SAINT RANDULF THE BISHOP AMBULANCE CORPS

The Saint Randulf the Bishop Ambulance Corps was organized by the Order of Saint Randulf the Bishop in 1996 as a humanitarian service by lay adherents of the order.  The missions the Ambulance Corps performs include:

• Performing first aid services at public events.
• Augmenting the emergency medical services in those areas where Ambulance Corps resources are available at prolonged local mass casualty incidents.
• Augmenting the emergency medical services in disasters.

The Ambulance Corps is organized into 5 Battalions, one for each Province and the National Capital Region.  Members in each Battalion are organized into local Companies, each consisting of a minimum of 6 members with a single ambulance.  The minimum level of care is Basic First Aid.

In a disaster, each Battalion is responsible for forming a flying column of all available ambulances and personnel for movement to the impact Province.  In the impact Province each Company is responsible for mobilizing and supporting the local emergency services in the Province.

Ambulance Corps ambulances have a simple box structure on a commercial vehicle chassis.  The patient care compartment is configured to hold up to four patients on folding D ring stretchers, two on bench mounts and two suspended from the top of the compartment.  Each ambulance must carry 4 D ring stretchers and 3 standard 36 unit first aid kits.  Ambulances are painted black with a checkered purple and white two foot high horizontal band and the purple and gold crowned cross of the Order of Saint Randulf the Bishop.

Saint Randulf Ambulance personnel wear a black uniform trimmed in purple.  In shirt sleeve order a white shirt with black tie is worn.  Ranks and insignia of personnel are as follows: