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USAR => Operations => Topic started by: pritcchr on November 22, 2003, 05:00:42 PM

Title: Fire Service SAR Dogs released from Quarantine
Post by: pritcchr on November 22, 2003, 05:00:42 PM

Information for United Kingdom Fire Service Search & Rescue Team Members.

Gemma & Max Fire Service SAR dogs will be released from quarantine on Tuesday the 25th of November after completing a mandatory 6 month period, for their part that they played in the Algerian Earthquake in June 2003.  There will be a welcome back presentation at Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, were the dogs will be reunited with family and team colleagues.
 :P

Web Site:  http://www.ukfssartdogteams.org.uk/

Title: Fire Service SAR Dogs released from Quarantine
Post by: neal pickersgill GMC on November 24, 2003, 10:54:39 AM

Chris

absolutley brilliant news for the dog handlers, best wishes from all the GMC  UKFSSART team.

Lets hope that if there is a next time the grown ups will re assess the need to impose this rediculous penalty.

I wonder if anyone considered sending the dogs to the Embassy in Istanbul?


Neal P

Title: Fire Service SAR Dogs released from Quarantine
Post by: Guest on November 24, 2003, 09:20:11 PM

Many thanks for your support.  Speak to you soon Neil.

Title: Fire Service SAR Dogs released from Quarantine
Post by: pritcchr on November 24, 2003, 09:27:34 PM

Hi Neil, forgot to sign in last time !!!  Still getting use to this new system.   Could you also please pass my regards onto the team.

Title: Fire Service SAR Dogs released from Quarantine
Post by: Guest on November 24, 2003, 10:37:48 PM

Doubt they considered sending the dogs, they didn't send any people.  That's something we could learn from the Americans.  They look after their people abroad and always send an USAR team to incidents like this abroad (Nairobi for example).

Title: Fire Service SAR Dogs released from Quarantine
Post by: Welshbloke on March 30, 2004, 09:12:27 PM

Follow the link below to see questions asked in the house of parliament


http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/cm040324/text/40324w17.htm#40324w17.html_sbhd3

Search and Rescue Dogs

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many search and rescue dogs based in the UK are available to attend disasters. [162696]



Hilary Benn: There are twelve collapsed structure search and rescue dogs that are registered with the National Search and Rescue dog group of which two are presently quarantined following their deployment to the Bam earthquake and two are being kept in Spain.


Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding the Department made available for the provision of search and rescue dogs in each of the last five years. [162697]



Hilary Benn: The provision of search and rescue dogs is managed and supported by the non-governmental organisations themselves that comprise the National Search and Rescue dog group. DFID meets the costs of their deployment and return when the dogs are used overseas as part of a United Kingdom response to natural disasters such as earthquakes. It is not possible to disaggregate the deployment costs of the dogs as they are one part of a larger search and rescue effort and immediate response that usually also includes the delivery of other relief items by the same chartered aircraft