C A L L O U T Specialist land and water teams are en route to the #Shrewsbury area to locate a high risk missing person.

Lots of great things happening here for the sporty and not so sporty. 7th July Droitwich leisure centre. Please share if you know of teams that want to get involved 🏊🏃⚽🏉🥇🥅 tjfestivalofsport.co.uk

C A L L O U T Specialist water teams are en route to the Shrewsbury area to support West Mercia Police with an ongoing search for a highly vulnerable missing person.

#FloatToLive: - Tilt your head back with ears submerged - Relax - try to control your breathing - Move your hands to help stay afloat - Once over the initial shock, call for help or swim to safety - Call 999 or 112 & ask for the coastguard. Share this post to save a life

The team would like to thank the pupils and staff at The Aconbury Centre at Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service for the charity coffee afternoon they held today. All together they raised £155 for the charity and we would like to share our thanks to all who raised the funds.

Drowning Prevention Week 2024 is nearly upon us! In our latest blog post, we explore why the campaign is so important and how leisure operators are getting involved this year and how you can too. rlss.org.uk/how-to-support…

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Will be a great day and great chance for anyone wanting to have a go at their first multi sport event 🏊‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏅

We would like to say a huge thank you to Dulson Training Ltd who have delivered professional trailer towing training to the team. We now have three qualified trainers who have been very busy up skilling the team.

C A L L O U T Specialist water teams are en route to the #Solihull area to locate a high risk #MISSINGPERSON.

🌞The weather's heating up, but before you dive into any open water, educate yourself on Cold Water Shock. It's a sneaky danger that claims too many lives every year. West Mercia Search and Rescue a FREE online water safety course. 🌊 westmerciasar.org.uk/homeanddry/fre…

Join me on BBC Radio Shropshire at 4:35 today for a special segment on World Drowning Prevention Day. I'll be sharing my personal story about losing my husband to the water and discussing important prevention measures. youtu.be/JdhepnyOtD0?si… #WorldDrowningPreventionDay

For those who missed my interview today with BBC Radio Shropshire for World Drowning Prevention Day, here is the video of the interview Free Online Water Safety Course- West Mercia Search & Rescue westmerciasar.org.uk/homeanddry/fre… Home & Dry - No More River Deaths BBC Shropshire #WorldDrowningPreventionDay

shropshirestar.com/news/local-hub… Shropshire Star Home & Dry - No More River Deaths #WaterSafety

Please support where you can! West Mercia Search and Rescue Home & Dry - No More River Deaths gofundme.com/f/west-mercia-…

K A Y A K T E A M Our volunteer kayak team carried out an exercise and operational aseessment on a beautiful Wednesday evening in the #Ironbridge Gorge. Pleased to report a very successful operational assessment 👏🎉🎉

Taking our Ruth Lee Ltd | Rescue Training Manikins out to feed the wonderful #Swans on the #RiverSevern and even found time for a kayak training exercise.

7 years . . .wow! Thankyou to everyone who has and continues to support 💗 West Mercia Search and Rescue Home & Dry - No More River Deaths #grief #journey

You are an inspirational person Kirsty Walsh You have performed wonders to spread the water safety message with such passion.

Big shout out to all of the emergency services Thank you for all the amazing work you do #999Day