St. John's Ambulance Hall

St John Ambulance was introduced to Trinidad and Tobago in 1951 by Major Ronald Cox (the chief of the local Fire Brigade) and members of the Chamber of Commerce. Major Cox had been displeased with the existing ambulances at that time and ran a newspaper advert to attracted recruits. The advert began:

“WANTED: 600 men – good and true to form the St John Ambulance Brigade, a uniformed voluntary first aid body to help the injured and the sick.”

The first division in Tobago was launched and First Aid training commenced in 1954. The organisation is divided into three areas: North, South and Tobago, each under an Area Commissioner.

The National Headquarters is a specially designed building on the Wrightson Road Extension in Port of Spain. The corner stone was laid in 1975 by His Excellency, Sir Ellis Clarke, then President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Southern Headquarters is in San Fernando and was completely rebuilt in 1995.

From orderofstjohn.org

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