News: Mission News
China Declines RAPID-UK Offer Of Assistance
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Friday, 16 April 10 - 04:16 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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On 14th April, RAPID-UK Director, Graham Payne, wrote to His Excellency Ambassador Liu Xiaoming the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China formally offering him RAPID-UK's assistance in the search and rescue effort in Qinghai Province. RAPID-UK was informed today that Beijing had declined i...
RAPID UK Provides Training To GEA Turkey In Izmir
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Friday, 19 March 10 - 09:45 AM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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At the request of GEA Turkey, with whom it has had a long-standing relationship, two RAPID-UK operational members – Gillian Dacey and Paul Wooster – went to Izmir, Turkey to provide search and rescue training to the local SAR team. About 60 members of the Izmir team attended the trai...
RAPID UK Stands Down Chile Response Team
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Sunday, 28 February 10 - 09:20 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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RAPID UK is standing down a rescue team that was on standby for the massive Chilean earthquake. Within minutes of the earthquake, RAPID UK received an alert and started to gather information. A rescue team was alerted at 0930 and preparations made to fly out to Chile. Throughout the day, RAPID UK...
RAPID UK Team Stands Down
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Saturday, 23 January 10 - 01:07 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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The RAPID UK Search and Rescue Team has completed its redeployment back to the UK from Haiti. Its equipment has been returned to the stores and team members have returned to their homes. As previously reported, RAPID Team Member, Brian Davison has remained in Haiti working with DfID to assist in ...
RAPID UK Search and Rescue Team Arrive Back In UK
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Saturday, 23 January 10 - 05:54 AM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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The plane carrying the RAPID UK Search and Rescue team and other UK search and rescue teams back from Haiti landed at London Gatwick at 05.41 hours on Saturday 23rd January. RAPID UK Operations Committee member Nick Spence accompanied by Gillian Dacey, Dave Gargett, Andy Harris and Tony Bell was ...
RAPID UK Search Team Returning
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Friday, 22 January 10 - 06:12 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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The flight carrying the RAPID UK search team has left Port-au-Prince slightly later than originally expected. The plane's route includes stops in the Dominican Republic for a crew change and Halifax Nova Scotia for refuelling. The revised ETA at London Gatwick is 04.00 hrs on Saturday 23rd.
RAPID UK Search Team Returning To UK
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Friday, 22 January 10 - 07:11 AM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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The RAPID UK search and rescue team that deployed to Haiti on 13th and 14th January is due to leave Haiti today. The team will travel with the UKISAR Team with which it has been working very closely throughout the time that has been in Haiti. The team's estimated time of arrival at London Gatwick...
RAPID UK Search and Rescue Expert Joins DfID Team in Haiti
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Thursday, 21 January 10 - 04:57 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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Brian Davison, pictured below at RAPID UK's headquarters in Gloucester and who deployed to Haiti as a member of the RAPID UK search and rescue team has now joined the DfID team working in Haiti.
RAPID UK Search School
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Thursday, 21 January 10 - 04:35 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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RAPID UK search and rescue volunteers with colleagues from UKISAR and a Polish canine search and rescue team departed their base location at about 07.00 hrs local time to search a school in the Rivete Froide Valley. The school is in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince above the Carrefour district. Th...
RAPID UK Searching Rivete Froide Valley
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Wednesday, 20 January 10 - 07:49 PM (GMT) By Clive Hodges in Mission News |
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The RAPID UK Search Team has been tasked to search a school in Rivete Froide Valley which is in the hills above the Carrefour area of Port-au-Prince. The team are being assisted in their task by a Polish canine team. RAPID UK Team member Dan Cooke is working with the United Nations Disaster Asses...
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