Published at 13:05, Wednesday, 28 July 2010

A RESCUE team has taken delivery of a new emergency vehicle to help its life-saving work.

OVER TO YOU: Gary Foster from the National Grid hands the keys of a Land Rover Defender to Bay Search and Rescue station officer, Gary Parsons SUBMITTED

Gas and electricity company, National Grid, has donated a Land Rover Defender to Bay Search and Rescue, which has its station at Moor Lane in Flookburgh.

The off-road vehicle will form part of the rescue team’s rapid response to incidents in the Morecambe Bay area.

The Land Rover takes over from a vehicle which now needs replacing.

Simon Griew, National Grid’s commercial services manager, said: “Bay Search and Rescue do a great job in Cumbria and when they contacted us to see if we had a vehicle we could donate to the rescue team volunteers, we were delighted to be able to say yes. As operators of the National Gas Emergency Service, National Grid has an insight into what it takes to provide emergency response teams so we were more than happy to help out.”

Gary Foster, National Grid’s fleet manager, who handed over the vehicle, said: “We are pleased to be handing over this vehicle. Bay Search and Rescue have such a great rescue record and we hope the donation of this vehicle will help them maintain their success.”

Gary Parsons, Bay Search and Rescue station officer, said: “I’d like to thank National Grid for their timely donation of the Land Rover, as one of our current vehicles needs to be replaced. Land Rovers are versatile vehicles and this one will be used as an ambulance and also to support our quicksand rapid response and swift water call outs.”

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