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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021
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Lifesaver from down on the farm Every emergency crisis has its heroes, but not everyone knows who they are, JOHN LAZO-RON reports. UNSUNG HEROES OF EMERGENCY
Wellington Free Ambulance event medic Camille Armstrong is all about caring for the community. PHOTO/JOHN LAZO-RON
Throughout Wairarapa, we have firefighters rushing into burning houses, police officers placing themselves in often disturbing situations, and paramedics can often be the difference between life and death. Many are volunteers who constantly display acts of selflessness and sacrifice for their community. One of those volunteer paramedics who sacrifices so much to help is Masterton’s, Camille Armstrong, a dairy farmer by day, but potentially saving lives in the afternoon. She’s been an event medic for Wellington Free
Ambulance [WFA] since early last year, covering sporting and community events, concerts, and even backing up WFA frontline crews in emergencies while studying to become a full-time paramedic. While juggling those acts, she’s a board member of both Masterton Primary school and a local perinatal mental health organisation. She was previously running the children’s ministry at her church with her husband. When asked what aspired her to become a volunteer paramedic, Armstrong told Midweek what initially drove her was seeing so many crashes near the dairy farm she works on north of Masterton. “With dairy farming starting in the middle of the night sometimes, I’ve come across so many car accidents happening close to where I was,” she said. “Seeing that happen constantly is what drove me to become a paramedic to be able Continued on page 3
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