Umkomishinala wamaPolisa kunye noLwaphulo-mthetho uLisa Townsend uliqhwabele izandla igalelo elimangalisayo leqela le-Surrey Search and Rescue elisanda kubhiyozela i-1,000 yabo.th khwaza ekwilizwe.
I-Surrey SAR yenziwe ngokupheleleyo ngamavolontiya anika uncedo olubalulekileyo kwiinkonzo eziphuthumayo ekufumaneni abantu abalahlekileyo ngokukodwa abantu abadala kunye nabantwana abasesichengeni.
UMkomishinala kunye noSekela lakhe u-Ellie Vesey-Thompson balibone eli qela lisebenza xa lizibandakanya kuqeqesho lwakutsha nje oluye lwalinganisa ukukhangela umntu olahlekileyo kwi-woodland eNewlands Corner ngaseGuildford.
Baye kudibana neqela kwaye banikezela ngamabhaso iiyure ngokuzithandela kumsitho ngoMatshi.
I-Surrey SAR ixhomekeke kuphela kwiminikelo yokuxhasa ngezimali izixhobo zokusindisa ubomi kunye noqeqesho kwiqela lamalungu angaphezu kwama-70 kunye nabaqeqeshwayo abakwi-call iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku ukuphendula kulo lonke elaseSurrey. I-ofisi ye-PCC ibabonelele ngenkxaso-mali yonyaka kwaye ikwancedise ngenkxaso-mali yolawulo lwezithuthi zeqela.
Iqela lisebenza kwiifama, kwimimandla yasezidolophini nakwimimandla yemithi kwaye linamaqela eengcali kuhlangulo lwamanzi, izinja zokukhangela kunye nokukwazi ukusebenzisa inqwelomoya.
Ukusukela ekusekweni kwabo ngo-2010, iqela kutsha nje liye lagqitha kwinqanaba le-1,000 lokufowunela izehlo kwidolophu iphela. Kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela amavolontiya anikezela malunga neeyure ze-5,000 zexesha labo abenza elinye lawona maqela e-Lowland Rescue e-UK.
I-PCC uLisa Townsend uthe: "Ukukhangela abantu abalahlekileyo kuhlala kuba lugqatso oluchasene nexesha yingakho indima ye-Surrey Search and Rescue idlala ukuxhasa iinkonzo zethu ezingxamisekileyo kulo lonke ilizwe ibaluleke kakhulu.
“Basabela kwizehlo ezinokuthi ngenene zibe bubomi okanye imeko yokufa apho umntu anokuba sengxakini enkulu. Yiyo loo nto bekufanele ukuba sibulelwe kuthi sonke ngokunikela ngexesha labo ukuze benze umsebenzi omangalisayo abawenzayo.
“Bekumnandi ukubona iqela lisenza umthambo kutsha nje kwaye nangona ibingumbono nje omfutshane wemicelimngeni abajongene nayo, ndichukumiseke kakhulu bubuchule kunye nokuzinikela abakubonakalisileyo.
“Iqela lisandula ukubhiyozela ikhwelo lalo le-1,000 yimpumelelo engakholelekiyo kwaye liqaqambisa igalelo elixabisekileyo elilenzayo xa kukho umntu olahlekileyo kwidolophu yethu.
"Iofisi yam ingumxhasi omkhulu weqela kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba bayaqhubeka nokubonelela ngenkxaso ebalulekileyo kwiinkonzo zikaxakeka ekugcineni abantu bekhuselekile eSurrey."
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga nomsebenzi weSurrey Search and Rescue - ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yabo apha: UPhando lwe-Surrey kunye noHlangulo (i-Surrey SAR) (sursar.org.uk)