Joanne speaks out about Epilepsy
Joanne first started experiencing seizures in her childhood but they went undiagnosed as her mum thought it was simply strange behaviour. When she was about 20 she had another seizure and went to her doctor. Initially, she was diagnosed with diabetes, then stress and finally an allergy to alcohol. At the time, Joanne was working as a lifeguard at a swimming pool but she had to leave because of her seizures. In 2000, Joanne went...
Kent Search and Rescue Campaign Blazes New Trail
Kent Search and Rescue (KSAR) has developed a new campaign that is targeted primarily at carers and family members of vulnerable people. The Safe and Sound Campaign, which has been running for nearly a year, is intended to encourage carers and families to consider the risks associated with their loved one wandering off and thus to develop workable, cost-effective, proactive strategies to mitigate some of those risks. Besides raising...
National Water Bank Search Training
ALSAR holds its first national Water Safety training Units from around the country came together for training in Water Safety and Bank Search techniques In keeping with the ALSAR Water Safety strategy, ALSAR held its first National Water Safety Training weekend over May 8th-9th in Oxford. An excellent response was received from units with 24 member’s attending across 14 units. The weekend was split in two with the first day...
OxSAR control vehicle appeal
Kilimanjaro climb to raise funds for the Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue Control Vehicle Appeal. Louise Dennis, a nurse at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford is training to become a lowland search technician with Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue (OxSAR), and left for Tanzania on June 17th to do a sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro. Louise is aiming to raise funds for a new Control Vehicle for OxSAR, which is vital for the...
WMSAR helps UK-ISAR
West Midlands Search & Rescue provides comms support to UK-ISAR Whilst the 63 members of the UK International Search and Rescue Team(UK-ISAR) from the combined Fire and Rescue authorities have been making preparations to leave for Japan, local Worcester based Volunteer Search and Rescue team WMSAR have been busy delivering some of our radios on loan to the Birmingham base of the UK-ISAR team. No sooner than the UK-ISAR team landed...
RAF News
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