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CALDER VALLEY SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

THE RESCUE POST BIMONTHLY NEWSLETTER DEC20/JAN21

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In the event of an emergency, dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue Welcome CVSRT attended 96 full team callouts in total last year, with a global pandemic to contend with too. Near the start of the pandemic, CVSRT experienced their busiest single day since the team was formed in 1966, with four separate incidents over a 12-hour period on the hottest day of the year - all this wearing full top-to-toe personal protective equipment (PPE)!

Operational costs increased considerably due to the additional PPE required for every callout, whilst all fundraising events were cancelled and donations reduced significantly in what was a worrying time.

It’s worth reminding ourselves that Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team are all volunteers who choose to drop everything at a moments notice and rush to the aid of someone in distress, all in support of the statutory emergency services. Safeguarding our community and those in need is why the team exists.

None of this would be possible without the unwavering support from our families and very understanding places of work. Without your support, we’d be lost.

Tim Ingram, Newsletter Editor ([email protected]) What’s Inside? 3 2020 At a Glance 4 December Callouts 6 January Callouts 10 50years of Search Dogs in 11 Trainee Search Dog ‘Cooper’ 12 ‘The Fox of Glencoe’ 14 Fundraising & Grateful Thanks 17 Congratulations Laura! 18 Who We Are & What We Do 19 How To Support Us 2 In line with Government COVID19 guidelines, we 2020 At a Glance changed to online training. These regular online sessions were excellently put together, with support Callouts from healthcare professionals (and our friends) Assisting the emergency services when required is within the NHS, and provided all of the information the reason Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team and knowledge to effectively substitute the training (CVSRT) exists and 2020 was a busy year. There we have been used to in the past. were 96 full team callouts in total, with our first of There is, however, some training that can only the year on New Year’s Day. 2020 also saw the be completed in the field and when Government busiest single day since CVSRT was formed in 1966, guidelines allowed, the team were able to with the team out on 4 separate incidents over complete appropriately adjusted sessions for some a 12-hour period. of these key skills. This included a training exercise COVID-19 with Air Ambulance and an intensive Water and Flood Rescue course. The global pandemic is something that has had a huge impact on all of us. As a team we had to Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England (MRSDE) adapt quickly and make significant changes to the We have a really strong search dog team within way we operated to reduce the risk to ourselves CVSRT. These teams are not only ready to respond and the casualties in our care. The additional PPE to every callout CVSRT receive, they also support worn for each job made for some sweaty team other rescue teams which included responding to members during the hotter parts of the year and 7 ‘out of area’ callouts during the year. increased our operational costs as we purchased this much needed equipment. These additional 2020 also saw our search dog team go from operational protocols are still in place today and strength to strength. At the beginning of the year, form part of all our regular activities. Search dog Orion with handler Gary passed their assessment to become a fully qualified operational Fundraising Search dog team - a great result following 3 years As COVID-19 impacted the running costs of training to reach that goal. Later in the year we the team it also affected our ability to raise the welcomed 2 new and very cute additions, Trainee much-needed funds to cover these costs. As a Search dogs ‘Spot’ and ‘Cooper’ along with team we made the decision to cancel the majority handlers Simon and Nic (Spot and Cooper are of our regular fundraising activities the team would the cute ones!), who started their 3-year training have been involved with during a normal year. journey to become qualified Search dogs.

