Bathampton Scouts were lucky enough to have Sean a serving soldier who specializes in survival and rescue training for downed pilots and special forces as well as running his own bespoke survival company to come along and run through some basic rescue techniques with the Scouts.

Sean who is a qualified Personnel Recovery Instructor and teaches short and medium term survival showed the Scouts what kit to carry to make rescue easier for people searching for them if they were lost or injured. The kit included various ‘rescue orange’ kit, First Aid items and other equipment that provide both visual and sound to aid recovery.

The evening was finished off with a short exercise on Bathampton Dcowns complete with the heavy rain. There the Scouts tried out the various visual and sound techniques in their Patrols and the Scouts saw which ones were most suitable in the evenings adverse conditions.

A big thank you to Sean for everything learnt!