Blog Archives - Warwickshire Search and Rescue

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, […]

January 9, 2021
Posted in Blog, News, Uncategorized

£2000 Grant will buy new safety equipment!

Tess, our Fundraising Lead, has been working tirelessly behind the scenes on some grant applications. We’re delighted to reveal that we have been awarded one! A massive thank you goes to Heart of England Community Foundation for giving us £2000 to buy some new Dry Suits for the Kayak Team and new lifejackets for the […]

March 11, 2019
Posted in Blog, News
Tags: fundraising, grant, rescue, search and rescue

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 […]

August 5, 2018
Posted in Blog
Tags: charity, dog, dogs, fundraising, ground scenting, injury, k9, lowland rescue, pr, sar, search, search and rescue, trail, trailing, warksar, warwickshire, woods

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). […]

June 4, 2018
Posted in Blog, Exercises, News, Uncategorized
Tags: 1st aid, bank holiday, dog, dogs, first aid, handler, k9, lowland rescue, scent, search, search and rescue, search dog, search dogs, support, team, trail, trailing, training, wishlist

Hello from Warwickshire Search and Rescue – Dogs

Merry’s super shiny coat and cool, moist nose are due to her excellent nutrition, courtesy of Burns Pet Nutrition Ltd. WarkSAR are one of 36 Lowland Rescue teams spread across the country. We are primarily a foot team (we search on foot, not from horseback; bike or quad and we don’t currently have drones) with […]

April 20, 2018
Posted in Blog
Tags: burns, facebook, fundraising, lowland rescue, nutrition, pet food, search and rescue, search dogs, trail, training, twitter, uk, warwickshire

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 […]

June 29, 2017
Posted in Blog, Events, Exercises, News, Uncategorized
Tags: air ambulance, lowland rescue, rescue, search, search and rescue, support, training

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 […]

June 15, 2017
Posted in Blog, Events, Uncategorized
Tags: donation, events, fundraising, howard, lowland rescue, rescue, search, search and rescue, search dogs, support, warwickshire search and rescue

Why is fundraising so important?

Search and Rescue teams are set up with one single aim: the clue is in the name. They tend to attract people who want to be outside, doing what we train to do. Sadly, whether you are looking at the RNLI, Mountain Rescue or the Lowland teams in between, we are all reliant on […]

August 10, 2016
Posted in Blog
Tags: crowdfunding, donation, fundraising, lowland rescue, support

WarkSAR’s star runner suffers injury training for Spring Wolf

“You know, I could do that,” Maggie said, much to my surprise. I’d just described the Wolf Run to her. It’s a ten kilometre mud bath with added climbing frames, cold water swims and wades, log walls and an awesome slide. It’s not just that it’s difficult for anyone: Maggie has been blind from […]

June 10, 2016
Posted in Blog

“Lowland Rescue? What’s that then?”

“Lowland Rescue? What’s that then?” the cashier asked when she saw my uniform jacket. I had attended a call out straight from work. I keep my gear in the boot of the car because we never know when we might be called, and I changed in the toilets before driving for an […]

March 16, 2016
Posted in Blog
Tags: lowland rescue, missing people, searcher, searching