However, the local community was on hand to Long Service help, with many people donating online and As a recognition to the commitment many of our purchasing one of our branded head scarfs and members continue to give to the CVSRT, we were some fantastic folk doing even more to help raise honoured this year to be able to present long funds for the team. Just a few of those special service awards to 18 of our operational members. events included: our very own Paul Taylor unicycling The years of individual service range from 10 to 45 the canal towpath system across the country from years representing a combined total of over Runcorn to Goole; Will Carver who completed the 340 years of service to the team. Peak District 75KM Silver Challenge; Robert Batty who took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks; Tracy Cokill Supporters, families and friends and Janet Whitaker amongst others who took The team received a huge amount of help part in the Mountain Rescue England and Wales from the local community during the year with MR’athon; Tinyhorses - Angus, PageBoy and Titan companies offering their support, products and who completed the Tri-Nation Trotathon; all the services to help keep the team operational. fell runners who completed, virtually, the Horsforth Just a few of the companies that have supported Fellandale’s Danefield relay and the CraggRunner’s CVSRT this year include - Totally Screwed Hardware, Stock’s Lane Stinger, and who could forget Amelia Cooper King Distillery, DD Products, Moderna MOT’s who had her long hair cut to support both CVSRT LTD, Mountain Wild, Jacks Barbers Shop, Craggies and the Little Princess Trust? Amelia’s last haircut, Farm Shop, Blazing Saddles Cycles, Drink? Hebden, two years previously, also raised a fantastic amount Score (Europe) Limited and Tristel. of money for the team, which we are very grateful. And finally, thanks to all of our families, firends and Training regular supporters who put in so much hard work Training is an essential part of the team’s ability to and make numerous sacrifices behind the scenes, ensure our ‘core skills’ remain high. Our ‘normal’ without which the team would not be ready and training ended in March 2020, following a dark, able to respond when called upon. wet and muddy stretcher exercise and the Thank you to everyone, with our very best wishes announcement of the first national lockdown. for a happy and safe 2021! 3 December Callouts

#1308 Hill Top Farm, Bingley.

4 #1309 Near Ox Heys, Shelf. Sat 26th Dec. At 14:45, CVSRT received a request from Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with the evacuation of a female who had suffered an ankle injury whilst out walking near Shelf. CVSRT members local to the incident were first on scene and provided initial medical care. On arrival of remaining CVSRT members in team vehicles the casualty was provided pain relief, placed in a winter casualty bag then onto a stretcher and carried to the road-head for transfer onto #1309 Near Ox Heys, Shelf the ambulance. Duration 2hrs 40mins In attendance 29 CVSRT, MRSDE Meg & YAS #1306 Search in Wetherby. Mon 14th Dec. At 15:20, CVSRT received a request from West #1310 Widdop. Tue 29th Dec. Yorkshire Police (WYP) to assist with the search for a At 22:07, CVSRT received a request from West high risk missing person in the Wetherby area. Yorkshire Police (WYP) to assist with locating and Due to the area of the search, a joint co-ordinated evacuating a stranded motorist, stuck in snow. response was initiated with our neighbouring team CVSRT were stood down en-route as the motorist Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA). had been able to recover himself and make his As teams were preparing to deploy, we were stood way safely home. Duration 1hrs 40mins down as the casualty was found safe and well. In attendance 12 CVSRT & WYP Duration 2hrs 10mins In attendance 33 CVSRT, 10 UWFRA & WYP 4 x MRSDE search dogs Jack, Wynn, Orion & Meg 2 x Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England (MRSDE) - North East

#1307 East Lee Lane, . Tues 22nd Dec. #1311 Weavers Gate, Old Town At 01:49, CVSRT received a request from Police (WYP) to assist with the recovery of #1311 Weavers Gate, Old Town. Wed 30th Dec. a body located near East Lee Lane, Todmorden. At 00:25, CVSRT received a request from West Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the Yorkshire Police (WYP) to assist in a search for a deceased. Duration 2hrs 44mins high risk missing male on the moor above Hebden In attendance 11 CVSRT & WYP Bridge. The casualty was located by the police who provided initial medical care guided by #1308 Hill Top Farm, Bingley. Tue 22nd Dec. CVSRT medical advice. Upon arrival of CVSRT At 12:03, CVSRT received a request from members, further medical care was provided Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with the and the casualty was placed into a winter casualty evacuation of a female who became unwell whilst bag and vacuum mattress. The casualty was out walking from home near Hill Top Farm, Bingley. then transferred onto a stretcher and air lifted YAS were first on scene and provided initial medical to hospital by HMCoastguard (HMCG) SAR-H care. On arrival of CVSRT the casualty was given helicopter. Duration 4hrs 5mins additional warm clothing, placed in a warming In attendance 17 CVSRT, MRSDE Search dog Jack and protective casualty bag, transferred to a Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) stretcher and carried a short distance to the WYP Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) awaiting ambulance. Duration 2hrs 43mins HMCG SAR-H S92 In attendance 16 CVSRT & YAS 5 #1314 Chellow Dene Reservoir. Sat 9th Jan. At 13:43, CVSRT received a request from Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with the evacuation of a male who had fallen and suffered a knee injury near Chellow Dene Reservoir. CVSRT were stood down en route as the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) were able to attend. Duration 32mins In attendance 12 CVSRT, YAS & HART

