We are delighted that two of our members recently achieved the Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work plus Forestry (RQF) qualification. With thanks to SC First Aid Training for running the course.
We are delighted that two of our members recently achieved the Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work plus Forestry (RQF) qualification. With thanks to SC First Aid Training for running the course.
This month we held our monthly meeting at the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance facility where our members were fully briefed on the life saving service provided by the air ambulance team to our south east communities. We were also able to view one of the service's road response vehicles. A huge thank you […]
Kent Police made a request to South East 4x4 Response for support to Yalding Community during the extreme flooding that took place following recent rainfall. Over 48 hours South East 4x4 Response volunteers manned the road blocks to advise drivers about the flooding until the waters subsided. There were some incidents where drivers decided to […]
Kent Police requested assistance from South East 4x4 Response overnight to localised overnight snow in the Sevenoaks area. Responders assisted the police with the location and transport of "missing" drivers and stood by to ensure the successful recovery of damaged vehicles. Responders also offered traction assistance to vehicles which had become stranded owing to the […]
Following a call from Kent Search and Rescue (KSAR) for assistance with transport, two of our Responder teams provided 4x4 support for KSAR volunteer search teams looking for a vulnerable person during the afternoon and evening of New Year's Eve.
South East 4x4 Response volunteers were called to help a bearded elderly gentlemen who was stranded in his delivery vehicle in a snowy, forested area. Our members helped push his sleigh out of the snow as his reindeer were exhausted. Hopefully all parcels were delivered on time. Merry Christmas to all our followers!
Santa has had support from South East 4x4 Response volunteers in both Borough Green and Sittingbourne with transport and sleigh rounds to see the children.
Two of our chainsaw teams were out over night in strong winds and driving rain during Storm Darragh, removing trees blocking roads in different parts of the county, in response to Kent Police requests.
Our trained chainsaw and chainsaw support responders braved Storm Bert on a particularly dark wet windy night to remove a tree blocking a road in Edenbridge, having been called out by Kent Police. A second tree was removed on the following morning by one of our chainsaw responders with the support of Kent Police.
South East 4x4 Response teams were out most of the weekend supporting Kent Search and Rescue (KSAR) along with Kent Police, looking for a missing person in the vicinity of the Sittingbourne area. Transport was provided for the many KSAR search teams along with the search dogs, to and from woodland areas. All were extremely […]
