Sussex 4x4 Response Archives - Sussex 4x4 Response

By Alex BarrettPosted on November 6, 2016November 8, 2016Posted in NewsTagged Driving in Adverse Weather Conditions, Prepare, Road Safety, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex Road Safety, The Highway Code (Rules 226-237)

Dark Winter Mornings & Nights Are Coming Once again in Sussex and by the end of this month with the clocks now having gone back we will be plunged into darkness by 4pm. Drivers are urged by the services to take extra care whilst driving and to ensure all their lights are working property and […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on January 10, 2016February 3, 2016Posted in NewsTagged 4x4 Drivers, Charity, East Grinstead, News, NHS, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Winter

WHEN 68-year-old East Grinstead resident Michael Emms was widowed in January last year he kept the promise he had made to his late wife Rita and bought a new car. In the weeks leading up to Rita’s death from cancer, the couple had received “wonderful” support from nurses who had come day and night, in […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on January 4, 2016January 9, 2016Posted in NewsTagged Driving in Adverse Weather Conditions, News, Snow, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex community resilience, Winter

Sussex 4×4 Response is a team of volunteers who own 4×4 vehicles across the county. They help out during snowy weather but also help emergency services during things like search operations. The also act as back up for NHS organisations and local councils. This is a radio interview we did with Splash FM – Local […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on November 25, 2015November 22, 2016Posted in NewsTagged Charity, Community Chest Award, community resilience, Emergency Planning, radio communications equipment, South East Water, South East Water Community Chest Award, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex community resilience

Foreword from South East Water: Our judging panel made up of six members of staff from across the business all with an interest in fundraising, helped decide which organisations South East Water would support this year. Sussex 4×4 Response was delighted to have been considered and awarded a donation as part of South East Water’s […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on June 15, 2015September 8, 2015Posted in NewsTagged Martlets Hospice Midnight Walk Saturday 13th June 2015, Martlets Midnight Walk, Midnight Walk, Prepare, Road Safety, Support, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response

Sussex 4×4 Response have again supported the Martlets Hospice Midnight Walk in Brighton again this year by Marshaling with their 4×4 Response Support Vehicles for the Martlets event which took place overnight on Saturday 13th June. Hundreds of women took part in the night time walk in Brighton starting from Brighton Racecourse, and taking […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on May 19, 2015September 8, 2015Posted in NewsTagged Adverse Weather Conditions, Command & Control Vehicle, community resilience, Donation, Emergency Planning, Flooding, Prepare, radio communications equipment, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex community resilience, Sussex Police

A donation from Sussex Police has now been handed over to help Sussex 4×4 Response carry out its vital work supporting Sussex Police in adverse weather and assisting search and rescue teams and its other community activities. We are proud to announce that Sussex Police has kindly donated to us a command and control vehicle, […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on February 2, 2015September 8, 2015Posted in NewsTagged #MisPer, #OpBoulder, #Search, #TeamWork, 2015, ALSAR Search Dogs Sussex, Amateur Radio, community resilience, Emergency Planning, Off Road driving, Prepare, Surrey Search and Rescue, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex community resilience, Sussex Police, Sussex Search & Rescue, Volunteers, Winter

Thanks to all our Responders and all individual teams involved in Exercise Operation Boulder today it was a cold start, But a great days training was had by all participants and by comments received go further to compound the value we hold at Sussex 4×4 Response regarding our use in such joint operations where trained […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on January 20, 2015September 8, 2015Posted in NewsTagged 2015, community resilience, Emergency Planning, environment, Flooding, Prepare, Road Safety, Snow, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex community resilience, Winter

Every year public-spirited volunteers get out in their communities and support people who are affected by severe weather conditions. Whether shoveling the snow away from schools or transporting food and medicine to the vulnerable, these volunteers step up for neighbours in trouble. This is the community spirit that lies at the heart of the Big […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on April 25, 2014April 25, 2014Posted in NewsTagged Off Road & Vehicle Recovery Training level 1 & 2, Off Road driving, Prepare, Road Safety, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Training, Vehicle Recovery

This Weekend sees our Off Road & Recovery Level 1 & 2 Courses over in West Sussex ! Before we can expect members to commit to responding, it’s important to make sure that they are properly equipped for the wide range of circumstances that they might be called upon to handle, and that means training. […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on March 10, 2014March 10, 2014Posted in NewsTagged 2014, Off Road driving, Sussex 4x4 Response, Training, West Sussex

Well what a nice day it was for our course on Sunday 9th march 2014 Matt our Training Officer was looking for members with the right experience to become Sussex 4×4 Response Trainers. To that end, a number of responders put themselves forward and we then run the “Train the Trainers” day, at our West […]