Heritage Nanango powers up community with lifesaving defibrillators

Heritage Nanango Community Branch has helped provide defibrillators to 16 community groups.

14 May 2025

 

Sixteen Nanango community organisations have received the lifesaving gift of new defibrillators, thanks to a $47,990 sponsorship from Heritage Nanango Community Branch.

 

 

The lifesaving equipment was presented by the Local Ambulance Committee of Nanango (LAC) at a special handover event on 13 May. The event also included a practical training session led by Queensland Ambulance Service, Nanango, to help participants feel confident using the devices in an emergency.

Heritage Nanango Community Branch Manager Lochlan Ezzy said the lifesaving equipment would be distributed across Nanango at community clubs, schools and the Heritage Nanango branch.

“Heritage Bank Nanango Community Branch, together with our joint venture partner Heritage Nanango Community Funding (HNCF), first supported the supply of AEDs in the Nanango area back in 2015 and it’s great to see this continue,” Mr Ezzy said. 

“Given those AEDs are nearly 10 years old, organisations were finding it harder and harder to maintain them. These new models take advantage of any advances in technology and make it easier for future maintenance.

“While we hope we don’t have to use them, having more of these devices readily accessible throughout the community increases the potential to save someone’s life,” Mr Ezzy said.

HNCF Director Jane Hodgkinson said, "We are very proud to partner with the Nanango Local Ambulance Committee to give our community the tools - and the confidence - to help save lives. It's a great example of local people backing local needs."  

Organisations receiving defibrillators include: 
• Nanango Rugby League Football Club
• South Burnett Fun flyers
• Nanango Tai Chi 
• Nanango Indoor Bowls
• Nanango Netball
• Heritage Bank Nanango
• Nanango Agricultural Pastoral and Mining Society Inc
• Nanango and District Aeromodellers Association
• St Patrick’s Primary School 
• Nanango State School
• Nanango Theatre Company
• Barambah Bowhunters
• Gas Guzzlers
• Nanango Golf Club
• Nanango Men’s Shed
• Nanango Sporting Association 

 

Sixteen community groups have benefitted from a sponsorship for defibrillators from Heritage Nanango Community Branch. 

Brodie Savage, Acting Officer in Charge - Nanango, Queensland Ambulance Service