We are a registered charity (see constitution) run by an executive committee which holds at least two ordinary meetings each year.  Our annual general meeting is held in the month of November or as soon as is practicable thereafter.  A special general meeting of the charity may be called if at least three members or one tenth of the number of members, which ever is the greater, request such a meeting in writing. 

Who's Who?

Chair: Dr Graham Brown 
Graham works as the Chief Mechanical Engineer for a local engineering company, Sonardyne International Ltd.  Graham originally qualified in 1995 as an ambulance attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern Ambulance College (Wiltshire) until 2006.  In 2007 he gained the Emergency Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills Medical Ltd.  Graham has numerous other qualifications in first aid (FAW), casualty simulation (Demonstrator with Casualties Union), training and assessing (NVQ units C23, D32/33).  In 2006, Graham also gained Instructor certificates in Medical Gases and Automatic External Defibrillators from Lifeskills Medical Ltd.  Within HFR Graham also has responsibilities for health and safety, vehicle and equipment maintenance and AED training.  In addition, since 2004 he volunteers as a Community Responder for South East Coast Ambulance NHS Trust.  Graham is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Faulty of Pre-hospital Care. 

Vice-Chair: Mrs Gillian Dawes 
Gillian works as a Departmental Manager at the BMI Hampshire Clinic. Gillian originally qualified in 1998 as an ambulance attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern Ambulance College (Wiltshire) until 2006.  In 2007 she gained the Emergency Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills Medical Ltd.  Gillian has numerous other qualifications in first aid (FAW), training and assessing (City&Guilds Level 4 Certificate in Further Education Teaching, CFET-7407 gained in 2005).  In 2005, Gillian also gained the Royal College of Nursing's People Handling & Risk Assessment Key Trainer's Certificate.  Within HFR Gillian also has responsibilities for child protection, COSHH, minutes and is the senior trainer.   In addition, since 2006 she volunteers as a Community Responder for South Central Ambulance NHS Trust. 

Honorary Treasurer: Mr Martin Pike 
Martin works as a Maintenance Engineering Manager.  Martin originally qualified in 1998 as an ambulance attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern Ambulance College (Wiltshire) until 2006.  In 2007 he gained the Emergency Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills Medical Ltd. .  Martin has numerous other qualifications in first aid (FAW), and training and assessing (NVQ units C23, D32). 

Honorary Secretary: Dr Hester Wain 
Hester works as the Clinical Initiatives Manager at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.  Hester originally qualified in 1995 as an ambulance attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern Ambulance College (Wiltshire) until 2006.  In 2007 she gained the Emergency Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills Medical Ltd.   Hester has numerous other qualifications in first aid (FAW), casualty simulation (Demonstrator with Casualties Union), training and assessing (City&Guilds Level 4 Certificate in Further Education Teaching, CFET-7407, plus NVQ units C23/24, D32/33/34).  In 2006, Hester also gained Instructor certificates in Medical Gases and Automatic External Defibrillators from Lifeskills Medical Ltd.  Within HFR Hester also has responsibilities for infection and waste control, data protection, patient confidentiality, clinical governance, MHRA alerts, patient safety, event co-ordination, human resources and is the lead trainer.  In addition, since 2004 she volunteers as a Community Responder for South East Coast Ambulance NHS Trust.  Hester is an associate member of the Resuscitation Council (UK).

Medical Advisor: Mr Sreenath Reddy MBBS, FRCS (Ed), FFAEM
Sreenath is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.  Sreenath qualified as a doctor in 1986, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1996 and a Fellow of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine in 2002. Sreenath has published papers on pre-hospital care and emergency medicine at large festivals and has been Medical Co-ordinator at a number of large events.  Sreenath has also been involved in teaching advanced resuscitation to hospital doctors, GPs, paramedics, and ambulance technicians.  His special interests are pre-hospital resuscitation, trauma scoring, pre-hospital medicine at mass gatherings and pain control in the emergency department.  Sreenath joined HFR in 2006 as our Medical Advisor.