New SARA Statin for Wyre Forest

A new station will shortly come on line based in Wyre Forest to cover the West Mercia Constabulary and adjoining force areas providing assistance to the police and the other emergency services. The group were set a fundraising target of £20,000 before they could stand independent of the Upton-upon-Severn Station under which Wyre Forest crew had initially trained and been members of that station. Permission was agreed by the membership at the recent SARA AGM for the new station to go ahead.

A building is being donated on a site just outside Kidderminster for a nominal 'peppercorn' rent. Work is now underway to transform the building into an operational Rescue Station.

SARA 10 (was Sara 4 based at Sharpness) has been handed over to Wyre Forest as their first rescue boat. A Landrover 110 is being kindly donated by Severn Trent Water which will be fitted out as a Search & Rescue Ambulance.

Members have been training at the other stations and Wyre Forest have operational crew together with qualified Swift Water Rescue Technicians. There are also members who will assist as ground and support crew and help out at fundraising events.

As part of SARA's Mountain Rescue affiliation, members of this station will be involved with land search operations as well as working jointly with the other SARA stations on land search call-outs.

The proposed new station site

News Item added 01/07/2005