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St. John Ambulance in Canada, or SJA (French: Ambulance Saint-Jean Canada (ASJ), is a confederation of St John Ambulance Provincial and Territorial Councils under mandate by the "St John Councils Regulations 1975" of the Royal Charter, Statutes and Regulations of the Order of St John (1985).
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".
In June 1887 the St John Ambulance Brigade was established to provide first aid and ambulance services at public events in London. [12] It was modelled on a military-style command and discipline structure. The St John Ambulance Association had already been teaching first aid to the public for 10 years prior to that. [12]
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (French: l'Ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem), [n 1] commonly known as the Order of St John, [3] and also known as St John International, [4] is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
A rail ambulance is a vehicle used for medical transportation services on railway lines. [1] The first rail ambulance was set up in 1920, in order to enable injured people to be transported to the nearest hospital, was set up in the coal mining community of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The car ran between #3 and #7 mines and Town of Sydney Mines.
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.
George Ryerson, who had founded Canada's St. John Ambulance Association in 1895, spearheaded the organization's founding. [5] The Canadian Red Cross Society Act (1909) legally established the Red Cross as the corporate body in Canada responsible for providing volunteer aid in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
Maintiens Le Droit; Recognizing Service, A History of the RCMP Long Service Medal. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ISBN 978-1-100-23124-2. McCreery, Christopher (2008). The Maple Leaf and the White Cross: A History of St. John Ambulance and the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in Canada. Dundurn Press.