Digital Aid for Search and Rescue
26/05/10 Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue (A&SSAR) now have a powerful tool to help them in their role. Known as SARMAN™ it is a system that can assist in the planning, coordination and management of the work of search and rescue organisations.
Thanks to ongoing support from Goodyear each mountain and cave rescue team has been supplied with a laptop to use with SARMAN™. Mapyx, Mountain Rescue England and Wales’ (MRE&W) official GIS & Digital Mapping Partner, have provided all members of MRE&W with the bespoke SARMAN™ application that uses map data kindly supplied by Ordnance Survey.
Duncan Massey, Chairman of A&SSAR, said ‘The SARMAN™ application has been developed from basic principles into a digital mapping platform and incident management system. The powerful combination of the Mapyx operating system and SARMAN™ will make a significant contribution to search and rescue planning and incident management in England and Wales.’