Game On, Pete!

Serve On International Response Team member and ambassador Pete Dunning is on his way to Australia for the Invictus Games.

Breaking Good

Serve On International Response Team recruits moved on to breaching and breaking training at the weekend.

Martin PhillipsOctober 8, 2018Disaster Response, search and rescue, Humanitarian, Charity, volunteers, Volunteering, Breaking and Breaching, @serveonirt, @SERVE_ON, @RescueRookies, @DSFireUpdates, USARComment

Every Little Helps

Serve On volunteers have been putting the fun into fundraising.

Martin PhillipsOctober 8, 2018Disaster Response, search and rescue, community resilience, @serveonirt, @SERVE_ON, @SOk9SAR, @SalisburyCRT, @RescueRookies, @Tesco, @ToughMudder, Humanitarian, Charity, volunteers, Volunteering, Veterans, Earthquake, hurricaneComment

Indonesia Tsunami

Serve On volunteers have been on stand-by to respond to the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated parts of Sulawesi island, Indonesia.

Martin PhillipsOctober 1, 2018Indonesia, earthquake, tsunami, disaster response, Search and Rescue, resilience, humanitarian, Charity, volunteers, veterans, natural disaster, ring of fire, @SERVE_ON, @serveonirtComment

Round Hayling Island Challenge

Serve On volunteers provided safety cover for this year’s Round Hayling Island Challenge.

Martin PhillipsSeptember 25, 2018@SERVE_ON, @serveonirt, @SalisburyCRT, @RescueRookies, Water Rescue, Water Safety, swift water rescue, @hayling_island_sc, @TheSUPCompanyComment

Cebu Landslide

Our friends from ERUF have been trying to find survivors of the second landslide to hit the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Mangkut.

Martin PhillipsSeptember 25, 2018Search and Rescue, Disaster Response, Typhoon, #TyphoonMangkhut, Cebu, Philippines, ERUF, Humanitarian, Volunteers, DisasterRiskReduction, @serveonirt, @SERVE_ONComment

Emergency Services Show 2018

Serve On was back at the Emergency Services Show in Birmingham this year.

Fair Play

Serve On’s Dog Team won new friends at the Frampton Country Fair.

Martin PhillipsSeptember 12, 2018@SOK9SAR, Search Dogs, Search and Rescue, SAR, Community Resilience, community spirit, Humanitarian, Charity, Volunteer, volunteering, Frampton on Severn, Frampton Country Fair.Comment

Lending a Hand

We were proud to give some water safety lessons to Amesbury Kids Club.

Martin PhillipsSeptember 11, 2018community resilience, Rescue Rookies, @SalisburyCRT, @RescueRookies, Water Safety, Water Rescue, flooding, Volunteers, #AmesburyKidsClub, @DWFireRescue, @DWFireChief, @SERVE_ON, Search and RescueComment

Glowing Tributes

Tributes earned by Serve On volunteers for their support of the Glow In The Park event at Longleat were just part of another action-packed weekend.

Martin PhillipsSeptember 10, 2018Community Resilience, community spirit, Humanitarian, Charity, Volunteers, @alabareuk, @SOk9SAR, @SERVE_ON, @RescueRookies, @SalisburyCRT, @Longleat, @stjohnambulance, @TeamRubiconUK, @glowintheparkuk, homelessnessComment

Irma...One Year On

One year ago in September 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the Caribbean and Hurricane Maria was on its way. So was Serve On’s International Response Team.

Martin PhillipsSeptember 7, 2018Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Disaster Response, @serveonirt, Humanitarian, Charity, volunteers, Volunteering, @VISAR, @UKaid, @RFAMountsBay, #BVIStrongComment

Getting Vetted

A team of vets from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons were guests of the Serve On dog team at our Chilmark training centre.

Peak Of Fitness

Serve On International Response Recruit Clare has summit to shout about.

Martin PhillipsAugust 22, 2018search and rescue, disaster response, Community Resilience, @serveonirt, @SalisburyCRT, @SOk9SAR, @mont_blanc_guides_ltd, Mountain, Mont Blanc, Nature, #achievement, Volunteers, Volunteering, Humanitarian, charityComment

Cool Runnings

Another weekend - Another busy time for Serve On volunteers, helping the smooth running of the FirsFest and the 5-4-3-2-1 evernts.

Vandalised!

Vandals have attacked one of Serve On’s kit vans at our Chilmark training centre.

Martin PhillipsAugust 7, 2018humanitarian, Charity, Volunteer, Volunteering, Veterans, search and rescue, Disaster Response, community resilience, Vandals, VandalismComment

Why We Train

All our teams have been hard at work training as usual as nature has cruelly reminded us why we do it.

Fund-Raising Drive

Serve On members have been stepping up fundraising efforts.

Martin PhillipsAugust 3, 2018Disaster Response, search and rescue, community resilience, Humanitarian, Charity, volunteers, Volunteering, Veterans, earthquake, hurricane, Flooding, Flood Rescue, Search Dogs, @serveonirt, @SalisburyCRT, @SOk9SAR, Toyota (GB)Comment

Unstoppable

Serve On volunteers were proud to support National Citizen Service teenagers as they did a 10 mile walk for charity.

Martin PhillipsJuly 27, 2018@NCS, #NCSyes, #adventure, #achievement, #social action, @Headlight, Mental health, charity, #youth, @serveonirt, @SalisburyCRT, Rescue Rookies, national citizen service, #FeelUnstoppableComment

Training's hotting up!

Things are hotting up for our International Response Team recruits, as the pace of training increases.

Martin PhillipsJuly 16, 2018Search and Rescue, USAR, disaster response, earthquake, hurricane, flooding, volunteers, volunteering, Humanitarian, charity, Veterans, Hilti, @serveonirt, @SalisburyCRT, @SOk9SAR, Search DogsComment

SIMEX Rewind

A little look back, today, to the May heatwave when our teams were in action at SIMEX2018