#1315 Wilmer Drive, Heaton. Thu 14th Jan. #1312 Hardcastle Crags At 17:46, CVSRT received a request from Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with the evacuation of a male with suspected January Callouts pneumonia. The casualty was at home, however, due to the snowfall the ambulance crew could #1312 Hardcastle Crags. Sun 3rd Jan. not safely reach the address and our assistance At 11:01, CVSRT received a request from was requested. CVSRT were stood down en route Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with as the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) the evacuation of a lady who had suffered a hip were able to respond. Duration 1hr 40mins injury whilst out walking in Hardcastle Crags. CVSRT In attendance: 11 CVSRT, YAS & HART members local to the incident were first on scene and completed an initial medical assessment of #1316 Sunnydale Reservoir, Keighley. Fri 15th Jan. the injuries sustained by the casualty and used At 15:11, CVSRT received a request from YAS to personal kit to provide additional warmth. assist with the evacuation of a lady who had On arrival of remaining CVSRT members in team suffered an upper leg injury whilst sledging near vehicles the casualty was provided pain relief, Sunnydale Reservoir, Keighley. CVSRT were first on placed in a warming and immobilising vacuum scene and provided initial medical care and pain mattress, then onto a stretcher and carried out to relief. The casualty was then placed into a warming the main car park for transfer to the ambulance. winter casualty bag and a vacuum mattress to Duration 3hrs 28mins help stabilise the injury, then placed onto a In attendance 24 CVSRT, 1 UWFRA & YAS stretcher and taken to the road-head for transfer onto the awaiting ambulance. #1313 Ryburn Reservoir. Sat 9th Jan. Duration 4hrs 39mins At 12:58, CVSRT received a request from In attendance 17 CVSRT & YAS Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with the evacuation of a male who had fallen and suffered an upper arm injury whilst out walking near Ryburn Reservoir. Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) and YAS were first on scene and provided initial medical care, stabilising the injury. Upon arrival of CVSRT, team members assisted the ambulance crew in walking the casualty to a local farm and the ambulance. One team vehicle remained on scene to assist the ambulance back to the main road. Duration 1hr 12mins In attendance 12 CVSRT, YAA & YAS #1313 Ryburn Reservoir 6 #1317 Long Stoup, Mankinholes. Sun 17th Jan. #1319 Knowl Wood, Todmorden. Wed 27th Jan. At 14:19, CVSRT received a request from YAS to assist At 17:50, CVSRT received a request from YAS to with the evacuation of a male who had suffered a assist with the evacuation of a female who had lower leg injury whilst out walking near Long Stoup, become unwell whilst out walking near Knowl Wood, Mankinholes. YAS were first on scene and provided Todmorden. YAS were first on scene and provided initial medical care and pain relief. Upon arrival of initial medical care. CVSRT members local to the CVSRT the casualty was placed into a warming and incident arrived on scene and assisted the protective winter casualty bag then onto a stretcher ambulance service in walking the casualty off and carried to the road-head for transfer onto the the hill. Remaining CVSRT Team members arriving awaiting ambulance. Duration 2hrs 57mins in team vehicles waited at a local farm until the In attendance 20 CVSRT & YAS casualty was safely at the road head. Duration 1hr 25mins #1318 Beater Clough, Cornholme. Sat 23rd Jan. In attendance 24 CVSRT & YAS At 16:43, CVSRT received a request from YAS to assist with the locating and evacuation of a lady who had fallen and suffered a potential back and hip injury whilst out walking local to home. CVSRT were first on scene and provided initial medical care and pain relief. The casualty was then placed into a warming winter casualty bag and a vacuum mattress to help stabilise the injury, then placed onto a wheeled stretcher and taken to the ambulance waiting on the main road. Duration 3hrs 27mins In attendance 16 CVSRT & YAS #1318 Beater Clough, Cornholme

DEC 20 - JAN 21 CALLOUTS 15 Incidents 700

#1316 Sunnydale Reservoir, Keighley Voluntary Hours 7 8 Search Dogs & Handlers

Refuelling MRSDE Seach dog Meg by handler Pete Farnell

MRSDE Seach dog Jack with handler Dave Astley on a recent missing person search (October 2020)

9 50 years of Search Dogs

Words & photos from in England Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England

The Search and Rescue Dog Association was formed in Scotland by Hamish MacInnes, (then team leader of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team) having attended an International Red Cross Search Dog course in Switzerland.

Recognising the potential for using dogs he, along with his wife, Catherine, started training their two German Shepherds, Rangi and Tiki. In December 1964 a training course with Mountain Rescue Members from throughout the UK was held in Glencoe and following a meeting in May 1965 SARDA was formed - initially covering the whole of the . In 1971, the UK group became the Scottish, English and Welsh associations. Further developments led to the present structure of SARDA Scotland, SARDA Southern Scotland, Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs, Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England, SARDA Wales, SARDA South Wales, SARDA Isle of Man, SARDA Ireland North and SARDA Ireland South.

Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England is a member of Mountain Rescue England and Wales and this year they celebrate 50 years of involvement in the search and rescue of those in need of assistance wherever required.

Photos are from the MRSDE archives and show Hamish with the dogs and the very first course with Catherine being led by Rangi and Tiki. 10 Trainee Search Dog

Welcome Cooper!

Hot on the heels of Trainee Search Dog ‘Spot’ recently joining the team, CVSRT have a contender for the cutest new member.

Introducing ‘Cooper’ - a 4month old Labrador Cross German Wirehaired Pointer, who is our latest trainee search dog.

Congratulations to Nic, Cooper’s handler, who was recently accepted to become a trainee dog handler with Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England (MRSDE). Nic would like to say thank you to everyone who has supported her in getting to this stage.

All of the team and supporters who work and train with the search dogs are excited at the prospect of another puppy to play…sorry, train with!

Good luck to both Nic and Cooper as they ‘embark’ on their journey to become a qualified, operational search dog team.

11 By Chris Sherwin The Fox of Glencoe CVSRT member 1989–95 Hamish MacInnes BEM,OBE, FRSGS He was always keen to learn about the success died on 22 Nov 2020, aged 90. of the dog teams in both training and operation. Members including dog handlers from CVSRT Known as ‘The Fox of Glencoe’, his incredible appreciated such a highly respected figure pioneering work within Mountain Rescue helped behind them. Neville Sharp, BEM, MSc and Ellie to create the service provided to this day. He Sherwin were fortunate enough to attend the established the Glencoe MR Team who were a 50th anniversary of Sarda in 2015, which was group of top mountaineers called the “Glencoe based in Fort William, and spent time with him Mafia” joined by locals, keepers and shepherds. and other pioneer members. His annual letter to He brought about the creation of The Search members in the yearbook was often quite cryptic and Rescue Dog Association (SARDA) and was but always looked to the future with anecdotes renowned for his work towards Avalanche from the past. CVSRT Newsletter Editor (Tim), Awareness. has invited me to share one or two of these His highly tuned mountaineering sense brought musings with the Newsletter - in memoriam. about new techniques for technical rescue and “A large hunk of my life has been devoted to his engineering background allowed him to the dogs. This has been both enjoyable and develop innovative breakthroughs in the design rewarding - as it must have been for all of us. of ice axes and stretchers. These advances not Amusing incidents seem to linger - I can recall only changed the parameters for adventure and when Willie Elliot, who had one of the early trained rescue but also led to personal recognition with collie dogs in SARDA and as an employee of the two honorary university doctorates. National Trust of Scotland was tasked to remove He also handled the politics of Mountain Rescue, carcasses of red deer from the A82 in Glencoe. advising on so many occasions as well as These had been terminated by motorists who assisting in the set up of the first governing body couldn’t drive on ice and Willie would phone The Mountain Rescue Committee. He highlighted me as to where the ‘dog meat lay!’ This didn’t the costs of Mountain Rescue to the police go unnoticed as a local policeman (and SARDA and fought its corner having the ear of many handler) was accused with me of being “Burke politicians over the years. and Hare’s vultures!“

