UKFSSART - UK Fire Service Search and Rescue Team
To contact the UK Search & Rescue Team please ring Alan Pellowe on 0121 380 6141.
The United Kingdom Fire Service Search and Rescue Team (UKFSSART) is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to humanitarian accidents or disasters anywhere in the world.
Disasters and accidents can happen at any time and anywhere in the world, often without warning. There is a need for professional teams that can deploy rapidly and undertake effective search and rescue operations. The UK Fire Service Search and Rescue Team is one of the teams registered with the United Nations that can provide such a service. The team has, over the last 18 years, successfully carried out search, rescue and relief missions all over the world.
West Midlands UKFSSART
There are 18 team members in West Midland Fire Services UKFSSART. They are headed up by UKFSSART Operations Commander Alan Pellowe.
The remaining 17 members are made up from; Red Team led by Paul Burnham, and Blue Team led by Sean Moore. The role of the team is to respond to support the UK Government when deploying personnel and equipment in response to international disasters such as an earthquakes.
When on international call, we will send a team of six including the team leader from one of the groups and a Group Commander to act as the Operations Commander or Deployment Commander in charge of the UK International Serach & Rescue Group (UKISARG).
The team should arrive in the affected country within 24 hours of the disaster occurring and be self sufficient for periods of up to 10 days.. Extensive specialist training over and above that normally required for firefighters is given to all team members.
