Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Retirement best wishes Sue (the Cleaner) x


She liked retiring so much she has done it twice, and once again we are very sorry to see her go. From all your friends at FERNO good luck and thank you for keeping us spotless!

Monday, December 22, 2014

HO HO HO and a Merry Christmas Jumper Day

Thank you to all who took part in the craze that seems to be sweeping the Nation - wear a Christmas jumper to work day!

On Thursday 18th December employees paid for the pleasure and we collected... £40.00, FERNO offered to donate a further £5 per person that took part, therefore we will be donating £145 to Starlight Children’s Foundation.

We had great fun with amusing jumpers, lots of tinsel and baubles, even Santa’s elf took part.

1st was Allison (The Cracker) Rodgers
2nd Julie (Santa’s little helper) Cooper
3rd Simon (HO HO HO) Murgatroyd
 
 

Friday, December 19, 2014

Ferno donates newly developed product

Gemma & Stephen Antell from the Life After Loss charity who provide support and information to those who have been through the death of a baby at any stage of pregnancy, or early in life approached Ferno UK to create a dignified way of transporting a baby from ward to mortuary, as the current facility is over 30 years old in design.

Ferno UK designed, manufactured and donated the unit below to the charity during Gemma & Stephen’s visit to Ferno UK and they said It's something I would like to see in more hospitals even though that sounds terrible, it's all about those little things that make the experience slightly more bearable for the family, we thank Ferno for everything they have done to support our charity.”

More information on Life After Loss can be found at the following www.lifeafterloss.org.uk

 
From left to right: Jon Ellis - Ferno Managing Director, Stephen & Gemma Antell - Life After Loss Charity, Andrea Farrow - Engineering Design Co-ordinator and Alan Clark - Ferno Operations Director.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

#YAA Thank Ferno (UK) Ltd

Cleckheaton medical equipment manufacturer Ferno has been honoured with a Corporate Supporters Award from Yorkshire Air Ambulance at their annual Recognition Awards.

Boss Jon Ellis has led the way with his charity work raising over £20,000 in four years by cycling a total distance of 1,200 miles with Huddersfield football club’s ‘Pedal for Pounds’ events.

The company adopted YAA as its chosen charity for their 40th anniversary after previously donating medical equipment for the charity’s helicopters.

Employees have responded by nearly matching Jon’s total of £20,000 through their own money making ideas such as recycling clothes and footwear, holding home-made cake sales and having monthly casual dress days.

Jon, 46, said: “When you’re cycling through the wind and rain I just think of all the stories I’ve heard about people who have been rescued by the air ambulance and that really drives me on.

“The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is saving lives every day and is such a brilliant charity that I encouraged everyone to try and match whatever I could raise.”

The charity exists solely on donations and requires almost £10,000 a day, or £3.6 million a year, in order to provide emergency helicopter response all over Yorkshire.

The awards were held at Aspire in Leeds and were hosted by television presenter and charity patron Gaynor Barnes.
 


Picture: AWARD WINNER Ferno managing director Jon Ellis with Gary Saunders, sales and marketing director of SICL which sponsored the award.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Face in the Crowd Winner

It had to happen on the day Jon celebrated 30 years service! Jon and his son Harvey dont miss a Huddersfield Town home game so they celebrated part of his 30th year at FERNO by watching the Brentford Game. Huddersfield won 2-1 but it looks like Jon won beer too!
Jon have you checked your Lottery ticket yet?

Monday, December 8, 2014

Richard Lee Nicol 

Ferno UK is sorry to hear that Richard Lee Nicol, 74 passed away on Saturday 29 November at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. Richard who was also known as Dick Nicol was born on the 3 January 1940 in Toledo, and he retired from Ferno Washington in 2005 after serving 37 years of service. Dick also served in the U.S. Marine Corps, was a volunteer Fireman with HFD, and at the time of his death was secretary of the Prospect Cemetery Association.

Our MD, Jon Ellis knew Dick for over 20 years and said that “Dick was such a pleasant person, he would always do anything to help and he was very conscientious in all the great work he did in leading the technical writing team at Ferno.”

