Two representatives from Cheshire Search and Rescue Team were presented with a cheque from the Mayor for £1100.00 towards PPE ELEV8 helmets. This funding was from the late Mayor Cllr Kevin Rimmer’s charity account.
Cheshire Search and Rescue was formed in 2004 following the disappearance of a teenage girl and started as a group of community spirited individuals with little more than high visibility jackets and torches. Today, the team takes pride in being extremely well trained and equipped and committed to maintaining professional standards and developing the team and individual members to make an even greater contribution to the people of Cheshire.
The primary function of the team is to assist Cheshire Police with searches for vulnerable missing people. But the team also has capability for flood response, evidence searching and assisting other emergency services as the need arises.
Covering all 904 square miles (2.34 billion square metres) of Cheshire, the varied terrain includes rural land, towns and cities, moorland, forest, and some very steep ground. This means members must be prepared to tackle areas far different to the Cheshire Plains.