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MR Mag Oct2010 ISSN 1756-8749 OCTOBER 2010 £3.50 34 Any hopes that the increases in mountain France puts in as the link between our rescue incidents experienced during the organisations. past two years was a temporary aberration The Dublin Conference saw Peter have now been very clearly dashed. It is too Dymond address mountain rescue from an WELCOME TO soon to know whether a further significant outside perspective. Those who were in 34 increase has occurred but it is very evident Stirling will remember his critical, but fair, Mountain Rescue is the there is no reduction. The major cause of assessment of the position of mountain membership magazine for mountain and cave rescue in the increase would seem to be the result of rescue. In Dublin he complimented the mobile installations ltd a large rise in the number of people progress we have made in two years APB England and Wales. venturing into the hills and there is some referring, for example, to the publication of SPECIALISTBLUELIGHTEQUIPMENTINSTALLERS Contributions should be sent to the editor at the address below. evidence the percentage of people coming team capabilities in England and Wales. Every care will be taken of to grief has actually fallen. There is still work to be done in respect of materials sent for publication There are nevertheless areas where callout times and processes. It is pertinent however these are submitted at incidents could have been avoided with to pay tribute to the tremendous work the sender’s risk. relatively little prior thought and knowledge, carried out by John Hulse in establishing particularly with regard to weather and the Sarcall system. It is pleasing to see it is EDITORIAL simple navigational skills. There is also creep across the country and it certainly Judy Whiteside some evidence that the transition from warrants universal deployment in all MR 8 Bridgefoot Close, Boothstown indoor climbing walls to the great outdoors regions at the very least. There was also Manchester M28 1UG is responsible for a number of falls. These reference to the need for more discussion 0161 702 6080 [email protected] are topics that should be addressed and we between MREW, MRCofS and IMRA with are pleased to have entered into a regard particularly to future plans and Andy Simpson 0161 764 0999 partnership with the British Mountaineering aspirations. I am pleased to report an [email protected] Council to form a new Mountain Safety agreement was reached in Dublin for the Forum. three organisations to start that process. LEFT:WOODHEADMRTLANDROVERCENTRE&RIGHT:BUXTONMRTLANDROVER mountain.rescue.org.uk One of its principle roles will be to try to There has in some minds been the Pat Starkie Member of FIRESA and federation of communications services. reach the people who venture into the hills erroneous assumption, following the UU 01204 888 151 with no preparation and hopefully eventually publication of the list of team capabilities, [email protected] APB specialises in the installation of blue lights equipment into everything have an impact on the incidents generated that ticking off this list was the only UU by this group. It is impossible to know requirement for the existence or from cars to fire engines and other specialist vehicles such as HPs, mountain NEXT ISSUE whether the number of untoward events will establishment of a mountain rescue team. rescue vehicles and control units. We offer an on-site service to limit down 35 continue to increase before an attempted Much more is involved and, above all, there education programme takes effect. must be a clearly demonstrable operational time of the vehicle, or we can offer our equipped workshops near Copy Deadline: Peterborough. 5 December 2010 Predictions of this nature are notoriously need for a team to exist within a particular fraught with traps. In the early part of the last geographical area and this need will be kept Editorial copy must be supplied century Alfred James Balfour forecast ‘The under review. UU Equipment installed: Blue lights, headlamp flash, as Word document. Images must be supplied as motor car will help to solve the problem of Mountain rescue in England and Wales 2-tone sirens, rear reds, covert blues, diesel heaters, run lock systems, high resolution (300 dpi) congestion of traffic on the roads’. continues to respond exceedingly well to all tracker units, strobes, hands free systems for mobile telephones and 2-way JPEG/EPS/TIFF/PDF. It is rewarding to see that, despite this the challenges thrown our way but there are radios, additional speakers (eg. in the pump bay) GPS and satellite Advertising artwork must be busy period, Centrepoint and WellChild still interesting times ahead that will navigation systems, plus many more. We have a ‘no drill’ policy in place supplied, ready prepared on children were