Dick will be sadly missed by all at Ferno UK and we send our condolences to his wife Mary Ann, two sons Scott & Craig and their extended family at this sad time.

Friday, December 5, 2014

30 FERNO years Celebration – for Jon Ellis our MD 

Today has been amazing, our MD Jon Ellis has reached 30 years service and to celebrate we have had a party – starting with a wonderful THIS IS YOUR LIFE presentation where we saw faces old and new, past colleagues, family members and friends from industry and beyond all paid tribute, even his delightful children made a video for their dad.

Not only did we smother him in love and respect, he came out of it with some great gifts and the usual unusual cake.

Alan Clark, who is also celebrating 5 years service on the 7th (well done Alan) did a fantastic job of being the host presenter (Michael Aspel was not available) and for one moment it did get a bit emotional!!!

We finished with a toast to the future and we all left not only feeling a bit fuller in the belly but in experience too! To all involved, guests and staff - thank you for helping us make our MDs 30years one to remember for the next 30 years.



Thursday, December 4, 2014

FERNO sponsor Scotland’s First Aid Awards

Proud sponsors of the recent 3rd Annual Scottish First Aid Awards organised by St Andrews First Aid, Scotland's First Aid Charity.

This award recognises an individual teacher or educational establishment that promotes an exemplary level of First Aid knowledge and practice among staff and pupils.

Scott Campbell, our Business Development Manager for Scotland and the North East took great pleasure in being invited to the stage to present the award to Dalziel High School from Motherwell. Who won due to their positive approach to promoting health, the school holds an annual Health Fayre, and also runs First Aid courses for pupils, staff and members of the local community plus they are a member of the essential Heartstart programme.

The event was a fantastic success with over 300 attendees and 8 award winners across a variety of first aid disciplines and highlights St Andrews and Ferno's commitment to improving patient outcomes through effective first aid in Scotland and across the UK.


Wednesday, December 3, 2014


Senior Management Team ponder over the key conditions for design……it’s also quite comfortable !

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

20 years ago Yesterday 1.12.94

At Number one was Baby D – Let me be your Fantasy plus Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announced their separation much to the joy of Julie Cooper who celebrated by joining Ferno! We would all like to wish her the very best in recognition of her time with us from her friends and colleagues.
Richard also sends his love and asked why you didn’t call?
Too busy no doubt?


Friday 28.11 Dress Down Day

Or it could be called check shirt and jeans day raised £16 and it’s all going to the Crohns Society because every little helps!

Friday, November 28, 2014

We are ALL very happy for our coupleVictoria Woodford & Lee Hardwick

They’re getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! The bells are gonna chime.
Pull out the stopper!
Let's have a whopper!
But get them to the church on time!
Yes, it’s here the wedding of the year and we want to wish our two FERNO lovebirds a very happy and wonderful day, because they truly deserve the very best. Vicky works in Marketing and Lee is our Quality Engineer in Operations a match made in FERNO Heaven.

CONGRATULATIONS and GOOD LUCK for tomorrow and the future from all your friends and colleagues at FERNO.

Happy 60th Andy

In FERNO traditional style for any celebration with a “0” in it we have a collection a cake and presentation. We also look to find out a few facts about the birthday boy so we can all have a laugh, but Andy is a man of mystery who apparently gets inundated with Valentines Cards and likes dumplings!!!

Well he does support Leeds!

We wish Andy all the best on his 60th Birthday celebrations from all his friends and colleagues at FERNO.


The Mighty Cake!!!

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Joe Bourgraf, President and CEO visits UK..


 
It is great to have Joe Bourgraf, President and CEO, Ferno Group visit Ferno UK today and present the new iNX Trolley to staff highlighting all the benefits of the unique Integrated Patient Transport and Loading System.

