London Search & Rescue (LONSAR) is a Lowland Rescue team, assisting the Metropolitan Police in searches for vulnerable missing persons. The importance of search and rescue in saving life is to respond quickly to a lost person in an emergency. The sooner a vulnerable missing person is found and receives prompt and appropriate medical care, the better their chances are for survival.

LONSAR is a registered charity and staffed 100% by volunteers. We receive no funding from the government, local authorities, or other emergency services. In 2021, our services represented

a value of nearly £500,000 to the London Metropolitan Police.

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We are on-call 24/7 365 days a year, and work in all weathers, providing life-saving services for the 10 million people who live, work and travel in London. In addition to SAR duties, our crews can be deployed to assist agencies such as the London Resilience Forum to provide safety services to the community.

Our crews cover over 700 square miles within the M25. Greater London has over 3,000 parks and commons totalling 35,000 acres. There are hundreds of rivers, canals, reservoirs, and lakes.

To provide comprehensive coverage, the LONSAR team has specifically skilled divisions, all qualified to national standards.

Search Teams

• Foot Search Team
  
• Dog Search Team
  
• Search Operations Team
  
• Medic Team
  
• Water Search Team
  
• Bike Search Team
  
• Air Search Team
  

Read more about what each of our teams do below

https://www.lonsar.com/our-skills

Contact details

Organisation	London Search & Rescue
Address	The Warren, Croydon Road, Hayes, BR2 7AL, United Kingdom
Phone	0203 637 8838
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