TWO bleed kits – designed to help provide first aid after an emergency – have been vandalised in Bridgwater.

The kits, which include items such as tourniques, wound dressings, gloves and more, are designed to help people after incidents such as crashes, or stabbings.

Now, Bridgwater Town Council said two of the town’s three kits had been “tampered with and emptied of their life-saving contents”.

“When a bleed kit is vandalised, stolen, or interfered with, it may no longer be usable, leaving it useless at the very moment it could save a life. Such actions are not only reckless but potentially fatal,” a spokesperson said.

“These kits are installed in the hope that they are never needed – but if they are, they must be intact and ready to use,” they added.

“They carry no monetary value, but in an emergency they are invaluable. Their absence could cost a life.”

Anyone who witnesses a bleed kit being tampered with should contact police on 101.

“Protecting them protects our community,” the council spokesperson added.

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