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First Response Vehicle Rapid Response Vehicle. Hato Hone St John provides ambulance services for approximately 90% of New Zealand's population. The only area where the organisation does not provide emergency ambulance services is the Greater Wellington region (specifically the areas of the former Capital and Coast, Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa DHBs), where Wellington Free Ambulance is the provider.
St. John provides service to approximately 88 percent of the population of New Zealand and 17 district health boards (DHBs), through a network of 553 ambulances and 183 ambulance stations. [7] St. John Ambulance reports the completion of approximately 274,108 emergency responses for the year ending 1 July 2008. [8]
The legal status of each organisation varies by country, province, state, county, territory and municipality. In both England and Wales the resident St John Ambulance organisations are simultaneously but separately registered as charities and companies, whereas St John Ambulance South Africa (for example) is a distinct entity registered as a "public benefit organisation".
The Service Medal of the Order of St John is awarded to recognise both conspicuous and long service with the Venerable Order of St John, particularly in St John Ambulance, [2] both in the United Kingdom and in a number of other Commonwealth countries and Hong Kong.
The Grand Prior's Award, [1] also called the Grand Prior Award, [2] named for Grand Prior of the Venerable Order of Saint John, is the highest award that a cadet in the St. John Ambulance Youth Programme can achieve after the Sovereign's Gold Award. The Grand Prior's Award recognises a self-motivated and capable young person's ongoing ...
Emergency services are primarily provided by Hato Hone St John charity (as well as Wellington Free Ambulance in the Wellington Region), supported with a mix of private (donated) and public (subsidy) funds. New Zealand has one of the highest nurse turnover rates. [6] Not all nurses leave the profession but rather continuously switch organisations.
St John Youth is closely affiliated with the Order of St John in New Zealand, of which His Majesty King Charles III is the Sovereign Head. St John Youth consists of two programmes; the Penguin Programme is for children in school years 0–6, and the Cadet Programme is for young people in school years 7–13. [1]
Vehicles of New Zealand's St John's Ambulance Service/ Wellington Free Ambulance are marked with green-and-yellow Battenburg markings or rows of green-and-yellow half-chevrons. On 1 July 2017, New Zealand's urban and rural firefighting organisations amalgamated into Fire and Emergency New Zealand , with a new brand including Battenburg markings ...