provided with a memorable continue to exercise our skills and CD or via email as font day out in North Wales. Ogwen and commitment. embedded PDF/EPS/TIFF (300 and are able to install switch panels for specific client requirements. NEWSAR carried most of the weight of ‘For every problem there is a solution that is dpi) or Quark document with all organisation and it’s to their credit the day neat and simple – and wrong’ H.L. Menken Our engineers are FLM trained and fully competent on working with and relevant fonts and images. UU was so successful for all who took part. We Comment David Allan Chairman installing the airwave radios now fitted to the fire service. are also indebted to the work that Mike PAGE Members of Keswick MRT training with Kirk Mauthner in Canada. Features Nick Jones 12 Technical rescue training in Canada Steve Hepburn on the Keswick trip to see Kirk 14 WellChild and Centrepoint join mountain rescue for a day of adventure in the Ogwen Valley EDITOR’S NOTE: Articles carried Chris Lloyd and Huw Birrell report on a fun day out for all in Mountain Rescue do not 19 Understanding the British weather necessarily reflect the opinions Geoff Monk of MWIS talks about coastal weather of Mountain Rescue England 20 What to do if your dog goes missing and Wales. We do not accept John Coombs with a few words of advice responsibility for information 26 Thirty-nine county summits in seven days supplied in adverts/advertorial. Alan Hinkes tell the story of his challenge 36 A brief dip into eponymous medical terms: 9 David Allan takes us from the Valsalva Manoeuvre to the Circle of Willis For further information contact APB Mobile Installations Ltd 43 Water stuff Tel: 0845 331 2727 Fax: 0845 331 2722 Web: www.apb-ltd.co.uk Email: [email protected] Ewan Thomas, Howie Crook and Alan George Unit 18, King Street Industrial Estate, Langtoft, Peterborough PE6 9NF 49 Update on blue lights and sirens Daryl Garfield looks at the law and MREW policy mountain 49 Who’s who in MREW? Neil Roden in the spotlight Tom Richardson writes Regulars Contents 4 National news 4 Dates for 2010 8 Regional news 23 Sponsorship news 25 What’s on offer 29 Support news 33 Incident statistics PA G E 2 MOUNTAINRESCUEMAGAZINE OCTOBER 2010 OCTOBER 2010 MOUNTAINRESCUEMAGAZINE PA G E 3 EQUIPMENT UPDATE was a slight dampener on and also for their support for PRINCE WILLIAM BECOMES A FULLY TRAINING NEWS events, however, as it was the Train the Trainers day. Richard Terrell writes... It’s OPERATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE PILOT Mike Margeson writes... The reported to me that a been a busy few months Media Skills day will be held at number of items went Mountain Rescue patron Prince William has MOUNTAIN RESCUE on the equipment front. graduated from his Search and Rescue training Police HQ in Preston on 21 missing from the trade ENGLAND AND WALES The lightweight casualty course at RAF Valley in Anglesey. He will now join C November 21. Please contact stands. Not news you bag questionnaire has Flight of Number 22 Squadron, remaining at Valley, Richard Holmes (r_n_holmes ROPE RESCUE would normally expect for been sent out but, just in as a fully qualified, fully operational Search and @hotmail.com) or Mike GUIDELINES an MR event. case it hasn’t made its way Rescue pilot flying the Sea King helicopter. Margeson (mmargeson The final draft is now in On a brighter note, history to you, we’ve included a Prince William will begin his operational service as @hotmail.com) for more circulation via the regional was made when Peter Bell co-pilot of a Sea King Mk3 helicopter working as copy here on page 7. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WALES details. Please note, a 50% reps of the training committee. signed over the rights to part of a four-person crew. Search and Rescue (SAR) PHOTO: CROWN Please let us have your subsidy has been agreed for This is your chance to his eponymous stretcher, aircrew provide a life-saving rescue service to both COPYRIGHT/MOD 2010) thoughts and comments as this course so, although up contribute and comment! We free of charge, to Mountain military personnel and civilians in the UK, rescuing people from the sea, on it’s your feedback that will front cost is £100, teams will will be finalising, ratifying and Rescue England and mountains, from flooded regions or other areas on land, day and night and in all help us develop the bag weathers. receive a £50 per head refund implementing these guidelines Wales. This was made you want. Please can you Prince William, known as Flight Lieutenant Wales in the RAF, was presented with for each booking. at the November meeting. possible thanks to the hard submit all feedback by the a graduation certificate and SAR Force badge by the Group Captain at RAF work of Ray Griffiths and end of October.
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