{"id":1080,"date":"2022-10-13T16:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T05:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasroa.org.au\/staging\/?page_id=1080"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:19:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saasroa.org.au\/staging\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1080\" class=\"elementor elementor-1080\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9306ac2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9306ac2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3232f0a\" data-id=\"3232f0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a35d516 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a35d516\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0db7cf2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0db7cf2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfc5791\" data-id=\"dfc5791\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d692e41\" data-id=\"d692e41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5677d52\" data-id=\"5677d52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d4162e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d4162e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fa43b0\" data-id=\"0fa43b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c87cb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c87cb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ee619a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ee619a\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-row\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-672194a\" data-id=\"672194a\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b15d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b15d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Arising out of discussions at a reunion of training staff in 2000, it was decided to form the SA Retired Ambulance Officer\u2019s Association Inc. This name was changed in 2009 to reflect our relationship with SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) and to include anyone who had worked with the Service.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c8803d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c8803d\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-row\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-652b8a6\" data-id=\"652b8a6\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972d810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"972d810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"C-1\">The objects of our Association are best described in four broad ways:<\/span><\/p><ul><li class=\"Normal P-1\"><span class=\"C-1\">To provide welfare and\u00a0<a href=\"\/ambocare\/\">caring<\/a>\u00a0support for members, a sympathetic presence when there is a death in the family, and the opportunity to gather for fellowship.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"Normal P-1\"><span class=\"C-1\">To provide an environment for ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"\/social\/\">social contact<\/a>\u00a0and support,<\/span><\/li><li class=\"Normal P-1\"><span class=\"C-1\">To preserve the\u00a0<a href=\"\/history\/\">history<\/a>\u00a0of the ambulance service in South Australia (formerly St John and then SAAS) through the writing and publication of literature and the collection of manuals and equipment, and to act as the custodian of old ambulances,<\/span><\/li><li class=\"Normal P-1\"><span class=\"C-1\">And lastly, to maintain a supportive\u00a0<a href=\"\/support\/\">relationship with SAAS<\/a>\u00a0and provide assistance with special projects requested by the Chief Executive of SAAS.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"C-1\">Our membership consists of former employees and partners (non voting) from all fields of SAAS operations, both permanent and volunteers.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bdf161 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-facebook-feed\" data-id=\"1bdf161\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-facebook-feed.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-facebook-feed eael-col-3 eael-facebook-feed-card\" id=\"eael-facebook-feed-1bdf161\">\n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d0008d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d0008d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1385c0b\" data-id=\"1385c0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13710da content-align-cta-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-cta-box\" data-id=\"13710da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-cta-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-call-to-action cta-basic bg-lite cta-preset-1\">\n        <h2 class=\"title eael-cta-heading\">Join Us now<\/h2><p>Join the SAAS Retired Officers Association and experience the benefits of support, fellowship, and connection with the ambulance service and its history.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasroa.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Membership-Application-Form-Nov2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cta-button cta-preset-1  \">Download Membership Application Here<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Arising out of discussions at a reunion of training staff in 2000, it was decided to form the SA Retired Ambulance Officer\u2019s Association Inc. 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