Ego in Search and Rescue
When does Ego get in the way in SAR? My family are [eventually] realising that if you get me a book for Christmas, I’m a very happy bunny. It also means that when someone else buys a book for you, you often get to read stuff you wouldn’t normally pick up or buy. This Christmas [...]
January 5, 2010
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Tags: Egonomics, SAR, SAR Operations, SAR Team · Posted in: Search Thoughts
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
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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
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
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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
SEBEV SAR Training Officer attends the Berkshire Emergency Support Organisations Group (ESOG)
As part of my quest to keep the whole lowland search community informed of the latest Unit news, I noted this news piece on the SEBEV SAR website. Many ALSAR teams, as well as their valuable missing person search work, find themselves working with the emergency services during major incidents; often in other roles besides [...]
November 11, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, Berkshire Emergency Support Organisations Group, Emergency Services, ESOG, Major Incidents, Missing Person Search, SAR, SEBEV, SEBEV SAR · Posted in: Search News
SEBEV Search and Rescue
I started my lowland search “career” with my local ALSAR Unit, SEBEV – although back then [that makes me sound old!] they were called South East Berkshire Emergency Volunteers. I still remember my “ID” – A16! There were some very, very well known and respected SAR members in the Unit back then and SEBEV was considered one of [...]
November 9, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, Kris Manning, Lowland Search, Lowland Search Community, SAR, SEBEV, South East Berkshire Emergency Volunteers · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
