CALLOUT: Injured person near Brynteg
At 11am today we were called by Welsh Ambulance Service to assist with a patient with a lower leg injury near Brynteg, Wrexham. One of...
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Volunteer profile – Josh O’Brien
Editors note: This picture sums up Josh, it is the middle of the night at the end of a long search and he’s still smiling! Name: Josh...
Volunteer profile – Chris Griffiths
Name: Chris Griffiths, NEWSAR Team Leader How long have you been in the team? I joined NEWSAR in 2010, but my first involvement with MR...
Volunteer profile – Dani Burgess
How long have you been in the team? I have been a member of NEWSAR for 9 years, joining in 2012. What you do outside NEWSAR (work and...
Volunteer Profile – Damon
How long have you been in the team? Team Member for 15 years. What you do outside NEWSAR (work and other hobbies)? I joined NEWSAR with a...
Volunteer Profile – Becky
How long have you been in the team? I have been a member of NEWSAR (and its previous incarnation Clwyd Rescue Team) for about 33 years....
Volunteer Profile – Mark Edwards
Name: Mark Edwards How long have you been in the team I joined in 2011 transferring from another local team. What do you do outside...
A new defibrillator on Moel Famau
A new defibrillator (AED) has been installed on Moel Famau between the Penbarras car park and the Jubilee Tower by charity ‘Keep the...
CALLOUT: Injured person near Llangynog
CALLOUT: The team was called by Dyfed Powys Police following reports of a person injured on a walk in uplands near Llangynog. The team...
CALLOUT: Lower leg injury near Garth
CALLOUT: Earlier this evening Welsh Ambulance Service requested our assistance to evacuate a man from a footpath above Garth, Nr....
Respect, Protect and Enjoy
Mountain Rescue England and Wales recently published this article on the implications to our countryside of the easing of restrictions on...
Stay Safe Stay Out of Quarries
It’s looking like the cold weather is returning over the Easter weekend, but as we head into spring it’s worth reminding everyone,...
WAST and NEWSAR working together
We’ve been sent this amusing selfie story from Phoebe who was a student paramedic with the crew that attended alongside us to the...
CALLOUT: Knee injury at Wepre Park
CALLOUT: This afternoon a group was out exploring Wepre Park and Ewloe castle when a lady suffered a knee injury while right in the...
TRAINING: Rope techniques
On Wednesday evening we got a small group together to train in techniques for protecting casualties and stretchers on relatively easy...
CALLOUT: Missing person in the Wrexham area
The team was called this afternoon by North Wales Police regarding a missing person enquiry in the Wrexham area. We alerted our...
CALLOUT: Water incident
North Wales Police requested our assistance with a water related incident today. The team was stood down when another agency attended and...
CALLOUT: Report of body of dog in water
On Tuesday afternoon North Wales Police requested our assistance following multiple reports of a body of a dog in the river just...
CALLOUT: Standby for a missing person enquiry
The team was put on standby this afternoon to assist North Wales Police with a missing person enquiry. In the end we did not need to...
CALLOUT: Missing person in the Deeside area
Earlier this evening North Wales Police requested our assistance with a missing person enquiry in the Deeside area. We had just called...
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