. QAS hasn’t been around for 100 years but we eventually turned into QAS which has been a massive stepping stone for all our practices as a whole state. Since being QAS, we’ve had great innovation with our medical practice for the Queensland community.”
Samuel said he started in the Acting OIC position in Cooroy in January this year.
“The Cooroy Ambulance crew are absolutely amazing and they’ve really made the OIC position that I’m in at the moment an absolute pleasure to be in,” he said.
“The really good comradery that the crew have together makes the station fantastic here in Cooroy. They’re so friendly and everyone does their part around the station. They are always out on jobs but when they are at a station, if someone’s having a hard time, they recognise it and flag it with myself, and really help each other which is great.”
Thank the Cooroy Ambulance Station team this Saturday 1 July from 10am at Cooroy Community Hall.
