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We are a British charity dedicated to trying to save the lives of innocent victims of disaster, as well as relieving human suffering around the world regardless of colour, creed, religion and political persuasion.
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URGENT APPEAL
We have two teams deployed to assist with the situation in Beirut. We urgently need to raise money to cover the cost of this mission. We rely solely on donations and need your support. Please donate on our Beirut Deployment JustGiving page and tell others. Thank you, without your support we could not do our work.

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Despite the current Coronavirus pandemic SARAID remains fully operational for deployment both internationally and here in the UK.

We have mobilised a team to assist in the aftermath of the devastating explosion in Beirut.  The team arrived in country on 6th August 2020 and will be working alongside other international response teams.

Please help us cover the cost of this deployment by making a donation at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/saraid-beirut

On call 24/7 365 days a year
Our work is wide and varied

We specialise in one of the most hazardous disciplines within Search & Rescue. We provide emergency disaster response in the UK and worldwide in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, landslides, extreme weather events and areas of structural collapse. Our team of dedicated, highly-trained volunteers are on standby 24/7, every single day of the year. Every penny we raise is spent on Search and Rescue equipment, training and transporting the team to disaster sites in order that we can help those in need.

In addition to our international response team, we are also working with countries to provide advice and training on how to cope in the initial 24 hours of the disaster. We have also set up a Community Resilience Team which carries out a wide variety of work supporting the Emergency Services and Local Authorities in the UK.

Members are drawn from all walks of life. However, the one common attribute shared by all our volunteers, is the desire and determination to help the innocent victims of disaster around the world.

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Trained to deploy rapidly
wherever disaster strikes

When disaster strikes, time is of the essence. It is therefore essential that the S.A.R.A.I.D. team is well trained, well equipped and able to deploy quickly to the site of any disaster both at home and overseas.

When deployed, team members search through potentially hundreds of damaged and collapsed buildings, finding survivors and pulling them to safety using a variety of technical skills, team work and specialist equipment.

We can move swiftly to the scene of the disaster and provide a comprehensive and effective service to those in need. Whether it’s logistical, search and rescue, FPOS medical or humanitarian we have the expertise to assist.

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Going beyond borders.
working beyond the immediate need

Whilst deploying to assist with Search and Rescue after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, we became aware of the activities of Nepal Scouts who were helping to assist in the earthquake relief efforts.

We returned twice to Nepal during 2015 to assist in conducting further training and capacity building among local communities. It was during this time that we learned first hand of the problems with some community based response programmes.

Combining the enthusiasm and talent of Scouts with our experience, knowledge and desire to help, we developed a specific training programme known as SMART. We return regularly to Nepal to run training sessions in order that communities are ready and resilient in future.

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SARAID-CRT

Working with UK communities.
Supporting the emergency services, local authority and communities

The Avon Community Resilience Team (CRT) is a trained group of volunteers drawn from all sections of  the community. Our members have a wide range of backgrounds and skillsets but each team member shares a common purpose - to assist their wider community if called upon in times of need. As we liaise with and assist First Responders, team members are trained by Fire and Police services as well as Local Authorities. Members have a good understanding of command & control at incidents and what would be expected of them.

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Latest updates

Keeping watch – a report on our river patrols in Bath

By dpPixelWorks | 3rd December 2017

Community Resilience News As a student at the University of Bath, the river is a very visible feature – especially so for a mature postgraduate commuting in to research flood resilience. With my own child heading off to University in a strange city, far from Bath, volunteering to be part of SARAID-CRT’s river patrol during […]

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A massive thank you to PWC Middle East for supporting our work in Beirut. This has allowed the team to really focus on the damage assessment phase and make a significant impact to the recovery process. We are very grateful PwC #pwcmiddleeast @PwC_Middle_East @PwC

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Exactly 1 week on from the tragic incident in Beirut a few of our members took a moment to reflect at the site of the explosion and remember the 10 firefighters that were at the scene and the 160 residents of Beirut that lost their lives and those still missing

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We are a charity entirely ran by volunteers. We relie solely on the public's donations to keep us running.
Please help keep us able to do our work by donating on our official Beirut deployment page at
http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/saraid-beirut

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One of our SARAID Engineers Suzie Cooper was interviewed for BBC News today. Its wonderful to see that our work is being recognised and shared with the nation.

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SARAID are responsible for coordinating the building assessments with other international USAR teams and local engineers. Today we tasked 10 teams.
Our engineering team has continued to carry out urgent damage assessments of unstable buildings.
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