Search and Rescue Beer
Following on from yesterday’s post about the Sky Screamers’ fundraising effort, I came across another fundraising effort that deserved publicity. Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (CamSAR) are the nominated charity at this year’s Cambridge Beer Festival, which will also see the launch of a special beer – “Lost and Found”. As you are all aware I’m [...]
May 11, 2011
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: Cambrideshire Search and Rescue, CamSAR, Fundraising, SAR Volunteers · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Preparing the mind for SAR
I can’t believe it is Thursday already of Mental Health for SAR Week on Re-Search. Having discussed why SAR volunteers are vulnerable on Monday, the causes of mental ill-effects on Tuesday and what happens when you find a body on Wednesday, today I would like to discuss preparing yourself for what you will face in [...]
April 14, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Clue Consciousness, Mental Health, Mental Ill-Effects, SAR Volunteers, Search Technician · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Causes of Mental Ill-Effects in SAR
Following on from yesterday’s post, Mental Health in SAR Week, today we will be discussing some of the potential causes of mental ill-effects in what we do. The trouble is the list is extremely long. The most obvious is finding a misper’s dead body. In some cases this will look quite natural, where they have [...]
April 12, 2011
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Tags: Deb's Search and Rescue Stories, Mental Health, Mental Ill-Effects, SAR Volunteers · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Mental Health in SAR Week
I had the pleasure of talking to Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs last week on Mental Health, Mental Well-Being and Mental Preparedness for SAR. As always with these topics it was quite heavy at times, but it was also a great bonding activity and good humoured. It is always a hard one for the trainer/facilitator; you [...]
April 11, 2011
· Robert Bradley · 6 Comments
Tags: Emergency Services, Firefighters, Mental Health, Mental Ill-Effects, Mental Preparedness, Mental Well-Being, Paramedics, Police, SAR Volunteers · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Inspiring Search and Rescue Courses
I had the pleasure this weekend of teaching on yet another excellent UKLSI lowland search and rescue course. There are so many comments that can be made that I think several posts this week will be referring back to the weekend, but the one thing that really sticks in my mind is the inspiration I [...]
March 22, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Basic Search Techniques Course, Best Kept Secret, Lowland Search Technician, Lowland Search Volunteers, SAR Volunteers, Search Technician, Super Heroes, UKLSI · Posted in: Search Courses, Search Thoughts, Search Training
