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 · Robert Bradley · 13 Comments
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

UK Search and Rescue Response to Haiti Earthquake

Johnnie Walker from Sussex Search and Rescue has yet again kindly written a piece for Re-Search with his views on the UK’s search and rescue response to the events unfolding in Haiti. Are you going to Haiti? A number of colleagues have asked me in the last couple of days if SusSAR is heading out [...]

January 14, 2010 · Robert Bradley · 9 Comments
Tags: DEC, Disasters Emergency Committee, Earthquake Response, Haiti, Johnnie Walker, Sussar, Sussex Search and Rescue, UK Fire Service Search and Rescue Team, UKFSSRT, Urban Search and Rescue · Posted in: Guest Posts, Search Thoughts

SAR – A Fashion Choice

The New SAR Clothing Range from SEBEV SAR What was that I wrote a couple of days ago about recognising over-active ego in SAR? First Sussex Search and Rescue launch a range of SAR Clothing under the “New Search Order” Label; Now SEBEV SAR want in on the act. Check out the SAR – A Fashion Choice [...]

January 8, 2010 · Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
Tags: New Search Order, SAR - A Fashion Choice, SAR Clothing, SEBEV SAR, Sussar, Sussex Search and Rescue · Posted in: Search Thoughts

New Search Order T-shirts

Johnnie Walker from Sussex Search and Rescue e-mailed me today with a few suggestions for slogans for T-shirts for SAR Gear that he suggested should come under a “New Search Order” banner. Who am I to deny such a request? So why not visit the shop and have a look at Johnnie’s suggestions? £5 will [...]

January 7, 2010 · Robert Bradley · 4 Comments
Tags: Johnnie Walker, New Search Order, SAR Clothing, SAR Merchandise, Sussar, Sussex Search and Rescue · Posted in: Search Thoughts

Johnnie Walker’s Missing Person Search Analogy

I’m pleased today to be able to offer you a special guest post to the Re-Search website. Johnnie Walker from Sussex Search and Rescue sent me an e-mail today offering the following; I have found myself using the following analogy quite a bit. Is there a place for it on your website? I know that [...]

December 3, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 4 Comments
Tags: Grid Search, Hub, Misper, Missing Child, Missing Children, Missing Person Search, Reflectors, Scenario Based Planning, Search is an Emergency, Search Tactics, Spokes, Sussar, Sussex Search and Rescue · Posted in: Guest Posts, Search Thoughts

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This month's feature is the Missing Rights Campaign being run by Missing People.

If your house is burgled you are automatically offered emotional, practical and legal support. If your child goes missing you may get nothing.

Missing People. are calling on the Government to give families of missing people the same basic rights as victims of crime.

Over 250,000 people go missing in the UK every year. While most of us will have read or heard about a disappearance, little is understood about the emotional, legal and financial burdens it can bring to those closest to the missing person. Families left behind face their homes being seized, jobs being lost, divorce, social stigma and suicidal thoughts.

Here are the detailed aims and objectives of the Missing Rights Campaign. Without your support, though, they will not be able to bring about change for families of missing people.

Aim #1:
Families of missing people should know everything possible is being done to find their missing loved one.

Objectives:
•Every region to have a local missing persons coordinator who will hold local services to account
•Every family to have a named single point of contact in the police force dealing with their missing loved one
•All unidentified bodies to be cross matched with missing person reports

Aim #2:
Families affected by a disappearance should have access to support.

Objectives:
•Every family of a missing person to be signposted to Missing People’s free emotional, practical and legal support services by the police
•A network of specially trained counsellors to be developed to support the unique needs of families of missing people

Aim #3:
Families left behind should be spared the pain of unnecessary financial and legal bureaucracy.

Objectives:
•All banks to introduce standard mortgage arrangements for families of missing people
•All insurance companies to enable families to freeze or take over their missing relative’s policy payments.
•Presumption of Death Act to be introduced in England of Wales

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Starting a Search and Rescue Team

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