In response to the Earthquake in Balochistan Province on 29th October 2008, ERT SAR members in Pakistan have sent over 100,000 rupees of medical aid to victims of the disaster.
Virginia running 1/2 Marathon for the charity
HENLEY HALF MARATHON: Sunday 12th OCTOBER 2008
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(We shall send you a little something in the mail! :-) )
6 Members return from team Tech Rescue / Canada trip and get to abseil Niagara Falls!
More on this story by clicking here!
or click on ERT Canada on the left.
ERT Search & Rescue launch Medical Responder
ERT Search & Rescue Medical division are launching their official Co-Responder programme with the South Central Ambulance Service. More on this story soon!!
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 | Pakistan Training Starts in NWFP We are pleased to announce that the NWFP Civil Defence programme, supported by ERT - starts Aug. 18th in Pakistan. (ERT have been active here with several emergency and CBDRM (Community Based Disaster Risk Management) deployments since the earthquakes Oct. '05. |
 | ERT Northwest starts Do you live within an hour or so drive of Manchester or Liverpool? As ERT SAR expands over the coming year we expect to open another 5 centres to build local community resilience and be able to access more members for national and international deployments. The Northwest Regional Coordinators are Ashfandyar Niazi and Dr. Shehla Ahmed can be contacted at nw@ert-sar.org.uk |
 | Canadian Training Dates Confirmed A team from ERT SAR UK will be traveling to Canada to take part in various NFPA Tech Rescue training as well as completing some emergency services visits and ridealongs with the Police, Fire Service, etc, in September 2008. |
 | ERT Courses "Open to Public" From 1st January 2009 ERT SAR will start offering their certification courses out on a 'public calendar' - it will include Tech Rescue training, NFPA Swiftwater Rescue, NFPA Tech Rope Rescue, Boat Rescue, Helicopter Deployment SoPs, Fire Safety & Suppression, Medical / First Aid Training etc., |
NEXT RECRUITMENT INTAKE: Mon 5th Jan '08
Anyone interested in joining ERT SAR, in the first instance you should apply by e-mail requesting an application form and offering some pertinent information about yourself. You will then be contacted for a formal application which includes completion of an application form and provision of 2 references. You will then be invited to an induction / information session and we shall answer more questions and should expect to complete an aptitude and psychometric test.
Please Note: We do prefer not to accept members from other SAR teams (with no offence) - but it is difficult to maintain the required commitment for both teams.
We look forward to hearing from you! email: HQ@ert-sar.org.uk
* Latest NEWS * Latest NEWS *
ERT SAR and PRE HOSPITAL CARE ANNOUNCE NEW RELATIONSHIP
For more info click here 'Pre-Hospital Care'
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* JUST RETURNED FROM PAKISTAN DELOYMENT *
Team deployed on Afghan border side of NWFP - June 2008
Capacity Building and Relief for 40,000 children for Civil Defence
To Donate Please go to www.justgiving.com/ertsar
We shall post pictures soon as we get them.
ERT SAR Marine Unit out
Motorcycle Teams Mobilize
Happy World Civil Defence Day! 1st March 2008
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Specialist Training Course for existing members. Also Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Major Incident and RTC exercise. See Dates 2008 for more information.
Explanation of Logo
In fact the ERT SAR response and membership, although Headquartered in Oxfordshire is actually a National and International one - so the name was changed from OSAR or Oxfordshire Search and Rescue, in 2006.
The name "ERT" or the "Emergency Response Team",was a suggestion from a Police Officer. So ERT Search and Rescue was born from OSAR and as ERT enters their 6th year there are many moves afoot to have teams not only all over the UK, trained and able to respond to the emergency services, but also abroad - with 3 country teams in application.
ERT SAR Celebrate 5 years since its founding. To commemorate there is a lovely little book with almost 200 photos on over 30 pages taken over the years!
