The annual Big Sleep is an event to raise money for the Winter Warmth Fund and at the weekend more than 200 Cumbrians were sleeping out beneath the stars, to […]
Big Sleep 2016
Willie McMartin MBE
Willie McMartin MBE It is with very great regret that we have to announce that Willie McMartin MBE has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Before retiring […]
International Rescue Corps In Action!
On the 5 December 14 members of IRC with 5 boats and 2 ambulances were deployed to Keswick and Kendal to assist Cumbria Police in any flood rescue work. […]
International Rescue Corps Has A New Patron!
IRC Operational Director Awarded The International Emergency Services Medal
On Saturday William McMartin MBE stepped down as operational director for International Rescue Corps. At the International Rescue Corps’ AGM on Saturday 11th April 2015, after 34 years service to […]
Real Life Thunderbird Has Saved Hundreds Of Lives … Now He Must Fight For His Own
This article was published in sundaypost.com on the 16th February 2015 Willie McMartin’s been shot at, dragged survivors from collapsed buildings and negotiated with gun-toting Taliban warlords. Real-life Thunderbird Willie […]
International Rescue Corps Receives Grant From The Department for Transport
On the 29th January Shipping Minister John Hayes announced the names of charities across the country who will get funding for state of the art rescue equipment from a new […]
United To Save Life
This is what Nicole had to say about the incident that happened at the hotel where she works: ‘When working at a Hotel in the Newcastle Area, I had to […]
Adverse Weather – January 2015
13th January 2015 1605 Call received from NHS Forth Valley to request a 4 x 4 to transport a nurse to and escort two nurses home from an address in […]
Community Fund 2014 – Update