St John WA - Bridgetown

07/08/2025

Well done to all involved in this rescue.

Bridgetown Police, with the assistance of a local man, rescued a 23-year-old woman in Bridgetown on Tuesday, 4 August 2025.

Around 4.30pm, emergency services received a report of a woman who had entered the Blackwood River. The woman was caught in fast-moving water that was 10 metres deep and was swept approximately 100 metres downstream from the town centre. She managed to grab hold of a partially submerged tree where she remained in a distressed state calling for help.

A 77-year-old local man who witnessed the incident, assisted by grabbing hold of the woman, and he managed to drag her towards the river’s edge. A single-crewed officer from the Bridgetown Police Station, Senior Constable Mike SMITH, arrived on scene soon after, entered the water and kept the woman afloat until backup emergency services, including St John WA and DFES, arrived on scene.

Despite experiencing extreme fatigue, the 77-year-old man further assisted police by guiding emergency services to the hard-to-reach location whilst Senior Constable SMITH kept the woman safe and secure at the river’s edge.

The woman was safely removed from the water and conveyed to Bridgetown Hospital for medical treatment.

06/08/2025

06/08/2025

Expressions of interest from local community groups and businesses.

04/08/2025

It’s always nice to see that when our vollies leave Bridgetown that they continue their journey with St John Ambulance. Jo we miss you and your enthusiasm. We will gladly steal you back from Albany.

31/07/2025

Interesting fact of the day......... Its National Avocado Day.
Avocados support heart health and of course we all want healthy hearts.
Do you know how to give CPR? Courses are available here at our Bridgetown Depot. Click the link below for upcoming training sessions.
www.stjohnwa.com.au

28/07/2025

Here at St John Ambulance Bridgetown we run volunteer training sessions on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7pm. Our Volunteers are kept up to date with the newest technology and changing CPG's. We are lucky to have two Volunteer Development Officers being Chris and Trudy. If you would like to come down and check out a training session and meet some of our Vollies your more than welcome to.
Below is just one of our volunteers Di practising life saving skills.

24/07/2025

VOLUNTEERS WANTED
We are always looking for enthusiastic, willing and capable people to become a part of our rich history of saving lives.
If you would love the opportunity to join our team here in Bridgetown then follow the link below.
We look forward to welcoming you.
www.stjohnwa.com.au

30/05/2025

+ DONATE $500 TO OUR ST JOHN SUBCENTRE +

Price's Fabrication + Steel are currently offering customers in the Lower South West an opportunity to donate some much needed funds.

Purchase a Pioneer Water Tank from them before the 30th June 2025 and they will donate $500 per tank to the nominated St John Sub Centre of the buyers choice listed below!

Lower southwest includes ——>>>>

St John WA - Bridgetown
St John WA - Pemberton
St John WA - Northcliffe
St John Ambulance WA Boyup Brook
St John WA - Manjimup

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CALL 9830 9414 or email [email protected]

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Locals supporting locals is our motto and what better way than to give back to your local community volunteers who work so tirelessly to support and underpin our communities 🚑

These dedicated people are inspiring and we are here to support them - so they can support us ❤️

** Tank must be in Price’s Fabrication + Steel area for tank installs Lower South West

** Available on tank sizes only GT110-500

29/05/2025

👩‍⚕️ Free Flu Vaccination Clinic @ the Lesser Hall (Bridgetown Civic Centre)
📆 Saturday 14th June 2025
⌚ 9 am - 2 pm
🏡 Lesser Hall at Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire (1 Steere St, Bridgetown)
Ages 5 - 64 years old.
No bookings required.
Bring ID + Medicare card.

We will be offering free blood pressure and blood sugar tests on the day by ambulance officers.

Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes Pharmacy 777 Bridgetown

19/05/2025

This week we celebrate National Volunteer Week.

This year the theme is Connecting Communities. Something that we do every single day!

Thank you to each of the volunteers that have contributed towards our sub centre. All the little things that you do are appreciated. We may not always be able to acknowledge it directly, but we see it and it helps us all. Thank you to your wives, husbands or partners for supporting your commitment.

Thank you to your families for being understanding when plans change, dinner might be leftovers or you get home needing an extra coffee or three to get through to bedtime.

Thank you to your workplaces, your sporting clubs, your hobby groups and your friends for being flexible. Whether you need to leave quickly, or arrive fashionably late.

Thank you for ALL that you do to take care of the people, whether they are a resident or a visitor to Bridgetown & Greenbushes. You are all magnificent. Your passion, commitment and genuine care for your community is inspiring.

15/05/2025

Do you have a day free occasionally? We need more people to help drive our ambulances, mostly to Bunbury, for patient transfers. But we also help lots of other towns in our region too.

You need to be 18+, have a drivers licence and we will provide the training. You’ll get lots of other benefits when you’re a volunteer with St John, personally I find food sessions the most popular. Our sub centre enjoys Pizza nights, soup mornings, coffee catchups and emergency services bbq’s.

Contact us today!

Pic - Di and Kristen assisting at the Bridgetown trots. Those blue skies are just divine!

04/05/2025

Pics from recent Anzac Day events at Greenbushes and Bridgetown.

We are honoured to participate and show our respect towards those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom.

Lest we forget.