The following personnel attended 6 / 7th of April.

Assessors: Tony Ryan, Lincolnshire Police Chris Pritchard, UKFSSART  Paul Blewitt, RAPID UK

Observers: Brian Jones, British International Rescue Dogs Andy Harris, RAPID UK Dave Lancey, SARDA Cynthia Clarken plus 3 other team members Lowland Search Dogs (Southern)

 3 dog teams were put in for grading and another team for re-grading after carrying out 6 months in quarantine from the Algerian earthquake. All teams were successful in passing these grading standards for NUSAR DG and for UKFSSART novice & qualified standard.  

 The successful teams are:
Alex Baum & Sam, Mid-west Wales F&RS
Neil Woodmansey & Holly, Lincolnshire F&RS
Doc Holliday & Jake, Lincolnshire F&RS
Chris Pritchard & Gemma, Leicestershire F&RS  

An excellent weekend for all parties concerned.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that attended and for taking a weekend out of their busy schedules. 

A special thank you to all the bodies for hiding throughout the 2 days and for Lincolnshire UKFSSART for preparing the collapse structure site.

Ready steady go
Part of search area for collapsed structure module	Successful Teams
Neil & Holly carrying out a boundary search of their area	Search Dog Jake covering his area
Jake showing his agility over this type of difficult search terrain	Alex  & Sam going through their paces
Handler being briefed by assessment team on search area	Handler carrying out a safety briefing before commencement of the search