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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 February 16, 2014September 8, 2015Posted in NewsTagged community resilience, Emergency Planning, environment, Flooding, Floods, Prepare, Sussex, Sussex community resilience

Flooding presents a number of risks to health, drowning being the most obvious. Serious injury can be caused by falling into fast flowing water or from hidden dangers under the water, such as missing manhole covers. The stress and strain of being flooded and cleaning up can have a notable impact on mental health and […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on January 25, 2014April 2, 2014Posted in NewsTagged Deployment, Disaster, Emergency Planning, Philippines Typhoon Disaster Haiyan, Sussex

There were wind speeds of 195mph and wind gusts of 235mph Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban a city the size of Wales. Sussex 4×4 Response Fri Nov 15, 2013 – ERT-SAR UK is now planning […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on November 18, 2013January 23, 2014Posted in News, Team NewsTagged 2012/13, Advice, Driving in Adverse Weather Conditions, Prepare, Prepare for Safe Winter Driving, Snow, Sussex, Winter

Sussex 4×4 Response – Prepare for Safe Winter Driving Winter is the season requiring most care and preparation if you are to stay safe on the roads. The British winter is unpredictable. Bad weather can strike suddenly, so please make sure you & your vehicle are prepared for these conditions in case the bad weather […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on July 22, 2013Posted in NewsTagged 2013, Advice, Danger, Flooding, Heatwave, Lightning, Prepare, Storm, Sussex

Thunderbolts and lightning can be very frightening, but how best to stay safe when a storm breaks? The recent hot weather has led to thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are short, sharp and shocking – for some literally. For if you can hear the clouds rumbling, chances are the storm is close enough to for you to be […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on April 4, 2013May 26, 2013Posted in News, Team NewsTagged 2013, Health & Safety, Prepare, Risk Assessments, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, The Highway Code (Rules 226-237), Training

We are pleased to be offering our members a training course several times this year on Health & Safety At Work as it affects our Responders and Sussex 4×4 Response. THE LAW The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Requires us to provide whatever information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on March 12, 2013May 26, 2013Posted in Team NewsTagged Driving in Adverse Weather Conditions, East Sussex County Council Highways, Emergency Planning, SECAMB, Snow, South East Coast Ambulance Service, Sussex, Sussex Police

Sussex 4×4 Response has been very busy providing support in the very challenging last 24hrs over 11th/12th march Our Team of volunteers stepped in to provide much needed support in the snow. We have worked very closely with emergency planning departments throughout the night to transport ambulance paramedic’s @SECAmbulance & NHS hospital staff and some […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on March 1, 2013May 26, 2013Posted in News, Team NewsTagged 2013, Amateur Radio, community resilience, Emergency Planning, RAYNET, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Sussex community resilience, Sussex RAYNET

Sussex RAYNET is a group of licensed radio amateurs who, on a voluntary basis, make themselves and their radio equipment available to provide communications in emergency situations and for community events, particularly at times when communication by other means may be difficult or impossible. Sussex 4×4 Response is a registered charity the members of which […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on February 6, 2013May 26, 2013Posted in News, Team NewsTagged Controller, Dispatcher, Emergency Planning, NHS, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Training

Do You Live In Sussex & Have Knowledge Of The Area ? Could You Help Us As A Duty Controller ? Sussex 4×4 Response is looking for that special volunteer that can handle the task of being a controller. We require male or female volunteers within Sussex to learn & operate our Internet/Computer based Dispatch […]

By Alex BarrettPosted on January 23, 2013May 26, 2013Posted in News, Team NewsTagged 2013, Callouts, Emergency Planning, Prepare, Responding, Response Work, Road Safety, Snow, Sussex, Sussex 4x4 Response, Winter

Sussex 4×4 Response has been very busy providing a vital Service since not long after the snow had started to fall on Friday 18th Jan and throughout the weekend and into the start of the new week, Our Team of 130 volunteers stepped in to provide much needed support in the snow. Sussex 4×4 Response […]