CFA is off to a fast and meaningful start in this year’s Emergency Services Blood Drive, holding strong in second place for national plasma donations and currently sitting in third place overall.
Crucially, a significant amount of CFA’s 60 donations so far (equating to 180 lives saved) have been O-Positive blood types, one of the most urgently needed red cell supply levels, according to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.
Running from 1 June to 31 August, the Lifeblood campaign sees emergency service organisations across Australia compete to give the highest number of blood and plasma donations, all while helping save lives.
CFA Deputy Chief Officer Rohan Luke joined representatives from other emergency services at an event at the Melbourne Donor Centre on 1 June to launch the blood drive.
“One donation can save up to three lives,” Rohan said.
“33,000 blood and plasma donations are needed across Australia every week to meet demand.
Right now, levels of O negative and O positive blood have dropped to their lowest point since 2023.
In 2024, more than 14,000 donations were collected as part of the Emergency Services Blood Drive nationally, with almost one third coming from Victoria.
To book your donation, visit https://link.lifeblood.com.au/DheA, call 13 14 95 or download the Donate Blood app.
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