Thanks Joe and wishing you a safe trip back to the USA.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year Winner Honored During EMS World Expo

Nasvhille, TN, Nov. 11, 2014 – Ferno-Washington, Inc., the global leader in emergency pre-hospital patient handling equipment, is pleased to announce Christian Hospital Emergency Medical Services (CHEMS) in St. Louis, MO is this year’s recipient of the Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year Award. The award was presented to CHEMS as part of the National EMS Awards of Excellence Presentation during the EMS World Expo in Nashville, TN.
“Receiving the Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year is a great honor for our department,” said Chris Cebollero, EMS Chief for CHEMS. “We are very proud to be recognized as leaders in our community and role models in our industry with a vision of delivering the highest quality of patient care, exemplifying the same traits as Mr. Ferneau,” he added.
 
The Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year Award is sponsored by Ferno in honor of its co-founder, Dick Ferneau. Ferneau, who passed away in 2009, was a true pioneer of the EMS industry. From the time he was a teenager and until his death at the age of 90, Dick engineered many designs and concepts, many of which still impact the EMS industry today. He listened endlessly to the evolving needs of caregivers and first responders, and worked feverishly to develop innovations to help make their jobs safer, easier and more efficient. Dick was also a compassionate, servant leader who, alongside Ferno co-founder and chairman, El Bourgraf, made many local and global contributions as Ferno continued to expand its international footprint.

The Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year Award pays tribute to agencies that exemplify Dick’s spirit and dedication to continuous improvement, and reflect his character as a humble and compassionate friend and philanthropist. Agencies are evaluated in the following areas: EMS education and training, innovations in pre-hospital care and protocol, community involvement, EMS system/program upgrades, worker safety, injury and illness prevention, and public education projects.

“Christian Hospital Emergency Medical Services is passionate about furthering the education of its employees and takes that passion into the community with various outreach programs. We were also impressed by how CHEMS leverages the latest technology to improve the accuracy and efficiency of patient care through its hospital-based mobile integrated healthcare” said Jerry Socha, Marketing Director for Ferno.

CHEMS provides 911 and patient transport within the CHEMS facilities to more than 250,000 people in the St. Louis area. The agency employs over 100 people, from dispatchers to full-time responders.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Ferno (UK) Ltd Congratulate HTAFC on their Award

Ferno UK’s Operations Director, Alan Clark, attended the ninth Examiner Business Awards at the John Smiths Stadium in Huddersfield last night, to celebrate the success of local business companies and individuals.  This year’s guest speaker was David Dein, the former vice chairman of Arsenal FC and the FA.  He spoke personally about his work in helping to create the Premier League and how technology is helping to improve the game today.
 
Alan said that the evening was really well supported by businessmen and women from all over Yorkshire and as an honoured guest of HTAFC, it was extremely pleasing to see them swoop the Stafflex Community Award for their work through initiatives such as the Early Kick Off breakfast clubs and their valuable support for charities including our other charity partner Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Everyone was a winner on the night and to his surprise, Alan won an iPad Mini in the raffle for the West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, which raised around £1,500.  Alan said, it was an honour for Ferno to be involved in such an event and we congratulate the organisers and the award winners for their outstanding work within the community.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Ferno (UK) Falls Silent in Remembrance of Armistice Day

At 11:00 hours on the anniversary of the First World War armistice some 96 years ago, every employee at Ferno (UK) joined together with millions across the nation to mark a two minute silence in recognition of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 when the guns of Europe fell silent.
 
Along with the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth countries, Ferno (UK) paid tribute to those brave service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, as well as their families who continue to grieve their loss. 
The placing of the final ceremonial poppy in a spectacular sea of red that has transformed the Tower of London moat, honoured the 888,246 British and Commonwealth war dead who sacrificed their tomorrow so that we could live our today.
 
Lest We Forget

Monday, November 10, 2014

Congratulations to our rowing friends Down Under!


Jon Ellis, MD shares the lovely letter he received from Miller and Tyler, daughters of Alan Ferris from Ferno Australia. For those following our social media, Miller and Tyler were selected to represent Australia in the Rowing Championships and Junior Olympic Games. Miller and Tyler are very talented in what is renowned for being a physically challenging sport.

 Ferno UK wish you both all the best and for every success in the future!