The dog team say Goodbye to Merry.

Following an injury, Donna (Merry’s handler), has had to withdraw Merry from our Search Dog training programme. Donna said, “It’s a shame but these things happen. Merry has come so far and has so much ability, but her consultant is recommending a knee replacement for her. Surgery isn’t definite yet, as we haven’t finished weighing […]

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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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Welcome to the Warwickshire Search and Rescue blog

    Hello reader!     Thank you for taking an interest in what we do at Warwickshire Search and Rescue.     We’re a new team, as you may have read elsewhere on our site, and blogging is new to us too. We’re planning to use the blog to give you a flavour of what […]

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