Emergency bandage kits to be provided on HVM deployments

Crowdguard, a specialist in counter terrorism risk assessment and hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM), has partnered with RAPAID, the emergency bandages charity and committed to providing emergency bandage kits as part of every temporary HVM deployment.

The kits include military-grade emergency bandages, surgical gloves, window stickers and a full set of laminated instructions, and will be available at every Crowdguard temporary HVM deployment at no additional cost to customers.

Alex Chivers, founder of RAPAID said: "Having emergency bandages available that can be used by anyone without training could mean the difference between life and death for casualties.

“We know that people on the scene during the Manchester Arena attack did everything they could to help the injured, but they just didn’t have the kit on hand to stop the bleeding until the emergency services arrived."

RAPAID emergency bandages kits can already be found in black cabs in five UK cities, along with at prominent visitor attractions, such as the British Museum.

Figen Murray MBE, who has campaigned for Martyn’s Law, following the death of her son Martyn in the Manchester Arena attack comments: “So much of what we want to achieve with Martyn’s Law is an approach to risk mitigation that joins the dots between preventing terror attacks and reducing the consequences. That’s exactly what’s happening with this partnership between Crowdguard and RAPAID, and I encourage others to follow this lead with collaboration and joined-up thinking.”

Deborah Ainscough, founder and director of Crowdguard said: “Our mission is to protect people and places from vehicle impacts with expert specification and installation of HVM equipment, aligned to a vulnerability, threat and risk assessment. But we cannot protect people from all risks, and we wanted to make sure that, if the worst happens - whether it’s a vehicle attack, a knife attack, an accident or any other type of incident causing heavy bleeding – we have the equipment on site to reduce the consequences and save lives.”