About South East England 4x4 Response

[Administrator]

Across the UK there are numerous 4x4 or Land Rover Clubs offering a service to their local community. Members of these clubs voluntarily use their vehicles to support the Emergency Services, Local Council Emergency Planning Departments and other volunteer organisation in times of poor weather, emergency or other times of need. Some have been active for more than 20 years others, like South East England 4x4 Response, are still forming. South East England 4x4 Response covers the counties of Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex and parts of East London.

South East 4x4 response:
- is not an emergency service or rescue team!
- will not be expected to deliver an instantaneous response nor any group member travel at high speeds to the scene of an incident.
- is neither a taxi service nor a parcel delivery company. Therefore, a volunteer group should not find itself competing with local businesses or be regarded by authorities as a cheap form of transport or bargain courier service.

What South East England 4x4 Response can and should do is provide reliable, discrete and effective logistics support to the emergency services, the local authority and other voluntary groups who attend civil incidents in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

South East England 4x4 Response aims to give valuable back-up of a tactical and measured nature. Certainly, members may find themselves in extreme situations assisting in a dire emergency or rescue but that is not the prime function of a 4x4 Response group.

Typically the tasks undertaken would be of a "fetch and carry" nature and may involve the movement of personnel, equipment and supplies. Operations might include the delivery of urgent medical supplies to families living in remote areas, the evacuation of personnel or members of the public from potentially hazardous situations, the transport of medical personnel including midwives and health visitors, the recovery of stranded personnel, assistance during search operations over rough terrain or remote areas, transportation of key staff to hospital during extreme weather, etc.

With thanks to http://www.4x4response.net