Archive for the ‘Search News’ Category
Mountain Rescue Campaign to Save VAT
The Mountain Rescue England & Wales campaign to get HM Government to waive VAT for MR and ALSAR teams got the backing this week of Private Eye. As they comment; Gordon Brown waived VAT at a stroke for the Simon Cowell produced celebrity cover version of Everybody Hurts to raise funds for Haiti. The mountain [...]
February 5, 2010
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: ALSAR, Everybody Hurts, Gordon Brown, Haiti Earthquake, Mountain Rescue, MR, MR E&W, Simon Cowell · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts
Combined Visual and Infra-Red Search
I came across the following on the New Scientist website today. Could seeing with heat and light simultaneously improve search and rescue missions? Nathan Rasmussen of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, thinks so. He has created a hybrid video system that integrates visible and infrared footage into a single shot. [Read more here...] It definitely [...]
February 3, 2010
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Tags: Aerial Search, Hybrid Video System, Infra-Red Search, Nathan Rasmussen, New Scientist, Search and Rescue Mission, Tom Jenson, Visual Search, Washington Air Search and Rescue · Posted in: Search Links, Search News, Search Research, Search Thoughts
Hampshire Search and Rescue Team Abuse Local MP
Hantsar last night invited a couple of local politicians along to their search training. Here are some of their responses; After fun eve with hants search and rescue scratched face will recover. Trousers probably won’t! Good stuff. Nice people… Sandra Gidley, MP and Great evening training with Hampshire Search and Rescue Impressed by the friendly [...]
January 29, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
Tags: Hampshire Search and Rescue, Hantsar, Martin Tod, Sandra Gidley, Search Training · Posted in: Search Links, Search News
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
ERT-SAR in Haiti SAR / Medical Response
The discussion on the UK SAR Response to Haiti goes on … but as the UK’s Urban SAR Teams start to withdraw (see BBC News Report here), ERT-SAR’s more medical response begins… A few pictures from the front line: Haiti; Port Au Prince. No ruinning water, No toilets, very limited resources, aftershocks, Busy – From [...]
January 22, 2010
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Tags: ERT-SAR, Gary Foo, Haiti, Port Au Prince, UK SAR, UN OSOCC, Urban Search and Rescue, USAR · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts
