Lives works alongside the Ambulance Service responding to emergency calls in Lincolnshire. Its First Responders live within the community therefore are able to attend in under 6 minutes in 85% of calls. Its volunteers consist of medics and members of the public, trained in First on Scene life saving skills.
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Rescue charities
Rescue and Preparedness in Disasters (RAPID UK) was founded in 1996 as a non-governmental organisation with charitable status. It was established to meet the needs of providing specialist search and rescue response in the aftermath of disasters and to share the knowledge and experience of its members by providing training to indigenous government and community organisations in disaster-prone countries. The organisation’s objectives, as laid down in its governing document, are:
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We instantly respond to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid.
Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. The contents are tailored depending on the nature and location of the disaster, with great care taken sourcing every item to ensure it is robust enough to be of lasting value.
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The Great North Air Ambulance Service is a publicly funded charity that operates a fleet of helicopters from the Scottish Borders to North Yorkshire, from East Coast to West, providing a life saving service in this region 365 days a year.
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The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is a dedicated medical air service which first began operations in Lincolnshire in Apr...
The challenge facing Patterdale MRT as an entirely voluntary organisation is that, while Team members provide their services free of charge, we need to cover the annual running costs of about £40,000.
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The Royal National LIfeboat Institution (RNLI)is the charity that saves lives at sea.
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We are a Search and Rescue dog unit, part of Mountain Rescue, saving lives by finding missing, injured and vulnerable people using our specialist search dogs.
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This is a specialised team concentrating on Flood and Swiftwater rescue deployable to anywhere in the Northwest/Northeast of England were lives are at risk
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All Hands Volunteers is an international non-profit organisation which provides hands-on assistance to survivors of natural disasters around the world.
By supporting volunteers with housing, meals, tools, and organised work at no charge we provide free and effective response services to communities in need.
We try to come in quickly after a natural disaster hits, but after the search and rescue phase, filling gaps left by governmental and non-governmental agencies in clean-up, community recovery and reconstruction projects.
Typical project activities include:
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Education
We specialise in educational activities & experiences that cater for schools & groups. Why not get in touch to see what we can offer? We support the interests of all age groups from 4yrs upwards. We cater for Birthday Parties too.
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Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (CamSAR) provides trained volunteer search and rescue technicians to Cambridgeshire Constabulary in the search and recovery of vulnerable missing persons. A vulnerable missing person could be a child, an elderly person suffering from dementia or even someone who is considering taking their own life, in each case and many others, an emergency response is vital.
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The Charity’s objectives are:
To protect and preserve life and property in the area of benefit by the provision and maintenance of a Rescue Service with, in particular, specialist skills in Water-Bourne Rescue, to assist Local Authorities, Government Departments, County Council’s and National Authorities in their provision of emergency services.
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Cheshire Search and Rescue Team (CSAR) was set up in 2004 after a local teenager went missing in suspicious circumstances. It was realised, during the searches that Warrington needed a search and rescue team and advertisements where placed in the local papers in January 2004. These adverts attracted 24 volunteers whose common aim was to serve the Warrington community.
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Great Western Air Ambulance provides a seven day per week service to the population of Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. We are literally a flying hospital able to handle serious trauma cases on-scene. We receive no government funding and rely entirely on donations.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance provides a prompt and efficient Air Ambulance service to the people of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The charity was launched in 2005 and the Air Ambulance took its first flight on 1st July 2007. The aircraft is an EC135, and it carries three crew members, and one patient. It will attend road traffic collisions, sporting accidents, heart attacks, collapses, and inter hospital transfers, amongst others.
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Founded in 1979, International Emergency Action is a non governmental organisation registered in England and France as a Natural Disaster Preparedness, Response and Reconstruction Team. The Agency has no political, religious or financial bias and is a long established European leader in the field. Our Rescue and Recovery Teams are trained to international standards of competence and comply with international disaster response guidelines and humanitarian law. The Agency is a signatory to the IFRC Code of Good Practice.
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Margaret Green Animal Rescue is the oldest animal welfare organisation founded in Dorset. We rescue all types of unwanted, abandoned and ill-treated animals and rehome them to caring, loving owners.
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MedicAlert® is the only non-profit making, registered charity providing a life-saving identification system for individuals with hidden medical conditions and allergies. This takes the form of body-worn bracelets or necklets (known as MedicAlertEmblems) bearing the MedicAlert symbol on the disc and supported by a 24 hour emergency telephone service.
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Penkridge & District Community First Responders are trained volunteers who live & work within the village & its surrounding South Staffordshire communities. We work in partnership with the ambulance service to respond to life threatening emergencies within our area, providing vital assistance to people who are seriously ill or injured prior to arrival of the Ambulance.
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