Specialist Night / Low Light Search Technician Certification

One final piece of breaking news today; a new specialist night/low light search technician certification course being offered by Black Badge, the company that published Gary Foo’s book Emergency Response & Search & Rescue. According to their website; The Emergency Services and Search and Rescue Teams respond to calls year round at all times of the day [...]

November 16, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 5 Comments
Tags: Emergency Response & Search & Rescue, Emergency Services, Gary Foo, Night Searching, Search and Rescue Teams, Search Training, Specialist Night / Low Light Search Technician Course · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts, Search Training

First National Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Instructor Scheme

Passing on SAR news as it comes to me, I thought it appropriate whilst talking about Gary Foo’s book Emergency Response & Search & Rescue to pass on this news item found on the book’s website. Working in partnership Black Badge are establishing the first National Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Instructor Scheme with ACPO (Association of Chiefs of [...]

November 13, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 9 Comments
Tags: ACPO, Black Badge, Emergency Response & Search & Rescue, Gary Foo, MIAS, Mountain Bike Instructor, Mountain Bike Instructor Award, National Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Instructor Scheme, SAR · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts, Search Training

Instructor Training for Emergency Response & Search & Rescue

Gary is running an Instructors course based around his book “Emergency Response & Search & Rescue”. UK – INSTRUCTOR We have some Level 3i – Instructor / Leader courses are planned from the book and at the present time all three offered days are popular: Wed 25, Fri 27 and Sat 28 Nov 2009. If [...]

November 13, 2009 · Robert Bradley · One Comment
Tags: Briefing, De-briefing, Emergency Response & Search & Rescue, Incident Management, Instructor Course, SAR Co-ordination, SAR Disciplines, SAR Flow Cycle, SAR Instructor, SAR Leader, SAR Theory, USAR · Posted in: Search Books, Search Courses, Search Thoughts, Search Training

Emergency Response & Search & Rescue by Gary Foo

This new book seems to have aroused a lot of interest, certainly here in the UK, but also abroad too. It seemed appropriate then to write a quick review of the book. The book covers a vast amount of ground in its 300 plus pages. It starts with a round-up of the different SAR disciplines, [...]

November 13, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
Tags: Briefing, Callout, De-briefing, Emergency Response, Emergency Response & Search & Rescue, Gary Foo, International SAR, Lost Person Behavior, Lost Person Behaviour, Mountain Bikes, Mounted SAR, Navigation, SAR, SAR Command, SAR Medicine, SAR Operations, SAR Vehicles, Search Dogs, Search Patterns, Search Theory, Team Roles · Posted in: Search Books, Search Thoughts

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This month's feature is the Missing Rights Campaign being run by Missing People.

If your house is burgled you are automatically offered emotional, practical and legal support. If your child goes missing you may get nothing.

Missing People. are calling on the Government to give families of missing people the same basic rights as victims of crime.

Over 250,000 people go missing in the UK every year. While most of us will have read or heard about a disappearance, little is understood about the emotional, legal and financial burdens it can bring to those closest to the missing person. Families left behind face their homes being seized, jobs being lost, divorce, social stigma and suicidal thoughts.

Here are the detailed aims and objectives of the Missing Rights Campaign. Without your support, though, they will not be able to bring about change for families of missing people.

Aim #1:
Families of missing people should know everything possible is being done to find their missing loved one.

Objectives:
•Every region to have a local missing persons coordinator who will hold local services to account
•Every family to have a named single point of contact in the police force dealing with their missing loved one
•All unidentified bodies to be cross matched with missing person reports

Aim #2:
Families affected by a disappearance should have access to support.

Objectives:
•Every family of a missing person to be signposted to Missing People’s free emotional, practical and legal support services by the police
•A network of specially trained counsellors to be developed to support the unique needs of families of missing people

Aim #3:
Families left behind should be spared the pain of unnecessary financial and legal bureaucracy.

Objectives:
•All banks to introduce standard mortgage arrangements for families of missing people
•All insurance companies to enable families to freeze or take over their missing relative’s policy payments.
•Presumption of Death Act to be introduced in England of Wales

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