Welcome to the website of

South Lakes Search & Rescue

Swiftwater Incident & Flood Team

South Lakes search & Rescue is a Volunteer Search and Rescue team based in Ulverston , Cumbria  , operating across the County of Cumbria and the UK as required.Our team provides people with skills in searching, swift water rescue and flood rescue, rope rescue and advanced medical care - SLSAR always delivers a fast,dynamic and professional team

South Lakes Search and Rescue is dedicated to providing professional Search & Rescue Teams & Swift Water/Flood rescue teams , when requested by our emergency services, performing in a responsible, accountable and compassionate manner . This web site contains information about the team, pictures of us in action, an ongoing blog of our activities, acts as a portal for information about South Lakes Search & Rescue Who we are, what we do and were we are going
South Lakes Search and Rescue is guided by the following values. They influence our conduct collectively as a group and as individual team members. We strive to have our actions reflect these values, demonstrate personal accountability and be publicly defensible
 

The Vision

We aim to provide a team of volunteers who have the required skills, experience and local knowledge as well as the necessary equipment and communications facilities to be able to be of genuine assistance to all the emergency services. We will provide this service at any time of the day or night, without charge, in any situation where one of the official emergency services or other approved organisations decides that there efforts would benefit from the kind of support that we can offer. 
 

Mission Statement

1) The protection and preservation of life and property (to include animals were health & safety allows) by the provision and maintenance of a team of trained volunteers with the skills of specialist land and sea rescue techniques to assist the emergency services, other statutory agencies and the public

2) The provision of education and training particularly in the field of first aid and search & rescue techniques

SLSAR is made up entirely of Volunteers who give there time, energy and skills for free to provide this vital service to the local community