Off Road Rescue Unit

Training

Members of the Off Road Rescue Unit take part in regular theoretical and practical training exercises at least twice monthly. Training is often held in conjunction with official emergency services and other volunteer organisations and includes such activities as first-aid/medical training, search and rescue procedure, patient extrication, radio communications, helicopter-borne insertion and extraction, map reading, navigation by GPS, maps and compass, rope rescue techniques, mountain rescue training, off-road driving, vehicle recovery, vehicle maintenance and fire fighting. Once a member has attained the necessary level of competence he becomes Rescue Qualified and will become an asset to any search and rescue mission or emergency task.