Raising funds for SAR

I hope you all enjoyed my April 1st step into fantasy; Psychic Search and Rescue indeed! However, it, along with a couple of articles I read last week did lead me on to an important topic: Raising charitable funds for search and rescue. How did I get to this? Let me start to explain. I’m [...]

April 4, 2011 · Robert Bradley · No Comments
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Hampshire Search and Rescue Team Abuse Local MP

Hantsar last night invited a couple of local politicians along to their search training. Here are some of their responses; After fun eve with hants search and rescue scratched face will recover. Trousers probably won’t! Good stuff. Nice people… Sandra Gidley, MP and Great evening training with Hampshire Search and Rescue Impressed by the friendly [...]

January 29, 2010 · Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
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ALSAR on Dartmoor

A number of ALSAR Units sent members down to Dartmoor Rescue Group’s annual training weekend. It is a tribute to the professional working relationship that ALSAR and MR E&W have that ALSAR was invited to send participants to this event [again!] Members from Hantsar, ISIS SAR, SEBEV, SSART, Sussar, and Wilsar all attended and from [...]

November 30, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 13 Comments
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Search and Rescue Teams recruiting volunteers

Hantsar have recently updated their website with a new, recruitment drive for volunteers in Hampshire to join their local ALSAR search and rescue team. They suggest it might make a suitable New Year’s Resolution. If you are interested in joining Hampshire Search and Rescue, visit their membership webpages here… If any other ALSAR Unit wants [...]

November 24, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 6 Comments
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ALSAR and the media

Yesterday I wrote about a Hantsar callout. I included a link to a news article on the search. Although I’d read the article I foolishly hadn’t scrolled down to the comments section. Every newcomer to lowland search is given the same training in dealing with the media – we don’t talk to them about specific [...]

November 17, 2009 · Robert Bradley · No Comments
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