News: 2007
RAPID UK Honoured for Gloucester Flood work
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Sunday, 02 December 07 - 01:58 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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RAPID UK was presented with a decanter at the Gloucester's Annual Fire and Rescue Service Awards.The award was to commemorate the floods RAPID UK "unselfish work during the rescue effort." It was presented by The Queens Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, the Chief Fire Officer and Ian...
RAPID UK deployed to East Anglia
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Thursday, 08 November 07 - 02:02 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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RAPID UK was asked to deploy on Thursday 8th November as part of the preparations for potential floods in East Anglia. A combination of high winds and a high tide lead to predictions of 2.9 metre tidal surge hitting the coast. Emergency Services were put on high alert and as part of this RAPID U...
Assessment in Costa Rica
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Sunday, 28 October 07 - 02:26 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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Two members of the RAPID-UK visited Costa Rica to carry out an assessment on the country's response capabilities.
Flood Water Training in India
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Sunday, 28 October 07 - 02:25 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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A RAPID-UK training team have carried out flood assessment work and water safety training in India following this years devastating floods. This project was carried out in conjunction with FOCUS. Further training will be held in 2008.
National Geographic Documentary
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Sunday, 28 October 07 - 02:23 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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RAPID-UK have featured in a one hour drama/documentary on National Geographic. The new series "Trapped" premiered on Monday 29th October and will be repeated over a period of time on the National Geographic channel. The programme told the story of the rescues carried out at the Margala...
Assessment in Italy
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Sunday, 28 October 07 - 02:21 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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Two members from Rapid UK visited Rome to carry out an assessment on a search and rescue team from the organisation Nuova Acropoli – Italia, Civil Protection. Further training will take place in 2008.
RAPID UK assist with Peruvian Earthquake
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Thursday, 18 October 07 - 10:01 AM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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At the request of the Government of Peru a team of specialist from RAPID UK are flying out to assist in the devastating earthquake that has struck the country. They will join with RAPID-PERU (a team trained by RAPID-UK) to assist with the rescue of people still trapped in collapsed buildings. RA...
Dan relives 'tough' Peru quake rescue
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Friday, 07 September 07 - 07:52 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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Dan relives 'tough' Peru quake rescue Salisbury Journal: Friday 7 June 2007 Dan relives 'tough' Peru quake rescue By Jill Harding SALISBURY firefighter Dan Cooke has returned from Peru where he was involved in the search and rescue efforts following the country's devastating earthquake. The shoc...
T-Mobile Field Technician or Rescue Worker? well both actually
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Wednesday, 22 August 07 - 08:46 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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Sunday the 22nd of July started like any other day on call for London Field technician, Simon Thomasson. However the text that he received at 10:30 am was not notifying him of a fault within London, but a request for more volunteers to help out with the disaster unfolding in Gloucestershire. Thi...
Rescue team finds quake survivor
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Wednesday, 22 August 07 - 07:55 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2007 |
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BBC News Website: Wednesday 22 August 2007 Rescue team finds quake survivor A specialist rescue team from Gloucestershire has arrived back from Peru where it has been helping search for survivors of the earthquake. The Rapid-UK search and rescue team, based at Quedgeley, Gloucester, helped save o...
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