Berkshire Search and Rescue Parachute Team
I, like many of you, get easily bored by the large numbers of people who do parachute jumps for charity. I usually ignore such requests. I love the way this fundraising effort, however, has been positioned and marketed. The Sky Screamers: Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue Freefall Team have set themselves up to, as many others [...]
May 10, 2011
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Tags: Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue, SAR Parachutists, SEBEV · Posted in: Search Links
Top Five SAR Websites
Today I wanted to list what I see as the top five Search and Rescue websites at this time. Obviously this changes over time, but judged using my secret algorithm (well if Google has one, why shouldn’t I?) based upon their authority, especially over time, their content and importance here are today’s top five SAR websites; [...]
April 20, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue, Bob Koester, dbs Productions, dbS SAR, DIMERSAR, SAR Websites, SARBayes, SEBEV, UK SAR · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
Inland Flood Rescue Association
I wrote last week about SEBEV’s past experience working in flooded areas. This was not something SEBEV had been set up specifically to help with, it was just a natural extension of their willingness to help a community in need. With flooding and its terrible aftermath seemingly becoming more common, it was inevitable that a [...]
February 1, 2010
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Tags: Emergency Services, Flood Rescue, Flood Rescue Team, Flooding Response, Inland Flood Rescue Association, SAR Group, SAR Team, SEBEV, Swiftwater Rescue, UK SAR, Water Rescue · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
SEBEV (Berkshire) Search and Rescue Team needs volunteers
Today will be a day of housekeeping messages, with the odd link and news item. As you know, SEBEV is my local Search and Rescue Team in Berkshire. This January they have launched a recruitment drive for more volunteers. The team were visited by presenter Maggie Philbin (Tomorrows World, Multi-coloured Swap Shop) and did 3 [...]
January 29, 2010
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Tags: Andrew Peach, Berkshire Search and Rescue, Maggie Philbin, SAR Volunteers, SEBEV, SEBEV SAR · Posted in: Search Links, Search News
SEBEV’s Past Civil Contingency Work with Flooding and Flooded Areas
I was reminded last week of the Purley Floods in 2003 on my visit to SEBEV‘s HQ. Whilst the last few years have seen several wide scale floods and the use of specialist volunteers to help support the statutory emergency services and authorities, and indeed the setting up of special committees, protocols and organisations to deal with such [...]
January 20, 2010
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Tags: Emergency Services, Flooding Response, Purley Floods, SEBEV, South East Berkshire Emergency Volunteers · Posted in: Search Thoughts
