News: 2006
Training in Peru
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Wednesday, 13 September 06 - 04:27 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2006 |
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A training team been in Peru carrying out training with the bomberos on fire vehicles and equipment donated by RAPID UK and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LINK) . The team also carried out the next stage of training for the newly formed RAPID- Latin America search and rescue team. With...
Assessment in Oman
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Sunday, 10 September 06 - 04:25 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2006 |
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Two of Rapid Uk's personnel have just finished a week long assessment in Oman. The Omani goverment requested tha RAPID UK evaluated their disaster preparedness and make recommendations on how to develop it.
USAR training in Spain
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Wednesday, 28 June 06 - 01:53 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2006 |
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RAPID-UK carried out extensive USAR training for the Spanish organisation GEA and will continue to do so in December 2007 with a SPHERE standards workshop. GEA completed the training and are fully equiped to respond to local and overseas disasters, their latest being a response to a volcanic eru...
RAPID UK search dog deployed to Milton Keynes
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Monday, 20 March 06 - 04:15 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2006 |
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Following the building collapse at Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire RAPID UK were requested to deploy one of its disaster search dogs to the scene. Handler John Miller and search dog Morse were on scene in a very short time and working together with Chris Pritchard and search dog Gemma from the U...
RAPID UK deployed to Niarobi
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Tuesday, 31 January 06 - 04:22 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2006 |
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A RAPID UK team has deployed to a building collapse in Kenya at the request of the Kenyan government via the British Embassy. It is thought that at least 200 people are still trapped. See Kenya deployment under missions.
Training in Pakistan
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Monday, 30 January 06 - 04:20 PM (GMT) By Missy Mitchel in 2006 |
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A team has deployed to Pakistan to carry out the second stage of training urban search and rescue teams for Pakistan. The team will be deployed for three weeks
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