How Can We Support Communities?
Rescue Section
This Section can provide search and rescue/recovery services for missing persons/items in a wide range of scenarios, including:
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Water Rescue
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Terrestrial (Land) Search and Rescue
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Drone/UAV Search and Rescue
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Victim Recovery
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4x4 Vehicle Support
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Severe Weather Recovery & Support
Medical Section
This section is available to provide first aid and first responders to local authority rest centers to provide a level of medical cover.
Welfare Section
This section is available to provide care, comfort, shelter and catering services to members of the community during major emergencies and contains the following units:
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Community Emergency Volunteers (CEVs) - a network of volunteers covering the borough, ready to help, and provide assistance to the local authority, and the Emergency services in times of emergency. Our CEVs will coordinate Community Resilience Hubs for local volunteers.
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Emergency Catering Unit – provides food to team members on operational duty and those members of the community rendered homeless and/or deprived of normal facilities
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Companions Unit – provides shelter/accommodation and registration of those rendered homeless and/or deprived of normal facilities, as well as providing practical and emotional support to individuals.
VACC (Voluntary Agency Coordination Centre)
A base can be set-up with shelter, electricity, furniture to be used to coordinate voluntary agencies responses during incidents. This allows commanders or leads from each voluntary agency to co-locate to provide an effective response.
This is a suitable solution for MASHAs (Multi-Agecy Strategic Holding Areas) or similar.