In 2006 I made contact with Hamish to ask if he This story shows the twists and turns of a typical would contribute to the annual Sarda England highland winter call out. (MRSDE) Yearbook we edited and produced. “A climber had been reported missing in the His reply was positive and began fifteen years Inch na Damph area famous for its scenery, of support to the organisation he had been fishing and caves - a 5 star get-away. instrumental in founding. My wife, Catherine and I were in my Mini with During 2014 a well-documented illness and loss dogs Rangi and Tiki, the rucksacks were never of memory resulted in some very colourful and emptied, only the contents dried and items puzzling exchanges which I had to decipher and replaced. We arrived to learn that there was a make palatable. On one occasion he actually further incident in Torridon: ‘There’s a van parked sent me his bank statements instead of the at the bottom of Liathach, can you go over with message to members! This was all a part of the your dogs. A couple of hillwalkers thought they malfunction which he doggedly overcame by heard cries for help high on up on the mountain.” literally re-familiarising himself with his own life story. 12 ‘It doesn’t look good,’ I observed, thinking of the I sent up a maroon flare, which arched 1000ft great sandstone terraces which climb to the above and exploded in a mass of red smoke, summit in giant steps, most of them overhanging. to our right a golden eagle drifted by with ‘We’ll head off immediately’ I said, ‘He may still motionless wings. be alive.’ The stretcher lower down those great steps of There were about 90 rescuers due to arrive, but Laithach was grueling. The steps or ledges ended Charlie the inspector was nonplussed that his up in cliffs and we had to have members out current search, including helicopters, would be ahead to ascertain each ledge. Needless to say somewhat depleted due to this new emergency. we were all absolutely shattered when we got Catherine and I made fast time into the wild and down to the road and the waiting ambulance.” beautiful country of Achnashellach, Torridon and Loch Maree, a paradise of lochs, peaks and sunsets as it was getting light, with no audience This poignant piece was sent in 2016… other than the red deer. The Last of the Grand Old Masters

We descended into Glen Torridon where Liathach I’m the Last of the Grand Old Masters reared up in great steps to its jagged summit But now I am old and grey and came to halt beside a parked Ford van. When the sweat on my neck turns to verglas We let the dogs out and surveyed the massif, You will find I have passed away. formidable like a high angled paddy field, but there was no soft landing from these giant Live it up, fill your cup, drown your sorrow steps. The ridge of Liathach is similar to that of And sow your wild oats while ye may the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe, both require For the toothless old tykes of tomorrow respect and run east to west. It rose with its saw- Were the Tigers of Yesterday. like summit ridge cutting the blue, the Torridonian Courtesy of Dr.Tom Patey, GP, brilliant mountaineer, Sandstone, some of the oldest in the world. bard, squeeze-box player and great friend. Within forty minutes we he had reached a point close to the summit ridge and the dogs were When asked by ranging on precipitous rock to our right. We a family member stopped for a breather and I thought I would go how he’d like to be down and over some steep terrain which I may remembered, Hamish have missed - just to double check. As there narrowed his eyes was a long line of almost vertical rock between and replied; terraces it looked a possible death trap. As I climbed down in a weakness on the face, Rangi ‘I’d like not to be stopped and sniffed. When I examined the small remembered. ledge I saw an imprint of a cleated rubber sole. That’s fine!’ However Rangi, nor I, found any other clues and This shows his modesty but of course it will not we ascended by another line. be possible when so much has been created, ‘Tiki’s found him, he’s up here’ – called Catherine formed and established for so many to benefit from a steep scree slope, leading to a rock from. gully. I spotted the victim, almost invisible, even from a few feet away, his clothing blended chameleon-like with the brownish-red surroundings. He was not alive and Catherine, a doctor thought that he had died recently. His watch had stopped at 12.55pm - the time that the two boys heard the calls.

