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.

SEBEV SAR member qualifies as a Radio Amateur

SEBEV member Cliff Mandville has qualified as a radio operator. Cliff attended the Bracknell Amateur Radio Club Foundation course over two Saturdays in November and obtained his Amateur Radio Licence.

Training Officer Chris Curry said "Radio communication skills are an essential ingredient of successful Search & Rescue and we are delighted that Cliff has been one of the first in the team to gain formal qualifications in this skill"

SEBEV SAR Training Officer Chris Curry attended the Berkshire Emergency Support Organisations Group (ESOG) meeting on 9 November 2009. ESOG is a sub group of the Berkshire Resilience Forum and meets three times a year. It comprises representatives from the Emergency Planning Office, British Red Cross, Berkshire Religious Groups, St. John Ambulance, WRVS, RAYNET, Berks & Hants 4x4 Group, RSPCA and the Emergency Services. 

Gary Webster & Keith Ball recently attended a 3-day First Aid at Work course run by colleagues at Berkshire based PreMed Health Care Ltd. and have both qualified.

As well as adding to our search team skills, this reinforces the capacity of SEBEV to provide Event support. 

SEBEV SAR is now on Facebook

If you are a Facebook user then why not join SEBEVs growing fanbase. We'll keep you up to date on team news, searches, fundraising and recruitment efforts. We'll also post some team photos so you see us in action.

To jump to our fanpage just click the Facebook logo to the right of your screen.

Congratulations to our newest SEBEV members Sam, Kim and Matt who attended and passed their Search Technician course this weekend.

The new SEBEV website has been launched.

SEBEV Search & Rescue is using the Joomla content management system to enable their members to keep the website content updated without having to know anything about web design. The site has been designed by SEBEV member Kris Manning and is hosted by UK2.

Following the AGM SEBEV announce their new Executive Officers for 2009 to 2010

Sam Avery as Chairman

Neil Knight as Treasurer

Paul Chapman as Secretary