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January 2012
2011 was a good year, as was 2010 and SAR Products once again has increased it’s customer base around the world. More and more people are realising that our equipment is of top quality and we can give excellent technical advice if and when required and manufacture specials if required. SAR products are being used by the very top professionals in the Military, Police Tactical Units and Fire & Rescue Services and now the Rope Access workers see there is an alternative with quality and versatility to the equipment they are currently using.
The A-B Descender has been taken on by the best in the world for intervention and technical rope work. After 12 months of trials using other top competitors controlled descenders other European Military units and Police have decided on its use. The UK forces have been using if for a number of years along with the SAR Black Hawk and Kite Chest Harness.
The best news is that the Dutch have registered SAR Products as a NATO Manufacturer and Supplier and we now have our own NSCM number. Along with the UK they have awarded our Black Hawk sit harness, Osprey Chest harness and Link Sling with NATO stock numbers. Hopefully there will be more equipment added to these in 2012 as the reports and trials are finalised.
September 2011
NEW SAR Combi Helmet
NOW in stock, the new SAR Combi Helmet. Available in white, red, blue & matt black.
NEW Design - Merlin Tech Full Body Harness featuring a new concept of interchangable and ajustable Chest Croll or Karabiner.
Designed for Technical Access in Industry & Rescue Personnel who require a fitted Chest Croll or Karabiner attachment.
As always designed to be fitted as a wrap around or step in harness.
Available with standard buckles or quick clip buckles.
SAR Products Ltd have forged a great working relationship over the past 12 months with the UK Bungee Club Ltd, www.ukbungee.co.uk.
In collaboration with UK Bungee Club, SAR have designed and produced a successful range of bungee bobbin covers, ankle harnesses and specialised slings.
These products have been used in the televised reverse bungee with The Hoff on Ant & Dec's Red or Black show. See link to view http://youtu.be/CZjl1TWWfS8
January 2011
NEW SAR HELMET - Design complete and awaiting first
delivery.
December
MREW in very kind and appreciated support of
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.
The team maintains a large amount of rope rescue
equipment (obviously !) which though seldom used in anger, none the
less is subject to regular replacement to comply with the equipment
manufacturers recommendations and standards.
We have recently replaced our stock of 'Lower Ropes,'
which are specialist low stretch ropes used for stretcher lowering,
stretcher raising and abseiling purposes.
Direct financial support for such specific purposes
within mountain rescue is in this particular case available through
our national body, Mountain Rescue England and Wales.
We are pleased to both announce and thank MREW for
purchasing for the Bolton MRT 2 reels of 200 metres of SAR 11mm Tactical
Intervention Low Stretch rope for use within the team.
We would like to thank Richard Terrell, MREW Honorary
Equipment Officer for his help with this equipment
donation to Bolton MRT and father and son 'combination,'
Dave and Lee Allport of SAR Products for their considered
advice over the rope type to select.
December
New stretcher type purchased
by the team, thanks to two donations, the help of
our national body and SAR Products Limited.
Linked to the purchase of our three brand new Land
Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances (due in team service circa March 2011)
the team decided to purchase three brand new, latest generation mountain
rescue stretchers to equip each vehicle.
The stretcher we selected was the SAR Products (Specialist
Access and Rescue Products Limited) Alpine MR Lite (Mountain Rescue)
Stretcher.
This is the latest generation development of the
already established but no longer manufactured Troll Alphin Mountain
Rescue Stretcher, of which the team operates two aged but still effective
models. (Alongside our two Bell Mountain Rescue stretchers)
As with the 'original' Troll Alphin stretcher, developed
by Dave Allport, the Alpine MR Lite represents the very latest version,
much lighter in weight than the Troll Alphin it now 'replaces' within
the UK market.
Dave Allport and his son Lee, both of SAR Products
(www.sar-products.com) are also very active members of Oldham MRT,
and have put much effort into the design of the SAR Alpine MR Lite
stretcher. (The Maritime Coastguard Agency and a number of UK MRTs
are re-equipping with this stretcher type)
Currently all three stretchers are in store at our
Base / HQ awaiting our new vehicles, at which point they will be put
into team service.
Alongside the three new stretchers we have also purchased
one stretcher wheel frame from SAR Products, which when (very easily)
fitted to the Alpine MR Lite stretcher enables the fitment of a mountain
bike wheel underneath the stretcher, hence on suitable ground a much
easier carry for the stretcher bearers.
