Established in 1987 by the Bucks County Council Emergency Planning Officer, BSAR provides a pool of volunteers, trained in emergency procedures and First Aid, ready to assist the full time emergency services in the event of a major incident.
Today BSAR's main role is to assist Thames Valley Police with missing person searches; ready to respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
 | County ExerciseWednesday November 16th BSAR joined several other voluntary organisations for an exercise recently. Staged by Resilience Officers from Bucks County Council and Milton Keynes Council the exercise was held in two venues with Search & Rescue as the main objective. In Milton Keynes members of BORG the 4X4 organisation... more |
Langley SearchSaturday January 28th Another SEBEV run search just over the border into Berkshire. A vulnerable 34 year old Langley woman went missing some time in the early hours. After several hours of searching teams were stood down when the woman returned home. |
WokinghamTuesday January 24th BSAR members joined searchers from other teams and police in the search for a missing 22 year old from Wokingham. As the search was progressing news came through that the man had been located out of the area. |
Wycombe SearchFriday December 30th A man missing from a care home near High Wycombe turned up in the town 24 hours later. BSAR teams had searched the town centre but it appears that the man had spent the night with friends before being located safe and well. |
Burnham SearchMonday December 19th A frosty early morning callout saw saw searchers from three counties covering an area of Burnham, some of which was in Bucks while the rest was in Berks. As our working relationship with neighboring teams is very good these situations don't actually result in fights as to who will run the search!... more |