Bonfire night and fireworks medical cover in Surrey

Quick answer: Each autumn Medirek provides medical cover for bonfire and fireworks nights in and around Surrey, including Farnham Fireworks and Torchlit Procession, Godalming Town Bonfire and Fireworks, Bramley Bonfire and the Aldershot Fireworks Spectacular. Teams combine a treatment point and ambulance with mobile responders, and Medirek can add event fire cover with thermal imaging checks afterwards.

Dark sites, big crowds arriving and leaving at once, open fires and processions through town: bonfire night is one of the busiest nights of the year for event medical teams. Medirek plans for all of it.

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Fireworks bursting above a Medirek van at a fireworks night — Medical cover at a fireworks night.

What does bonfire night medical cover look like?

A fixed treatment point. A medical centre, treatment van or ambulance that the crowd and stewards can find in the dark.
Mobile responders. Teams that move with the crowd. At Farnham's torchlit procession, a cycle response unit followed the procession through town.
Clinical leadership. A medical incident manager and a paramedic or technician clinical lead for larger displays.
Conveying ambulance. Built into the plan where needed, as at the Aldershot Fireworks Spectacular.

Do you provide fire cover for bonfires?

Yes. Medirek's event fire cover uses 4×4 rapid intervention vehicles and firefighters, with damping down after the event and thermal imaging checks to make sure fires are properly out. Medical and fire cover can be planned together, as at the Reigate Christmas Fayre.

Medirek ambulance with emergency lights beside a fire burning in a field at night — Night-time medical and fire cover.

Which bonfire and fireworks nights has Medirek covered?

Farnham Fireworks and Torchlit Procession and Bramley Bonfire (both covered in consecutive years), Godalming Town Bonfire and Fireworks and, just over the Hampshire border, the Aldershot Fireworks Spectacular at Manor Park. Details are below.

Book early: bonfire weekend is the busiest weekend of the autumn for event medical providers.

Medirek's recent work

Farnham Fireworks and Torchlit Procession

Graham Thorpe Drive and Waggon Yard, Farnham · Repeat client · Client: Farnham Round Table (charity)

Medical cover
Cycle response
Ambulance

Medical cover in consecutive years for Farnham Round Table's fireworks and torchlit procession. Set-ups have included six staff (a medical incident manager, a paramedic clinical lead, two emergency care assistants and two first responders), with a cycle response unit following the torchlit procession and a partner conveying ambulance, and a team of two paramedics and three emergency care assistants with an ambulance and a medical centre. Medirek also covers Farnham Carnival, making it the medical team for Farnham's big community events. Read more about Farnham Fireworks and Torchlit Procession

Godalming Town Bonfire and Fireworks

Broadwater Pavilion, Godalming

Medical cover
Ambulance

A four-person team (a medical incident manager, an emergency care assistant and two first responders) with an on-site ambulance for Godalming's town bonfire and fireworks night.

Aldershot Fireworks Spectacular (Rushmoor)

Manor Park, Aldershot, Hampshire (just over the Surrey border) · Repeat client

Medical cover
Treatment van
Conveying ambulance

Medical cover in consecutive years. Set-ups have included a medical incident manager, an ambulance technician clinical lead, an emergency care assistant and a first responder, with a treatment van and a conveying ambulance crewed by a paramedic and an emergency care assistant. Read more about Aldershot Fireworks Spectacular (Rushmoor)

Bramley Bonfire

Bramley, between Godalming and Cranleigh · Repeat client

Bonfire night medical cover
Response car

Covered in consecutive years, with a crew of two to three including a response car, and with a medical incident manager plus crew. Read more about Bramley Bonfire

Where in Surrey does Medirek provide bonfires & fireworks?

Medirek provides this service across Surrey. Local notes for some of the towns where it is most often needed:

See all Surrey areas covered

Questions about bonfire night & fireworks medical cover

Do I need first aid cover for a bonfire night?

Public bonfire and fireworks events usually need planned medical cover. Medirek produces a medical needs assessment for your site, crowd size and programme, and scales the team to suit, from a small crew to a full medical team with an ambulance.

Can you cover a torchlit procession?

Yes. For Farnham's torchlit procession Medirek used a cycle response unit to follow the procession, alongside a fixed treatment point and ambulance.

Can you provide fire cover as well as medical cover?

Yes. Medirek provides event fire cover with rapid intervention vehicles, damping down and thermal imaging checks, and can plan it alongside the medical cover.