Brigsteer Village Emergency Telephone System    01539 234 911

The system has been  developed to provide a single  emergency telephone number that anyone in the village can ring for help in case of emergency, having first  dialled 999 to call the  emergency services.  
Often in cases of emergency, further assistance or support is required whilst waiting for the emergency services to  arrive.  This could be someone to fetch the defibrillator or  someone to provide  practical or emotional  support.
When the VETS number  01539 234911 is dialled, the phone will ring simultaneously in 10 households in the village. It is likely that one of the ten will be able answer and respond to the request for emergency help. Brigsteer has ten volunteers, any one of whom may respond when the VETS number is dialled.  
There is no guarantee that the  VETS call will be answered.  VETS is a ‘best endeavours’  system.  Although the volunteers will have  received training for the VETS  system, they are not connected to, or a replacement for, the  ‘First  Responder’ system which is run by the ambulance service.  
In an emergency it is important that ‘999’ is called first.
Our community public  access defibrillator is  situated at the Wheatsheaf.
 
Phone 999 for the access code

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