WILSAR’s Super Heroes team have raised a staggering £1051.30 in donations for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal, after taking part in their first “It’s a knockout event” at the 2011 Emergency Services Show. This was the second highest donation, and they also won the fancy dress competition!
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WILSAR was one of the busiest UK teams this year. We responded to 60 calls for assistance, with an average of 28 search team members attending. This accounted to a staggering 2920 personel hours being provided by our voluntary members. Well done to our team, and a big thank you to our supporters who enable us to maintain this vital 24 hour service.
The last day of 2011 proved to be a busy one, with three callouts in the early hours of this morning! The team has been called out 60 times this year, to assist Wiltshire Police and other surrounding ALSAR teams.
Yesterday evening, 32 WILSAR members received specialist public highway search training, supported by Wiltshire Police’s Health & Safety Advisor. With the majority of searches being carried out during the hours of darkness at this time of year, this important training involved the use of coloured torches and additional hi-viz clothing. Our thanks to Sarah at Wiltshire Police for her support.
Congratulations to new members Adrian, Tony, John & Sly for passing their BST course at the weekend. Also a big well done to Tracy, Niaal & Richard for passing their Team Leader course.
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The team was presented with this award today by the Lord – Lieutenant of Wiltshire John Bush, Esq, OBE, JP. The award was accepted on behalf of the team by the Chairman Steve Upton.
The certificate was accepted by John Galvin, one of the team’s longest standing members.
A BIG thank you to all of the team for their support over the last 10 years!
WILSAR entered a team at the Emergency Services Show It’s A Knockout event to raise money to support this years charitable show.
Come and visit us at the Emergency Services Show on 11th September. Have a chat with our team and take a look at our control vehicle, trailer & bikes which will all be on show. Pin badges and car stickers will be for sale on the day.
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