NEWSAR New Vehicle Appeal 2009

NEWSAR need your support to replace a pair of old and increasingly unreliable Landrovers. These vehicles are the only way the team can get its equipment into the remote places where operations are often conducted. The team is finding it hard to keep both vehicles roadworthy and has recently been forced to take each of them out of service for repairs, which compromises the response that can be provided. Each new vehicle will cost around £42,000

Typical Cost for a New Vehicle

Basic Landrover 110 Utility Wagon £20,500 Roll cage £700 Lightweight Roofrack £1,100 Emergency lighting and sirens £1,700 Towbar £300 Winch £700 Anchor points for rope system attachment £400 External work lighting £250 Vehicle reflective markings £1,300 Twin two-way radio equipment £2.300 Vehicle GPS £400 Internal racking kit £700 Internal lighting for search management £200 230v generator £300 Secondary battery and charging system £180 Integration labour charges £2,000 Contingency £3,000 VAT £6,000 Total £42,000

How to Help

• Give a Donation via our Donation Page or complete a Donation Form [PDF Format (45kb)] and return it to NEWSAR PO Box 37, Mold. Flintshire. North Wales CH7 1EZ.

• Support the Team through one of our fundraising initiatives or see our Fundraising Page.

• Become a Team Supporter or Sponsor

For further information please contact our please contact the fundraising officer

Background

NEWSAR is a completely voluntary organisation, operating on charitable donations. The team of around 40 volunteers answers calls from the Police and Ambulance service for assistance in locating, treating and evacuating people in trouble in rural, mountainous and sometimes more urban areas. The team has capabilities that complement the statutory emergency services with the ability to operate day and night in remote and hazardous terrain in almost all weathers.

NEWSAR’s primary area covers a huge swathe of North Wales, from the coast down to mid Wales and from the Conwy valley across to the M6. The team can be called to incidents outside this area, supporting other teams in North Wales.

The team had 36 callouts in 2008 and in 2009 has had 35 call outs up to the end of September.