Ten people who know more than me about SAR!
One of the things I’m getting fed up about in SAR is the parochialism – “I created this, it’s mine and don’t anyone dare criticise it! So I’m going to keep it all to myself” … and so on, and so on. I’m sure everyone within volunteer SAR has had experience of this … all [...]
April 25, 2011
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Tags: Bob Koester, Charles Twardy, Daryl Toogood, Don Cooper, Ian 'Max' Maxwell, Jack Frost, Kris Manning, Lou Holmes, Peter Bell, Tony Jones · Posted in: Search Thoughts
The Phoenix that is the Re-Search website
I need, once again, to get back into writing. In particular writing about search. Why? It is difficult to say. It looks like I will be starting a Phd later this year, or early next year. This is itself should give me the opportunity to write plenty, both for the Phd and for publication. However, [...]
March 12, 2011
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Tags: Kris Manning, Lou Holmes, Sam Avery, SAR Blog, Search and Rescue Blog, Steve Butcher · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Starting a Search and Rescue Team
The comment made by Brian Johnson on the Inland Flood Rescue Association post started me thinking. He noted that “someone had to take charge and put all of the teams into some useful context.” This lead me to thinking about SAR teams without a role… Johnnie Walker commented that T24 “do not provide the services [...]
February 3, 2010
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Tags: ALSAR, Brian Johnson, Callout, Inland Flood Rescue Association, Johnnie Walker, Kris Manning, Lowland Search Dogs Sussex, Police, SAR Charity, SAR Groups, SAR Team, SAR Training Exercise, STAR Technical & Rescue Team, Sussar, T24 · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Busy Christmas and New Year for SAR Volunteers
As I slowly start to get my mind back into the real world after two weeks of Christmas activities, and start thinking about SAR again, it would be inappropriate not to mention the hard work that many SAR volunteers put in over my Christmas break. Quite a few Christmases ago Bob Geldof implored us all to think about [...]
January 4, 2010
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Tags: ALSAR, Autism, Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs, Buckinghamshire Search and Rescue, Civil Contingencies, Despondent, Essex Search and Rescue, Hampshire Search and Rescue, Johnnie Walker, Kris Manning, LSDogs, Midshires Search and Rescue, SAR Volunteers, SEBEV Search and Rescue, Sussex Search and Rescue, Vulnerable Missing Person Search · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts
SAR, Volunteering to Save Lives – £ Priceless
I know this is the moment you’ve all been waiting for – no! not me shutting up for a few weeks! It is time to announce the winner of the SAR Motto Competition. It was fun reading all the entries, but there had to be a winner, so congratulations to Kris Manning for his entry; [...]
December 18, 2009
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Tags: Kris Manning, SAR Merchandise, SAR Motto, The SAR Bookshop · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts
