Children make history with time capsule project at new ambulance base construction

North West Ambulance Service has joined forces with Princes Primary School and All Saints Primary School, alongside construction firm Wates to help celebrate the development of what will be a brand new ambulance base, which will open in summer 2025.

As part of the build, children from the schools were invited to create their own drawings and creative writing for the time capsules that they then buried at the site so that in years to come, if unearthed, they can say they’re personally linked to the project.

The site has always been an ambulance base housing the former Mersey Regional Ambulance Service before its merger with other North West services in 2006 forming NWAS. For some years later, it acted as Cheshire and Merseyside area office, housing a 999 and 111 call centre. In 2019, staff based there were moved to a new build site in Speke.

The former property is now being demolished to make way for a new base for the Liverpool Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). The team is made up of specially trained paramedics who attend incidents across the North West that have the potential to be more dangerous, those which require a more specialised set of skills, or incidents that are declared a major incident, such as fires/explosions, unsafe structures, water rescue and those involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or other hazardous materials.

“We really wanted to get the local community involved in this exciting project, and forging relationships with local schools is a great way of doing that. We are fully committed to the area by providing excellent care for the community and giving local children the opportunity to be part of the development and learn more about the work we do.

“The children have written letters to future paramedics, created drawings of what the future looks like for an ambulance service and talked a bit about themselves which will be tucked away for future generations to find.”

James Bateson, HART Operations Manager.

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