Emergency Services Show 24-25 November

[Tony Ferrari]

I will be going to the show next Wednesday at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry and will no doubt use the opportunity to spread the word about 4x4 Response.



If anyone is interested you can still book places at www.theemergencyservicesshow2009.com (http://www.theemergencyservicesshow2009.com) and it's free :D

[Simon Bentley]

YL have a stand - call in and say hi, any literature from other groups welcome. We'll e taking a full list of contact details for all grups with us.

[ian clark]

See you there Tony ;)

[Tony Ferrari]

Excellent!



I'll see you there!

[Dave White]

Here's a few pics of what Simon n Neil have been up to...

[stephendrabble]

great looking motor... nice stand too!

[BobWessex]

AND more importantly they are also getting enquiries from exhibitors and attendees.

[Dave White]

AND more importantly they are also getting enquiries from exhibitors and attendees.



Well cool - well I am off to experience it first hand tomorrow... looking forward to it!

[Dave White]

Oh yeah - I have got some of the maps (Tony posted it on anther thread - but it is not too good to print on blue background and with low res - does one of you have it in better format I can take some tomorrow...

[Tony Ferrari]

Dave



Fraid not, I have been looking for a really good high resolution image to work with for some time.



See you in the morning!

[BobWessex]

sorry not me -- I have the same map.



BUT you might like to take this list with you





Members of the national network

1. Breckland Rover Rescue (BR)

2. Devon & Cornwall (DC)

3. Gloucestershire & Worcestershire (GR)

4. Hampshire & Berkshire (HR)

5. Herefordshire (HE)

6. Hertfordshire (HT)

7. Norfolk & Suffolk 4x4 Response (NS)

8. Northamptonshire (NH)

9. 4x4 Response North East (NE)

10. North West England (NW)

11. Nottinghamshire (NM)

12. South Downs (SD)

13. South East England (SE)

14. Thames Gateway (TG)

15. Wales (WA)

16. Wessex (WE)

17. Yorkshire & Lincolnshire (YL)



For completeness we also recognise the following groups:



18. Beds, Herts & Cambs Land Rover Club Emergency Response Team (Bedfordshire)

19. BORG (Bucks & Oxon)

20. COTAG (Moray & Aberdeen - Scotland)

21. Essex Rover Rescue

22. Peak 4x4 Response

23. Strathclyde 4x4 Response

24. Suffolk Rover Rescue

25. Vectis 4x4 Response (Isle of Wight)

26. West Sussex 4x4 Response



Teams believed to be in the process of forming



West Midlands - covering Shropshire & Staffordahire

Leicestershire

[Dave White]

Can have a go at tracing that one - which will not happen tonight ... :-)

[Tony Ferrari]

this is about the best I've got;

[Chris Lee]

How are these Guys, Probably too late for the Emergency Services Show but hopefully some use in the future. I have made one with a blue background and one with a plain white background:



http://www.quad-response.com/images/4x4map01.png



http://www.quad-response.com/images/4x4map02.png



I know they maybe huge on screen to some but they are full resolution for ease of display.



Hope they help, can change colours etc if needed in the future. I have spent 'WAY' too many years messing around in Adobe Photoshop :ugeek: :twisted:



Regards



Chris

[Tony Ferrari]

Chris



That's great



Many thanks



Tony

[GrahamPowys]

Can a correction be made to that map, please?



For Wales it is only showing coverage for the lower half of Powys, and it should include the top half!!



I presume, looking at it closely, that it is actually a post code map, which is VERY innaccurate.

[Dave White]

Chris that's great and gonna save me a load of time



Had a great day ... report when I wake up...

[Chris Lee]

Can a correction be made to that map, please?



For Wales it is only showing coverage for the lower half of Powys, and it should include the top half!!



I presume, looking at it closely, that it is actually a post code map, which is VERY innaccurate.



Sure no problems but I am not sure which bit you are referring to, can ad it as soon as I know. Its not a postcode map though, its a royalty free, non copyright map that I had in my image stock.







Chris that's great and gonna save me a load of time



Had a great day ... report when I wake up...



Its a pleasure bud, look forward to that report too 8-)



Regards



Chris

[Tony Ferrari]

Can a correction be made to that map, please?



For Wales it is only showing coverage for the lower half of Powys, and it should include the top half!!



I presume, looking at it closely, that it is actually a post code map, which is VERY innaccurate.



Graham, it is actually based on current county and unitary council boundaries but I have no idea how Powys managed to get chopped in half :D



Actually you could do me a great favour if you could let me know which of the Council areas in Wales are covered at present:

[Chris Lee]

Ah I see, edited and corrected 8-) :)

[Dave White]

OK some sort of report as promised...



Erm quite a lot...



Never had a chance to go look at the Unimog or LR stands :-( spent too much time talking to potential users...



For us lot I spent ages with - the ambulance services - we have a sort of nodding relationship with them rather than all engaged so this was very valuable...

EMAS - lincs guy very interested... more to tell in comming weeks/months when the follow up comes thru...

YAS - Doncaster - very interested n keen

YAS NY/EY - talked for ages - keen for us to do all sorts of stuff with them - very keen in NYM which will need more members there.



In addition Simon spoke to them about the national first responder scheme too - with a view to some sort of agreement which is then played out at very local level to make it work..



Lincs Air Ambulance - very interested for getting staff to work in snow n flood - he was from our local one - but representing the national umbrella body so he is going to take this to his national body in Feb with a thought that many of his equivalent number will want same help nationally... I will have to use contacts we have here to sus out the yorkshire air ambulance the same arrangement.



British Transport Police... general logistics - just like other police - the guys that were there were not form our patch but were going to spread it arround nationally - they were from SW so gave them Bob's number as a starting point - but thier area is bigger than wessex.



Inland flood rescue group - very interested in working together... more to come... Ian C dealt with them.



Defra flood rescue group - interested but it may take a lot longer to come home as they will want more training before going live... this could do with a national reponse - can someone take it?



I must have missed some - even got some folks wanting to start - Warwickshire 4x4R and Staffs and Shrops... via this forum and my card as I didn't have a contact for them directly!!...

[BobWessex]

Dave, when dealing with the ambulance/air ambulance services, we (Wessex) have several members in the service including one on the Air Ambulance. They might be worth 'mentioning'.

[Dave White]

Dave, when dealing with the ambulance/air ambulance services, we (Wessex) have several members in the service including one on the Air Ambulance.



Yes we have too - well we have one form YAS - the guy I met had heard of me already which was handy...



And some of our team do fund raise for yorks AA... so hope I can sort that one out that way... if there is a positive thing at national level with them we'll feed back what happens - unless we put a national oar in to try n make a presentation at their national conference... ?

[BobWessex]

All in all, I would say that it looks as though it was a productive conference, well done guys.

[Dave White]

Erm yes!



I would say there were quite a lot of other users there - police in particular which other teams could have met - not sure how many other were there - Tony was of course and Peak were there on Tuesday...



Well worth going for anyone I think - need a lot more time next time cos I want to go oggle all the equipment they have... !

[Tony Ferrari]

I also bumped into Roland and another (sorry forgot the name) from Devon and Cornwall.



And hooked up with my local LSAR Team (Midshires) who were there in force.

[ian clark]

Bob could you forward the names of contacts in Air Ambulance as i will be following that up this coming week an upside is that the contact i have made is Chair of Lincs/notts and also of the Assciation of air ambulance to !..

Very good 2 days in all for local groups and national

Ian C

[BobWessex]

Hi Ian ,



E-mail on it's way tomorrow, from my colleague Pete.