MREW (Mountain Rescue England and Wales) operate
a direct grant system to part fund new stretcher purchases by MRTs,
and with thanks to Richard Terrell, MREW Honorary Equipment Officer,
the Bolton MRT was kindly granted by MREW £1,000.00 against the purchase
of these three stretchers and a single stretcher wheel carry frame.
This left the team with a further £3,000.00 to complete
the total purchase cost of the three stretchers and the carry frame.
(thanks to SAR Products for their support of Bolton MRT by offering
these stretchers at a favourable purchase cost)
Readers may recall that in July 2010, we reported
that the Keep Fit Association of Chorley and Leyland (see website 'news'
article dated Thursday 22nd July 2010) raised £2,050.00 for the team,
which at the time was set against this stretcher purchase.
Our dear friends at the Edgworth Real Ale Festival
2010, have also indicated they would, amongst other team 'wish list'
items, also support the purchase of these stretchers.
So essentially with the support of MREW, SAR Products,
The Keep Fit Association of Chorley and Leyland, and Edgworth Real
Ale Festival 2010, the full purchase costs of these stretchers and
wheel frame has been very kindly met.
In the New Year, when our new vehicles are delivered,
and prior to placing these stretchers on the vehicles, we will hold
a formal handover ceremony of the stretchers, to which we will be inviting
the membership of the Keep Fit Association of Chorley and Leyland,
and Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2010 committee to attend and formally
pass over the stretchers in to team use.
September
SAR Products attended the Ireland & UK Mountain
Rescue Conference 2010 held at Dublin City University between the
10th -12th September 2010.
May
NEW MERLIN Full Body Harnesses available. See the harnesses
page for further details.
April
NEW PRODUCTS for APRIL 2010 -
SARZORBA energy absorber. SINGLE & TWIN Clip Back Shock Absorbing
Lanyards complete with SARZORBA. Tested and passed
the Council Directive 89/686/EEC for PPE Equipment.
HUNDREDS of the new Quick Clip Buckle Harnesses in production for NORWAY.
APRIL 2010 SUPPLYING hundreds of harnesses to UK/European adventure centers.
NEW ALPINE Lite (CR & MR) Stretchers have proved a great success with both civil and Mountain Rescue organisations purchasing within weeks of them being produced.
NEW for 2010 Quick Clip Harnesses in production.
NEW for 2010 Alpine CR & MR Lite (aluminium) Stretchers now in production.
January
Jan 2010 1092 Harness order received.
Jan 2010 300 Harness order received from Middle East.
Jan 2010 5yr Contract Won with Maritime and Coastguard Agency for the supply of Stretchers.
SAR Products are pleased to announce that they were Awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification 26th November 2009.
Jan 2010 600 Helmet order received from the USA.
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Training News
Our main distributor for the Benelux, Leander Keesmaat, now Specialist Access and Rescue Training based in the Hague, Netherlands has opened a new web site for SAR Training.
In the coming year SAR Products will extend their services with worldwide training for rescue services and special forces. A course program is set up and offered by SAR Training. This is further structured in TRARAsia (Technical Rope and Rescue Training Asia). An Asian technical rescue certification scheme is under development by our SAR team of committed representatives in Asia (Ms Supaporn, Thailand; Professor Ho, Taiwan; and Mr Steven Chiang, Singapore). With an excellent TRARAsia training facility in Thailand by KPS (Representative for Asia) SAR training and development in Asia will be strengthened. For further information on the courses please visit
sar-training.com or kpsinter.com
The SAR team are looking forward to serving you in 2012 with the best of the best in both equipment and technical knowledge and wish all our present and future customers a healthy and prosperous year.
Revised Price List Feb 2012
As we have introduced a few new products we thought it best to revise the current price list.
Unfortuntley some increases can not be absorbed by the company.
Descenders
Due to unforeseen circumstances, SAR has once again had to alter the name of the descender from SCARAB to SARAB and now to the A-B Descender. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to our customers over this problem.
In the end what’s a name between friends! Apparently some people think different. History is littered with companies that have been forced to change their names because somebody else wanted to use it and surreptitiously, registered it worldwide first.
The most recent high profile case, besides the SCARAB, was The World Wrestling Federation attempting to wrestle the name WWF off the World Wildlife Fund. However, they are not very good at wrestling, and they lost. When ballistic missiles first went intercontinental, they were called IBMs, something a certain computer company did not like at all. And when the EU wanted a standardised Car Assessment Program, they tried CAP, NCAP and NCP all of which landed them in hot water. Tagging the word European at the front to become ENCAP gave them a bit of leverage, as the current owners of the name were broke.
There is some good news, however. Mopping Floors International
can finally have their abbreviation back, now that the furniture store
has folded.
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