{"id":955360,"date":"2026-05-12T18:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/955360\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:41:17","slug":"sas-emergency-responders-to-run-edinburgh-half-marathon-for-scaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/955360\/","title":{"rendered":"SAS emergency responders to run Edinburgh Half Marathon for SCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five emergency responders in Aberdeen will take part in the Edinburgh Half Marathon later this month to raise money for Scotland\u2019s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishambulance.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.scottishambulance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Scottish Ambulance Service<\/a> (SAS) staff Saoirse Killian (Paramedic), Katie Ross (Paramedic), Mia Bremner (Paramedic), Lauren Dunridge (Technician) and Sophie Fraser (Technician) will run the 13.1 miles on 24th May.<\/p>\n<p>SCAA operate two helicopters which supplement the two <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/08\/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-1957\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"607854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">helicopters<\/a> and two fixed- wing aircraft which are operated by SAS and are government funded.<\/p>\n<p>Mia said: \u201cWe have all experienced first-hand the life-saving impact of the charity air ambulance, from providing vital support to ground crews to enabling a rapid response in rural areas and ensuring patients are conveyed to the most appropriate setting for definitive care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Ambulance Service employs over\u00a05000 highly skilled staff providing a service to a population of over 5 million people, serving all mainland and island communities.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" data-attachment-id=\"643171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2026\/05\/sas-emergency-responders-to-run-edinburgh-half-marathon-for-scaa\/667ef41deec94408b0c3a51fe9f67765\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/667ef41deec94408b0c3a51fe9f67765.jpeg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"667ef41deec94408b0c3a51fe9f67765\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Saoirse Killian (Paramedic), Katie Ross (Paramedic), Mia Bremner (Paramedic), Lauren Dunridge (Technician) and Sophie Fraser (Technician) (C) Scottish Ambulance Press Office&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/667ef41deec94408b0c3a51fe9f67765.jpeg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/667ef41deec94408b0c3a51fe9f67765.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643171\"  \/>Saoirse Killian (Paramedic), Katie Ross (Paramedic), Mia Bremner (Paramedic), Lauren Dunridge (Technician) and Sophie Fraser (Technician) \u00a9 Scottish Ambulance Press Office<\/p>\n<p>Criona Knight, SCAA\u2019s director of development and engagement, said: \u201cAs a charity, we work in close partnership with the experienced clinical and <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2026\/04\/exceptional-work-carried-out-by-police-scotland-response-officers-recognised\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"638681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">paramedic<\/a> teams at the Scottish Ambulance Service, and we see their expertise and dedication every day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very grateful to Saoirse, Katie, Mia, Lauren and Sophie for their fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will all be right behind them on Sunday 24 May, supporting them as they take on this challenge. Lives are saved across Scotland every day thanks to the teams at SAS and SCAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this effort, they are going even further by helping to raise vital funds. On behalf of the whole team, I would like to say a huge thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five emergency responders in Aberdeen will take part in the Edinburgh Half Marathon later this month to raise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[1006,748,1102,266685,266686,4884,266687,712,266688,16,15],"class_list":["post-955360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-aberdeen","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-edinburgh-half-marathon","tag-emergency-responders","tag-great-britain","tag-paramedic","tag-scotland","tag-scotlands-charity-air-ambulance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116563076038026652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}