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Welcome to the Search and Rescue Challenge Award
Many years ago with the help of members who have served many years with the Scouts, we created a formal badge that Scouts and Guides can attain.
The reason was that we felt search and rescue has a lot in common with traditional survival and what we think are good life skills but there’s a lot more too and this is a challenging but fun badge to get.
If you’ve got this far, hopefully you’re interested in taking up the challenge!
You can do this yourself with he materials provided or you can contact us and we can run an event for up to 100 scouts and guides for you, to take place in a single day. You provide the venue and the welfare, we provide members of the team to run a variety of stations to cover radios, first aid, map reading, navigation, evidence handling, search techniques, search management, missing person statistics and of course the ever popular search dogs who will do demo.
KSAR Challenge Award Syllabus
To get started, here are all the instructions you need:
1. Look over the modules below or review the full syllabus, which contains all the notes and information you need.
2. Decide that you want to take part and drop us an email to ksar.award@ksar.co.uk to let us know which group you’re from, how many people will take part and who the main contact is.
3. Within 12 months complete at least 8 challenges including at least 4 core modules.
The core modules are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.
4. When you’re finished, let us know and we’ll send out your badges to celebrate or better still we’ll see if a KSAR member can come along and do the presentation!
Below are the instructions and resources for each individual module:
The Finer Details
What’s the cost?
It’s £1.50 per person and you pay this when you’ve completed your 8 challenges to get your certificate and badge.
Can the badge be worn on a uniform or sash?
Yes. County Commissioners in Kent and South East London have agreed that the Search and Rescue Award can be worn on uniforms or sashes. If you’re from another county, contact us and we can help you.
I’m the leader doing all the work, can I get the badge?
Yes again. It’s been agreed that as the person(s) delivering the badge you’ll definitely have done all the requirements, and probably more!
Do you want feedback as we progress?
You bet! Although we’ve done all we can to make sure everything works and the information you need is there we’re not infallible. Please email us using the addresses above to let us know how you are doing and any problems. We may take a day or two to get back to you as we might have been out searching so please bear with us.
Activities
On the top left you’ll find the complete activity list and then for each challenge there’s separate information and instructions to get you started. Don’t forget the library and internet have more information that can help you.
HOPEFULLY YOU SHOULD NOW BE ALL SET TO GO. HAVE FUN!
