SARWorld – Another Phoenix rising from the ashes?

A quick plug today for a new article on the SARWorld website. David Housley from Midshires Search and Rescue has written a piece on outdoor skills and search and rescue, exploring the use of tracking and “natural navigation” within lowland search teams. Well worth a read, and feel free to join in the debate and [...]

May 17, 2011 · Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
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Time to do more me SAR stuff … ?!

Last night I resigned from UKLSI. This might have come as a shock to a few people, to a few others it was a long time in coming. As I explained in my resignation letter; … I am hoping to start a Phd later this year. I should have spent the last couple of months writing [...]

April 8, 2011 · Robert Bradley · No Comments
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Tracking in Lowland Search and Rescue

I said that lots of things came up during the latest UKLSI Lowland Search and Rescue Courses that I went to this weekend and tracking is another one. Anyone, who has in the past read my blog, will know I have a great admiration for trackers and tracking as a tool for search. So, it [...]

March 23, 2011 · Robert Bradley · One Comment
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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 · Robert Bradley · One Comment
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Searching in the Dark

You may remember a long while back me writing a short news article introducing a Specialist Night / Low Light Search Technician Certification Course from Gary Foo. Several comments were made at the time, with Jennie Webster making the valid point that; Maybe explicit courses such as this would make it more obvious that ALSAR teams can [...]

January 27, 2010 · Robert Bradley · 10 Comments
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