Although the weather on Saturday in Edale was rather wet and blustery it didn’t dampen the spirits of all those delegates who attended and enjoyed a feast of guest speakers presenting seminars and workshops on various subjects surrounding water & search rescue. These included Prof Mike Tipton, Lyle Brotherton, Gerwyn Lloyd, Chris Onions and Martin Bills who are all specialists in there field.

There were also contributions from individual team members including Andy Lee, Ewan Thomas and Al Read who are all active members of mountain rescue offering a wealth of experience in water rescue techniques and disciplines.

Safequip are grateful for the invitation to display a range of products and the opportunity to discuss equipment requirements with delegates from various teams around the country. In our opinion these types of events are invaluable for those who are either currently involved with water rescue or looking to introduce this operational capability in the future.

For all those who were involved with the arrangements for the conference and the volunteers who did a splendid job in keeping everybody fed and watered – well done to you all!