13 Fundraising & Grateful Thanks

Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team • Beacon Masonic Lodge • Bradford CHA Rambling & Social Club costs c.£45,000 per year to run and • Bradshaw Lane Primary School is wholly dependent upon the financial • Calder Valley Fell Runners support from the community, local • De Warren Masonic Lodge • Facula Masonic Lodge groups and businesses. • Halifax Rambling & Social Club • Halifax Rock & Roll Club 2020 was incredibly challenging year for • Keela International • Martin Langan Book Proceeds many charities and we are no exception. • Ripponden Pantomime Company We would like to take this opportunity to thank • Rochdale CHA Ramblers Club • Rotary Club of Halifax Calder everyone who has donated via our fundraising • Score Europe (Brighouse) pages and bought our branded headwear. • Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Association We’d also like to thank several organisations • Studley Masonic Lodge that have supported the team during the past • The Irregulars Walking Group 12 months (list in alphabetical order). • Todmorden Rotary Club • Todmorden War Memorial Fund Without your continued support, • Trails in Motion Screening we would be truly lost! • West Yorkshire Police Crime Commissioner

To contact us about Fundraising & Donations: [email protected]

Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team (CVSRT) would like to say thank you to to Hebden Royd Town Council.

2020 was a busy year for the team and the grant provided by the council to put towards a specific purchase of additional waterproof jackets for each team member was gratefully received. A huge thank you to the West Yorkshire Freemasons for the recent grant of £2,500 awarded to Calder These jackets have become an essential part of Valley Search & Rescue Team (CVSRT) from the our kit as we continue to wear additional PPE at all Provincial Grand Master’s Fund. The West Yorkshire times when on call-outs in order to reduce the risks Freemasons have been a regular supporter of presented as a result the COVID19 pandemic. CVSRT for many years. CVSRT fundraising officer Malcolm Rogers said Throughout 2020 their support continued with this “Thanks to the Council’s generosity we are able recent grant along with generous contributions to answer every call-out while keeping team from local lodges including Studley and Facula members and the public Covid-safe. Like many and £2,000 from De Warren. other charities we have received far less in public donations in 2020, yet we are busier than ever. All donations are gratefully recieved and allow The Council’s support has been vital to the team.” the team to support the statatory emergency services and provide a vital service within the The jackets arrived a few months ago and they community. have been put to very good use since. 14 Consider A Monthly Gift There’s no denying that charities are having tough times and CVSRT is no exception with a significant decrease in donations and all fundraising events cancelled for the foreseeable future. During a “normal” year, it costs the team approx c.£45,000pa to remain operational. During Covid-19, running costs have increased due to the need to purchase additional PPE for our volunteers to remain safe whilst attending incidents. Like all Mountain Rescue teams, we receive no direct Government funding. All our expenses are met by generous donations from the community and local businesses. We totally appreciate that times are hard during the pandemic, but if you can support the team, please be assured that every penny goes directly to keeping a roof over our base and our vehicles rolling to the next callout. Thank you.

To maximise your donation: We use these online giving platforms which enable us to claim Gift Aid (which usually adds 20% to your donation amount at no extra cost to you).

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Contact [email protected] for more details about making a recurring or one off donation or if you would like to discuss other ways you can support the team fnancially.

We receive no government money and are funded entirely by donations. New waterproof jackets thanks to Hebden Royd Thank you for your continued support. Town Council 15 16 Congratulations Laura! In April, the team unanimously agreed that the best approach to continue Laura’s training was to ‘throw her in at the deep end’ and add her to the callout list to be deployed on operational callouts, with full support and supervision from team mentors.

Laura took to this approach of live training brilliantly Les Wilson, CVSRT Training Offcer (Trainees) and, alongside all of the online training, fitted into presenting Laura Davis with her new team kit the team quickly and thrived. The decision to Congratulations to Laura Davis who is now a welcome Laura as a full operational team Full Team member with CVSRT. Laura started her member was therefore an easy one to make. journery as an active supporter and a regular Well done to Laura for all your hard work and dogsbody for the Search dogs, before applying commitment to the team! to join the team in January 2020.

Laura was our only recruit last year and set about learning and acquiring the necessary MREW skills with enthusiasm and passion. Training changed in March 2020 when all face-to-face training was stopped as a result of the national lockdown and probie training moved online. Search dog Meg with Laura

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Buy here: www.cvsrt.org.uk/support-us/shop £10.00 + £1.50 P&P (UK only) ALL PROFITS GO DIRECT TO FUND CVSRT Also available at our local stockists: • Totally Screwed Hardware, Mytholmroyd • Craggies Farm Shop, Cragg Vale • Mountain Wild, Hebden Bridge • Jacks Barbers Shop, Hebden Bridge • Blazing Saddles Cycles, Hebden Bridge • Drink? Hebden Bridge 17 Who We Are Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team (CVSRT) is a charity run by unpaid volunteers providing search and rescue services in support of the statutory emergency services in the northern half of West Yorkshire, including , Airedale and part of Wharfedale. CVSRT operates within Mountain Rescue (England & Wales) guidelines, working on behalf of West Yorkshire Police.