You can get yours if you donate just £20 to ERT SAR! You can just click our justgiving payment site online you can get a copy of the book and DVD (a 40 minute documentary of our mission to Sri Lanka in response to the tsunami in the Indian Ocean).
Thank you everyone for your well wishes and kind messages!
Just go to www.justgiving.com/ertbook Thank you for supporting us!
Plans for the future...
Look for our developing competencies and expansion which include:
K-9 / Dog Section
 | ERT Search and Rescue have been developing their Canine section since late 2006. In 2007 - Various SAR Dog groups, European SAR handlers and the Police Dog Section, assisted ERT In establishing their K-9 / Dog Unit. It officially starts in February 2008. ERT have a couple of Border Collies (Pictured is handler Clive with his Dog Buddy) who is still in training. ERT SAR Is interested in hearing from other suitable potential members who may be interested in joining ERT and who may have a suitable dog for SAR to form the basis of the of the ERT National Dog Section. And all Dog Section members must first become competent 'Operational Team Members.' |
- Equine (Horse) SAR Training
- Motorcycle / Trial Bike SAR
- The ERT Incident Command System exercise with Fire and Rescue Service
ERT Safety Officer (Right - Blue and Yellow) surveys USAR area with Sector Commander (Red - Centre) and Tech. Rescuers (Full Blue) - left.
Incident Commander (White - Right) liaises with
Command Support Officer (CSO) from Command Support Unit.
- Updating our Medical Section & Certification
- Mountain Bike SARS
- AR & Fire Training
- Re-Vamped Training Packages
- More Inter-Agency / Cross Training in the UK and abroad
- Some key cooperative ventures
- Technical Rescue Specializations
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ERT FLOOD RESCUE OPERATIONS IN OXFORDSHIRE 21st July to 27th July 2007
3am, Wednesday 25th July 2007 - Oxford. ERT Search and Rescue.
Photo Courtesy of The Oxford Mail Newspaper
ERT is deployed on Flood Rescue Operations. More pictures to follow.
 ERT Group Leaders Ray Goodwin & David Jobson planning medical treatments as they receive patients and vulnerable members of the community during flood evacuations. |  Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Specialist Andy, liaisng with the ERT Water Rescue Team (Ray Goodwin and Paul Giles) during an operation. |
 Water Rescue Teams emerge from flooded fields and Rivers as ther search for stranded members of the local community. |  ERT Water Rescue Team in Oxfordshire evacuating families from their homes. |
Flooding and swiftwater conditions caused ERT Search and Rescue to mobilise for various Search and Rescue operations over several days.
During the extreme currents in the river Thames the environment agency posted the Red Boards up at the locks in Henley. The ERT Marine Unit were urgently called when the Steward's enclosure from the Henley Regatta came loose and travelled down the river at speed. ERT control section, were called, and informed that the long stilts were like torpedoes, coming loose and shooting downstream witrh the fast moving current. One vessel was even damaged as it pierced its hull. 2 marine unit boats were dispatched and caught up and attached lines to the structure and towed it to the bank. However, as the floods has caused the banks to burst the challenge was to find suitable ways to anchor the large structure safely so that it would not break away and cause any more damage. This was one of several rescue operations the ERT Serach and Rescue - Marine Unit members dealt with during the flooding on the weekend.
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ERT NEED YOUR DONATIONS - PLEASE HELP SUPPORT US!
Our thanks to Indespension (National Trailer Company, Reading) and Tesco's Stores for their kind support and donations to us, the community and emergency services during these times.
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Member's Gold Pin
The "Gold Pin" is the proud symbol of "Our Members" all over the world.
The 'Member's Gold Pin' is worn by ALL ERT members, whether operational or not, on their lapels and everyday clothing. To find out how to get yours click here!
DIAGRAMATIC MODEL
ERT SAR has a liaison and network with UK (i.e., Police, DfID (Dept. for International Development) Fire Service, Ambulance, etc.,) and abroad (i.e., United Nations OCHA / UNCM Coord / GDACS etc.,) as well as trying to build bridges with other SAR teams both paid professionals and unpaid volunteers. ERT has Technical Rescue teams and is developing competencies in many listed SAR subjects above. ALL members receive orientation and familiarization in these SAR subjects however specialization can take many years in just one discipline. ERT Search and Rescue adopt NFPA standards in Tech Rescue.
