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Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:33 |
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SEBEV Search & Rescue kicked off its 2010 recruitment campaign this week with a series of live interviews on BBC Radio Berkshire.
 The team were visited by presenter Maggie Philbin (Tomorrows World, Multi-coloured Swap Shop) and did 3 live interviews on the Andrew Peach show from their HQ at Easthampstead Conference Centre and other locations around their local area.
Maggie was fascinated by our HQ location (a cold-war nuclear bunker) and did an audio Twitter about it which can be found by clicking here
These interviews mark that start of SEBEV SARs recruitment initiatives to increase their numbers from the current 25 to 50 in 2010.
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 15:17 |
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All members of SEBEV SAR have now qualified to use Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) following a training course this week. The training and certification was provided by PreMed Healthcare.
Chairman Sam Avery said “Given SEBEV’s primary function for Search & Rescue in Berkshire and our role in providing first aid and stewarding at local events, it is essential that all our members are proficient in the use of AEDs. Almost every single member of the team is now qualified in the use of the AED and the accompanying Basic Life Support (BLS) skills. We consider this an absolute minimum requirement of all members regardless of role.”
Many of SEBEV SARs members are already qualified in a range of first aid skills from First Aid at Work through to Wilderness First Aid and beyond. The members are also actively encouraged to put that training to good use by joining their local Community First Responder schemes. |
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 09:43 |
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A number of SEBEV SAR members took part in a multi-agency exercise on Dartmoor hosted by the Dartmoor Rescue Group (DRG). The scenario revolved around a Major Incident being declared during a Ten Tors Event and code named Exercise Saxongate.
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Sunday, 29 November 2009 19:10 |
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SEBEV Search & Rescue Team were out in force this weekend, but not searching. Whilst some of our team members attended the Dartmoor Rescue Group training weekend, others were providing event support to 2 major events in the Berkshire calendar. |
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Sunday, 22 November 2009 00:24 |
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SEBEV Training Officer Chris Curry attended a Thames Valley Police Major Incident Bronze training course last week. The course was a result of SEBEV Search & Rescue's continued liaison and development with the Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum.
The event was aimed at management/supervisory personnel that might find themselves acting as a Bronze commander during a major incident. The day also provided an opportunity to network as the syndicates were organised in relation to geographical areas across the Thames Valley. Apart from Police and Fire & Rescue there were representatives from Local Authorities, Environment Agency and the voluntary sector including RAYNET and 4x4 groups.
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