The High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight has presented eight long-serving search and rescue members with King’s Coronation Medals.
Graham Biss was "delighted" to honour the Isle of Wight Search and Rescue (WightSAR) members with the medals, which were created to mark the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Mr Biss was welcomed by Dean Terrett, the chair and founder of WightSAR.
He was given a tour of the new incident control vehicle, where he learned how a missing person search is coordinated and managed using the advanced SarSYS Incident Mapping system and vehicle communication centre.
Mr Biss also met the team’s probationary search dogs, Maali and Ginny, and their trainee handlers.
He spoke with local police search advisors who deploy WightSAR and learned about the other partner agencies WightSAR collaborates with.
Mr Biss also heard how, as a registered charity, WightSAR fundraises for all its equipment and operational costs.
A thank you was extended to the rest of the team who fell outside of the five years of continuous service eligibility criteria.
WightSAR, established in 2011, is made up of 31 volunteers who are on call 24/7 to support Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary in searches for high-risk missing people across the Isle of Wight.
The team is one of 34 Lowland Rescue Teams across the country.
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