Welcome to ERT - Search and Rescue.
ERT - Search and Rescue is a registered charity and NGO (Non Government Organization) that utilizes the many disciplines of Search and Rescue to provide a Service of locating and saving lives in the UK and abroad. In many ways ERT looks like and operates like a traditional but modern Civil Defence or Civil Protection organization.
ERT is also an umbrella body for other Resilience SAR Teams.
ERT is an an acronym for "Emergency Response Team."
INTRODUCTION
Its primary purpose is one of resilience and preparedness for supporting the country and authorities in times of emergency or disaster. It has an active UK Operational Team made up of highly skilled volunteers and specializing in domestic and international disaster and emergency management and cross training in multi SAR (Search and Rescue) disciplines.
ERT also offers SAR training courses as an umbrella body to member teams and individuals. (See "Training Courses" for more details or e-mail to request a training calendar.)
The subject is Search and Rescue is very broad with many disciplines.
The ethos of ERT is to invite a networking between other members of the SAR community nationally and internationally and support that community.
ERT is unique as a Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management / Resilience Search and Rescue Organization which cross trains in several SAR Disciplines and various Civil Defence and Civil Protection subjects. This is not just like the old British model of Civil Defence post war / Cold war era - but a modern version protecting and preparing against othet threats and peacetime threats and hazards. This would include flooding, or awareness of things like cyber crime and the recent concerns of bird flu and an influenza type panemic. ERT is not just focused in one subject area of SAR or one geographical area. ERT is keen to build bridges with other SAR professionals and Civil Defence / Civil Protection organizations in the UK and Internationally. ERT already has visited and trained with other such groups such as the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Civil Defence (sivilforsvaret) in Norway and the Pakistan Civil Defence - for example. ERT has 3 types of ‘affiliated’ person or group and 5 levels of Operational Member. ERT also offers financial grants to other Operational Member teams.
ERT Training Session: Out with Bucks Specialist USAR Team
With the Royal Air Force
OPERATIONS: ERT - SAR is a National Search and Rescue Organization and supports the Emergency Services (i.e., Civil Contingencies Act - 2004) in resilience, emergency preparedness and disaster management in the UK. It also carries out Search and Rescue missions abroad, usually following a natural disaster - in which it provides Direct Assistance, according to the OSLO guidelines (UN guidelines on use of MCDA in disaster relief.)
Sri Lanka following the tsunami in the Indian Ocean
MEMBERSHIP: It has an Operational and Non-Operational / Support Membership which is open to all SAR (from any SAR discipline including Mountain, Water Rescue, Urban Rescue, Cave Rescue, etc.,) and Emergency Services Personnel as well as those interested in supporting and the ERT - SAR services. ERT SAR has and welcomes Association Members from all over the world.
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Founding: OSAR becomes ERT SAR.
Registered Charity 1102722 & International SAR NGO www.ert-sar.org info@ert-sar.org
Fawley Court, Henley, RG9 3AE UK (c) Copyright 2007
In fact the ERT SAR response and membership, although Headquartered in Oxfordshire is actually a National and International so the name was changed from OSAR or Oxfordshire Search and Rescue, in 2006.
The name "ERT" or the "Emergency Response Team",was a suggestion from a Police Officer. So ERT Search and Rescue was born from OSAR and as ERT enters their 6th year there are many moves afoot to have teams not only all over the UK, trained and able to respond to the emergency services, but also abroad - with 3 country teams in application.
ERT Search & Rescue Celebrate 5 year Anniversary - 1st Dec 2007
Founding: OSAR becomes ERT SAR.
Registered Charity 1102722 & International SAR NGO www.ert-sar.org info@ert-sar.org