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Team leaders meet to discuss latest technology in Mountain Rescue

Team leaders from all over England & Wales met at Ruthin School on Saturday 4th February to discuss the latest innovations in incident management and technology as it applies to Mountain Rescue.

Following an opening address from the Acting Chief Constable of North Wales Police, Ian Shannon, delegates listened to presentations on SARCALL, a web based callout system in use with several police forces around the country; SARLOC, another web based system, used to pinpoint the location of a missing person using their mobile telephone; and, not electronic but no less technical, trailing dogs which are used to establish the direction of travel of a missing person using the scent from a piece of their clothing or bedding.

In addition there was a presentation regarding recent changes to the way police air assets are deployed in the North West as well as input regarding the Regional Silver Group command and control centre for operations in North Wales Police area.

From a differnet perspective of management, Al Read from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team gave a presentation on an eleven hour rescue on Craig Yr Isfa, the impact this had on team members and equipment, and the lessons learned from such a protracted operation.

Full details of all the matters under discussion will appear in the next Mountain Rescue Magazine, due out in April.

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