Welcome to Global Rescue Services' site!

Global Rescue Services is a Cadaver Search Dog, Water Search Dog and Swiftwater Flood Rescue Team established in 2002. The team consists entirely of volunteers including trainees new to this type of work, as well as experienced professional blue light rescue personnel from within the Ambulance, Fire, Military and Search & Rescue community. Global Rescue Services is a unique organisation in having an accredited Specialist Water Search Dogs team. This is one of the very first such teams in the UK and among only a handful worldwide.

Our services are available to statutory emergency services as well as our fellow search teams. We look to work alongside fellow teams for the benefit of all involved. The team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and should you require Global Rescue’s Services urgently, we have the ability to rapidly deploy an independent and fully self-sufficient team on a 72 hour deployment. Advice can be sought from the Team Leader group or Search Managers at any time. Should you feel we may be of service, please contact us now so links can be forged to save time in the future.

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Team Members participate in Exercise Berwyn - April 13

Following the flooding experience recently in North Wales, team members participated in an all wales Flooding Exercise in Bala entitled Exercise Berwyn.

The Official statement from North Wales Fire & Rescue Service can be found here - http://www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk/news/2013/4/9/emergency-responders-stage-major-flooding-exercise-in-bala.aspx?lang=en

A video from ITV on the event can be found here - http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2013-04-09/rescuers-in-major-flooding-drill/

Team Members complete course - Mar 2013

6 Team members have just completed the RYA VHF Radio course. Our thanks to the Maritime Volunteer Services for running the course.

Team Standby - Nov 2012

Offer of assistance passed to North Wales Police for the ongoing flooding incident in St. Asaph. Team members placed on standby.

Emergency Services Show - 2102

The Team exhibited at the Emergency Services Show 2012

Deployment - Oct 2012

Team members deployed on a tasking from North Wales Police.

Team presentation - Oct 2012

The team have just returned from giving a presentation to the North Wales Emergency Voluntary Sector on our capabilities to Category 1 & 2 responders.

Deployment - Oct 2012

The team deployed in support of the Search efforts to find April Jones in Machynlleth.

Team collection - May 2012

The team will be holding a collection outside Pets at Home in Bangor, Gwynedd on Saturday 2nd June from 0900hrs. Come along and meet our search dogs, handlers and team members

Team confirmed at Exhibition - May 2012

The team will once again be exhibiting at the Emergency Services Show in Coventry over the 21st & 22nd November 2012. For more details, please click here.

Team placed on Standby for missing person - April 2012

The team was placed on standby by our collegues in the Hovercraft SAR UK team this morning to potentially asist them with a missing person search in water. The relevant Police authority has been contacted and are aware we are available if needed. Details to follow if we get deployed.

Water Search Dogs Deployed - January 2012

At the request of North Wales Police, the team deployed a Water Search Dog Team to Flint to assist with looking for a missing person. Read more on the incident here.

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