SUMMER SAFETY: Danielle North, executive director operational communications, Ambulance Victoria, Jane Miller, chief executive, Ambulance Victoria, Prof Ben Cowie, chief health officer, Keris Arndt, senior meteorologist, The Bureau of Meteorology, minister for ambulance Services, Mary-Anne Thomas, Jason Chambers, general manager of programs and communications, KidSafe, Helen Sui, chief executive officer, Moonee Valley Council are urging Victorians to beat the heat.
WANGARATTA and district residents are being urged to follow simple steps to stay safe this summer and to never leave children in cars – as new statewide data reveals paramedics were called to 322 reports of people locked in cars in the past three months.
Minister for Ambulance Services Mary-Anne Thomas said the temperature in a parked car can more than double within minutes and is often 20 to 30 ...
