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Hampshire Search & Rescue

Meet the Team – Support Team Lead

Meet the Team – Support Team Lead

Meet Karen, who joined the team in November 2022 I’m Karen, and I am a retired Air Traffic Controller and now an aviation safety consultant.  I…

Amazing Winchester A Cappella Donation!

Amazing Winchester A Cappella Donation!

Amazing Winchester A Cappella Donation! Hampshire Search and Rescue selected as Winchester A Cappella Charity of The Year! We were delighted for Vice Chairman and Head…

Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club Donation!

Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club Donation!

Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club Donation! Recently the Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club senior section donated £2552.54 to Hampshire Search and Rescue following a…

Transforming Training at HANTSAR

Transforming Training at HANTSAR

Transforming Training at HANTSAR Transforming Training at HANTSAR: A Big Thank You to Symity! We’re thrilled to unveil our newly upgraded Training Space, brought to life…

A worthy winner of Hampshire Search and Rescue’s top prize!

A worthy winner of Hampshire Search and Rescue’s top prize!

One of the events that Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) ran last year when celebrating their 20th anniversary was a charity raffle, the top prize being…

New HQ for HANTSAR

New HQ for HANTSAR

On Saturday the 20th we held an ‘Open Day’ at our new HQ for the members’ families and friends, a combination of “show and tell” for…

Tipner Fire – HANTSAR Drone Response

Tipner Fire – HANTSAR Drone Response

Hampshire Search and Rescue respond to Tipner Fire which resulted in the M275 being closed after a fire at a waste processing unit. HANTSAR’s Drone team…

SSEN’s £20,000 funding for new vehicle boosts Hampshire Search and Rescue’s capabilities

SSEN’s £20,000 funding for new vehicle boosts Hampshire Search and Rescue’s capabilities

Funding from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is helping Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) begin the year with a new vehicle, which will help them…

Hampshire Respond to Somerset Flood

Hampshire Respond to Somerset Flood

Overnight on Tuesday 5th December 2023 we were requested by Wiltshire Search and Rescue to support Avon and Somerset Police to send water resources to Somerset.…

Raffle Prize Winners

Raffle Prize Winners

The winning tickets for the HANTSAR 20th Anniversary Celebrations drawn on Sunday 13th August 2023. PRIZE TICKET NUMBER 40 minute ride in a helicopter over Hampshire worth…

HANTSAR win Volunteer of the Year Award

HANTSAR win Volunteer of the Year Award

We were honoured, at the Police and Crime Commissioner’s annual awards ceremony on Friday 31st March, to have been selected as a team for the Community…

1000 Callouts

1000 Callouts

Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) responded to a call from Hampshire Constabulary to look for a missing person on the evening of March 25th. This was…

HANTSAR National Flood Asset

HANTSAR National Flood Asset

Hampshire Search and Rescue have been added to the Flood Rescue National Asset Register after being re-accredited and are now available for national deployment. This follows…

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medals awarded to 21 members

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medals awarded to 21 members

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal was awarded this year to front-line members of the Emergency Services, subject to certain criteria, and it was agreed by the…

HANTSAR volunteers scoop national award in recognition of work supporting vaccination rollout

HANTSAR volunteers scoop national award in recognition of work supporting vaccination rollout

Volunteers at Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) have been awarded a prestigious Skills for Health Our Health Heroes Award for their efforts supporting Covid-19 testing and…

Chief Constable congratulates HANTSAR

Chief Constable congratulates HANTSAR

The Chief Constable’s award to HANTSAR went ahead on ‘Teams’ as part of the award ceremony for police officers’ service, special achievements and commendations. The introduction…

900 Callouts

900 Callouts

Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) recently responded to a New Year’s Day call from Hampshire Constabulary to look for a missing person, who was located safe…