Ready to turn out

Advice

Keep your vehicle maintained and road-legal, and prepare before you turn out: fuel, kit, food and drink. On task, wear your hi-vis, keep your radio with you, give control your ETA, and log your mileage and locations. Act professionally — the group’s reputation rides with every vehicle.

Vehicle insurance

Tell your insurer that you use the vehicle for voluntary work. The larger insurers typically cover it under social, domestic & pleasure at no extra cost — members have had this confirmed by Adrian Flux, NFU, Sureterm and Asda. The ABI’s volunteer-driving commitment is the reference if they hesitate.

citizenAID

citizenAID teaches the public how to react and give immediate care in deliberate mass-casualty incidents. Worth every member’s time.

Kit and stickers

Embroidered group workwear (navy tops, black bottoms) is ordered through Enterprise Workwear — the group subsidises members’ orders by 50% on production of a receipt; embroidery adds £3–£4 to website prices.

Recommended equipment

As a minimum

• Mobile phone, with contact numbers and the what3words app
• Two-way radio
• ID card
• Notebook and pen
• High-visibility clothing
• Tow rope
• GPS or satnav
• First aid kit
• Torch
• Toolkit
• Food and drink
• Warm clothes and gloves

Recommended additions

• Blanket
• Fire extinguisher
• Water container
• Jump leads
• Antibacterial hand cleaner
• Rescue throw bag

Depending on the task

• Recovery equipment
• Bow saw
• Waders and wading pole
• OS maps — Landranger 139, 140, 150 and 151