Warwickshire Search and Rescue wins £1,000 festive boost thanks to Ecclesiastical Insurance

Warwickshire Search and Rescue has won a £1,000 festive financial boost thanks to nominations from the public. Warwickshire Search and Rescue is one of 120 winning charities to receive an early Christmas gift of a £1,000 donation as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s annual 12 days of giving Christmas campaign. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

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January 9, 2021

Training CaNine to Five (and quite often until a lot later!)

When dogs help us to search for missing people the standard is for one Dog, one Handler plus one Support member to go out as a team (two Support members are used if a trailing dog is searching in an urban area, to allow one person to focus exclusively on traffic and keep everybody safe). […]

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Air Ambulances

Interoperability is vital in the rescue world. We need to be able to work with the Police as our primary agency. Our First Responders (as our front-line medics) and every other member are trained in handing over casualties to the Ambulance Service effectively. We’ll tell you more about what we’re doing with the Ambulance Service […]

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Hello, I’m Howard

I’ve been asked to write a new blog for Warwickshire Search and Rescue, so I’d better start by introducing myself. I’m Howard, I’m the team’s latest recruit. I’m going to be taking charge of fundraising. I’m super excited about it. It’s a really important job: outside of the Coastguard and the Fire Brigade there is […]

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