St John NT has released its 2024–25 Annual Report, highlighting a year marked by strengthened emergency response, expanded first aid capability across the Northern Territory, and significant contributions from nearly 800 staff and volunteers who serve Territorians every day.
St John NT volunteers supported cyclone shelters during Tropical Cyclone Fina, providing first aid, medical monitoring and community care. First Responder Rahmat Ramadan and Advanced Responder Makayla Zelley assisted 65 evacuees, including vulnerable patients. Their actions highlight volunteer readiness, emergency preparedness, cyclone kit awareness and the ongoing need for community
St John NT celebrates International Volunteer Day by highlighting rising young leader Makayla Zelley, the organisation’s youngest-ever Superintendent and winner of the Peter Falkland Youth Leader Award. Makayla led the Parap Youth Division to victory at the 2025 NT Youth Competition and supported her community through a 24-hour cyclone shelter
St John NT celebrated its 2025 Excellence Awards at Parliament House in Darwin, recognising paramedics, volunteers, Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Patient Transport Officers and support staff for leadership, clinical excellence, professionalism and community care.
St John NT has unveiled its new Tennant Creek ambulance station, a $3.65 million purpose-built facility featuring modern crew areas, training rooms, vehicle bays, and direct access to the patient transfer facility. The station will support our critical ambulance services and operations across the Barkly region.
Launching on Restart a Heart Day, 16 October, Top End listeners have the chance to win a life-saving AED and CPR training course, thanks to St John NT’s giveaway in partnership with Mix104.9.
In the last year our we answered more than 101,000 Triple Zero (000) calls from across the Northern Territory. Our service included:
20909
total volunteer duty hours
14290
accredited first aid training attendees
44705
Patients transported to hospital
56028
total patients
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St John NT acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and seas on which we live and work, and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.