Welcome to the home page of the United Kingdom Fire Service Search & Rescue Team. The team provides an international search and rescue facility for the UK Government and is on call 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year to respond to an accident or disaster anywhere in the world. The team is composed of firefighters and other specialist rescue personnel working within the emergency services of the United Kingdom.
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 & rescue operations. The United Kingdom Fire Service Search & Rescue Team is one of the teams registered with the United Nations that can provide such a service. One of the lesser known operational elements of the British Fire & Rescue Service, the Team has, over the last fifteen years, successfully carried out search, rescue and relief missions around the world. Turkish earthquake
Indian Earthquake
The terrorist attacks on the USA in September 2001 signaled a new dimension of potential collapse scenarios. In response to the threat, all the UKFSSAR Teams have been tasked with the role of supporting the fire and rescue services within the UK in the event of a serious structural collapse.
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Montserrat Volcano
UKFSSART has also been declared as an European USAR resource and could be committed to incidents within the European Union. Highly mobile, capable of being rapidly transported by helicopter or aircraft, UKFSSART is capable of providing a variety of support services to emergency agencies. Support includes specialist advice, canine search teams, specialist search and rescue equipment and complete search and rescue teams deployed with the minimum of delay.