Firestyle Magazine: Issue 6 - Winter 2016
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Wilmslow Fire Station<br />
is new home for Cheshire Search<br />
and Rescue vehicle<br />
Wilmslow Fire Station has become home to one of Cheshire Search and Rescue Team’s<br />
(CSAR) vehicles, with the Toyota Hilux now sharing the station yard with the fire engine.<br />
The Hilux, one of several CSAR vehicles<br />
based across the county, has been<br />
fitted out to a specific design for<br />
CSAR. It’s capable of carrying a<br />
full search team along with all the<br />
equipment they need to operate<br />
effectively. This equipment includes<br />
full rescue trauma and critical care<br />
(RTACC) kit including medical gases,<br />
several stretchers and casualty<br />
extrication devices.<br />
There are personal flotation devices<br />
and helmets for water rescues (worn<br />
with other personal protection<br />
equipment), ropes, lighting, alongside<br />
a laptop and printer to help plan and<br />
print out detailed mapping for search<br />
areas.<br />
Station Manager Duncan Palin<br />
said: “We are pleased to be able<br />
to help Cheshire Search and<br />
Rescue in this practical way. They<br />
are a team of volunteers who are<br />
on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a<br />
year. They receive no government<br />
funding at all but deploy in all<br />
weathers to help firefighters, police<br />
and the ambulance service<br />
when required. This initiative brings<br />
equipment and expertise together<br />
under one roof and will ensure an<br />
even closer working relationship<br />
when operational together.”<br />
Simon Lane, CSAR Team Leader<br />
added: “Wilmslow Fire Station is a<br />
perfect location as several team<br />
members live within two miles<br />
of the station. Having use of this<br />
facility means we can collect the<br />
vehicle quickly and aim to further<br />
improve our response time from<br />
call out to being fully operational<br />
in the field.”<br />
The team covers all 900+ miles<br />
of Cheshire and a third of the<br />
callouts are to assist neighbouring<br />
Mountain Rescue teams. Their<br />
primary role is to assist Cheshire<br />
Police in searching for missing<br />
and vulnerable people and<br />
they also assist other statutory<br />
emergency services and rescue<br />
teams, particularly in adverse<br />
weather.<br />
If you are interested in becoming an on-call firefighter at Wilmslow Fire Station, visit<br />
www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/jobs/on-call-firefighter-recruitment or for more information about<br />
Cheshire Search and Rescue please visit the website - www.cheshire-sarteam.org<br />
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