Visit from NWP Drone Unit
At our recent training evening we were treated to a visit and flying demonstration from the NWP Drone Unit. The NWP Officers explained...
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National Party Leaders Course
Over the weekend NEWSAR hosted the Mountain Rescue England and Wales national Party Leaders course. Delegates from MREW teams as far...
Water rescue Exercise
This week we carried out a water search and rescue exercise at Horseshoe Falls, on the River Dee just west of Llangollen. Team members...
Off-road driver training
Three NEWSAR team members have qualified as off-road drivers over the weekend at a regional off-road driver training event. Some superb...
Training in basic skills
While our water rescue group were swimming in the Dee on Wednesday, the rest of the team was at base. Groups rotated through three...
Water Rescue Training
On Wednesday evening our Swift Water Rescue group held a personal swimming and throwline session on the River Dee near Llangollen. We...
Water training and Casualty Care Certificates
At our training session last night we carried out familiarisation with our water rescue equipment. We have over 20 highly trained water...
4x4 Offroad training
More news from a busy Saturday for the team. Day 1 of a two day 4x4 driving course in Bala for three of our team members.
Training - getting back to basics
This week our regular Wednesday training was all about doing the basics efficiently. We had five grid references to locate in the woods...
4×4 Training
Three team members completed 4×4 refresher training today. Important skills…. fun too!
Full scenario exercise at Bryn Alyn, Eryrys
We had a fantastic exercise last night up on Bryn Alyn near Eryrys. Scenario was a fallen person on steep ground. We practiced rope...
Offroad training at the weekend
Three more team members completed formal offroad driver training at the weekend. Cracking weather!
OVMRO/NEWSAR/Bristows joint training – Sunday 18/10/2015
On Sunday a small group of NEWSAR team members travelled to the Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia to take part in a joint exercise between the...
Snowdonia Seven 2014
On Saturday 12th July more than 20 NEWSAR team members travelled to Llanberis to support the 40th running of the Snowdonia Seven. This...
Water Self Rescue Training – Wednesday 9th July 2014
This week we split into three groups for training, with some people back at base continuing the Water Awareness and safety training...
Water safety training – 2nd July
July 2014 is water safety month for the Team. In Wednesday’s training session, some team members attended base to learn the theory of...
Cliff Rescue Training – Llanymynech
A Wednesday evening training session in the southern part of our area at Cul-de-sac Quarry, Llanymynech. More practice on our Quick...
Search Exercise around Cilcain – 22nd June 2014
Yesterday’s training session involved a mountain biker missing in the Cilcain area. The missing person ‘Mark’ had set out for a night...
Search exercise at Erddig
Last night, Wednesday 14th May, the Team were on exercise in the grounds of Erddig, a National Trust property on the outskirts of...
Flood exercise in Bala
On the Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th April NEWSAR are sending 9 trained Swiftwater Rescue Technicians to “Exercise Berwyn” a multi...
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