Severn Area Rescue Association - Wyre Forest Station

23/10/2026

🚨New Red Jackets🚨

After 8 months of training the first three of our 2026 trainees became operational last night and were issued with the highly coveted red jacket.

A huge congratulations to Jon, Ant and Jack 👊🏼

Watch this space if your interested in joining the team next year 👀

12/10/2026

Last weekend was a busy one with two days of training followed by a call-out.

On Saturday crew from Wyre Forest joined our other Severn Area Rescue Association stations at the South West England Rescue Association cross team training day. Several teams from across the region came together to train together on technical rescue skills, and medical scenarios.

Sunday then saw some of our 2026 trainees and operational crew head up onto a very sunny Clee Hill to complete their navigation training.

10/10/2026

📟 CALL-OUT 08/10/26 0418hrs

Land crew from Wyre Forest, alongside our other Severn Area Rescue Association, stations were deployed by Gloucestershire Constabulary to search for a missing person in the Dursley area.

During the search the missing person was located by a police officer and following an assessment by one of our team medics, was returned home safely.

3 crew were involved for 7 hours.

Call-out #21 in 2026.

(Stock image used)

01/10/2026

A huge thank you to sterlingpowerproducts for supplying us with a new inverter and battery charger unit for our Incident Support Unit enabling the vehicle to continue working as a crew and equipment carrier as well as a command unit.

26/09/2026

Crew were back on the water this week with the West Mercia Police Dog Unit for some training with their Drowned Victim Detection Dogs on SARA 8.

Huge thanks as always to Tingdene Marinas & Boat Sales at Upton for allowing us to launch.

19/09/2026

Thursday Night Training ⛑️

Search light season is definitely upon us. This week our trainees and operational crew were tasked with searching for a missing walker who was suspected to of fallen from height.

Once the missing person was located they were assessed by the team who suspected the casualty was suffering from a spinal injury.

The casualty was then immobilised by being placed in our vacuum mattress and was then extracted back to the road via stretcher.

18/09/2026

Medical Training 🩺

Last weekend some of our trainees and operational crew undertook there Outdoor First Aid course.

All of our crew are trained to this level to ensure that we can provide the right level of care to our casualties in any environment.

07/09/2026

27/08/2026

A huge thanks to Worcestershire County Council for their support, grants like this are vital to keeping us operational and supporting our community!

This summer, Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) volunteers have been supporting emergency services across Worcestershire, from helping during periods of extreme heat to assisting with fires.

They've also been out on the River Severn, helping people stay safe around open water during the hot weather.

To help them continue this vital work, SARA has expanded its volunteer team, increased training opportunities and upgraded its medical equipment.

These improvements have been made possible with support from our Public Health Community Grant programme, helping ensure volunteers have the skills and equipment they need to keep supporting our communities when they're needed most.

A huge thank you to all the dedicated SARA volunteers for the incredible work they do across Worcestershire. 👏

Find out more about the Public Health Community Grant programme and how it can help you support health and wellbeing in your community here: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/communitygrants