Queen Street Company

Founded in 1904, Queen Street BR was one of the original volunteer companies of St Andrew's Ambulance Corps. Since then we have grown from strength to strength and now boast a complement of over 40 members.

Queen Street BR was originally formed by members of the railway industry who met at Queen Street Station to provide members of the public with essential life saving first aid when required.  This was required due to the increase of accidents resulting from traffic and modern machinery.

In 1973 Queen Street BR amalgamated with two other companies from the Glasgow area, St Rollox BR and Buchanan Street BR.  As the biggest company, they retained the name Queen Street BR and continued to meet at Queen Street Station.

As there were very few remaining members of the railway industry left within the company, Queen Street BR moved to NHQ at Cowcaddens and was renamed Queen Street Company in 1990.

In 2004 Queen Street Company joined the corps by celebrating its centenary.

In 2006 St Andrews Ambulance Corps changed its name to St Andrew’s First Aid, to better reflect the work that was carried out by its members.

2010 saw over one million pounds spent on the refurbishing of our home at National HQ which was reopened in January 2011.

We meet on Monday evenings, 7.30 – 9.30 pm, at St Andrew's First Aid Headquarters, St. Andrew's House, 48 Milton St, Glasgow.

Our Members

At Queen Street Company we have three officers, who are assisted by eight section leaders.  As you can see from the organisational chart below, our officers are Robert Burns (Commandant), Graeme Walker (Depute Commandant) and Robert McDougal (Assistant Commandant).  They are assisted by our section leaders; Brenda Given, Jacine Clarke, Vicki Gray, Margaret Callaghan, Audrey Sinclair, Ruth Payne, Sandy Yuill and Jennifer Mill.

 

First Aid training

Our highly qualified Trainers/Assessors can deliver courses in:

Standard First Aid
Baby and Child First Aid
Sports Injuries First Aid
Anaphylaxis Awareness
CPR
Junior Certificates
Using an AED

If you are interested in one of these courses and would like to check availability please contact our Class Secretary

First Aid cover for events

Our members provide first aid cover all over Glasgow.  We regularly attend duties organised by Glasgow Executive at events such as football at Ibrox, Celtic Park and Hampden Park.  We also provide cover at many other duties, which include the Great Scottish Run, Fireworks at the Green, Hogmanay at George Square and concerts at the 02 Academy and Hampden Park,

We also send members to events outside Glasgow such as T in the Park.

If you are organising a local event and looking for first aid cover, please contact our  Commandant to tell us about your event.

Alternatively if you are organising a larger event you can send your request to the Glasgow Executive Committee