Our Resources What We Do 50+ Members, including Doctors & Paramedics • Search & rescue planning and management 9 Flood Rescue Specialists • Specialist medical treatment 7 MRSDE Dog Handers • Technical steep ground and crag rescue 4 MRSDE Search Dogs • Night and adverse weather search and rescue 4 Trainee Search Dogs 4 Specialist Vehicles • Stretcher evacuation 1 Operational Support Team Member • Swiftwater/flood rescue 7 Support Team Members Many Friends of CVSRT When We Operate Who We Work With Saving lives in wild and remote places since 1966 • West Yorkshire Police (WYP) • Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) 24 hours a day • Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) 365 days a year • YAS Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) • West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) 80+ callouts per year • Maritime & Coastal Agency (MCA) We receive no government money and are funded entirely by donations. 18 How To Support Us Team Offi cers

CVSRT costs c.£45,000 per year to run and President: David Whitteron is wholly dependent upon the financial Vice President: Bob Uttley MBE Chairman: David Warden support from the community, local groups Team Leader: Jonathan Cole and businesses. Deputy Team Leader: Richard Smith Team Secretary: Jonothan Wright How you can help: Treasurer: Matthew Greaves • Become a team member Assistant Leaders: • Make a donation towards our running costs Dr Alistair Morris Martin Woodhead • Make a bequest in your will Al Day • Offer your own professional services Rob Freeman • Help with fundraising and public events Callout Coordinators: • Join our training sessions as a casualty Ann Ogden and Dr Rebecca Freeman • Be a “dogsbody” for our search dog training MRSDE Dog Handlers: David Warden (Search Dog Wynn) • Or just support us in any way you can Dave Astley (SD Jack) (Trainee SD Tess) Pete Farnell (SD Meg) Our contact details: Gary Smith (SD Orion) The Rescue Post, Thrush Hill Road, Mytholmroyd, Stephen Garofalo (Trainee SD Rolf) Hebden Bridge, HX7 5AQ Simon Adams (Trainee SD Spot) Tel: 01422 893762 (Answerphone only) Nicola Bartlett (Trainee SD Cooper) Website: www.cvsrt.org.uk Council Members: Dr Rebecca Freeman General Enquiries: [email protected] Ben Carter Newsletter Editor: [email protected] Einion Jones Pete Farnell Medical Officer: Steve Smith How To Donate Water Lead: Mick Smith There are several ways you can donate Training Officer: Ed Holliday Training Officer (Trainees) and Via Our Website: www.cvsrt.org.uk/support-us/ Vehicles Officer: Les Wilson Equipment Officer: Trish Merrington Electronic Donations Building Officer: Pete Farnell ICT Officer: Einion Jones If you would prefer to make a direct electronic donation Collection Box Officer: Tom Cadbury to CVSRT, please simply contact: [email protected] Fundraising & Public Events: Malcolm Rogers By Cheque Purchasing Officer: Pete Haigh Please make your cheque payable to ‘CVSRT’ Media Secretary: Gareth Talbot Newsletter Editor: Tim Ingram and send to: CVSRT Treasurer (postal address above). Social Secretary: Laura Davis Active Supporters: Gary Smith Or visit our ‘Givey’ page Archivist: Currently Vacant www.givey.com/caldervalleysearchandrescueteam MREW Rep: Richard Quinn MREW and MPSRO Medical Offi cer: Dr Alistair Morris MPSRO Equipment Officer: Rob Freeman MPSRO Water Lead: Al Day Or simply scan our QR code with your MPSRO Treasurer and Drone Lead: smartphone camera and it will take you Matthew Greaves MPSRO Secretary: Trish Merrington direct to the Givey page. Thank you. 19 Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team The Rescue Post, Thrush Hill Road, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire HX7 5AQ T: 01422 893762 (Answerphone only) E: [email protected] Find us on:

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