13.05.2008
A specially trained HART Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team from Yorkshire joined the HART-IRU (incident Response Unit) team from London when a blast ripped through homes in Harrow, North London.
13.05.2008
West Midlands Ambulance Service?s preparations for dealing with a major incident have taken a step forward with the appointment of Steve Wheaton as Head of Specialist Operations and Major Incident ...
09.05.2008
Ambulance trusts are now finally able to purchase commercial insurance to cover gaps in financial cover for staff who are injured or killed while responding to acts of terrorism.
21.04.2008
An article by the HART training lead Dave Bull has been featured in Intersec magazine, with the HART story leading on the front page.
02.03.2008
The latest three-week intensive HART Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) training course has been completed by half of the paramedics selected for the HART programme from the West Midlands and North Wes...
18.02.2008
A new 'HART training faculty' designed to cope with the extensive training required to roll out HART across the country is being developed.
16.02.2008
Recruitment for HART USAR paramedics in the North West and West Midlands ambulance service trusts is now completed and the first of two three-week residential courses has begun at the Fire Service ...
15.02.2008
Twenty four National Capability Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles (NCMCEVs) - the next step up from Pods - will be rolling off the production lines in autumn 2008 for delivery to all ambulance trust...
17.01.2008
The devastating fire at the Wealmoor Atherstone vegetable packing warehouse in Warwickshire in November 2007 provided the sad background to Yorkshire Ambulance Service?s HART-USAR (Urban Search And...
27.11.2007
The recruitment drive to find 15 HART-USAR paramedics for the North West and West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trusts is now under way.