OUR %%FLEET%% OF SPECIALIST VEHICLES
Our vehicles are more than transport, they’re mobile command units. Built for resilience and versatility, each unit supports our search technicians across woodland, parkland, riverside environments.
From carrying vital equipment to running on-scene coordination, our fleet helps ensure we can deploy quickly, operate safely, and stay ready to search when every minute matters.
%%INCIDENT%% CONTROL UNITS
Identical twins, ICU-1 and ICU-2, operate as the independent nerve centre of our operations. Equipped with satellite internet, advanced mapping and search management software, and high-definition thermal imaging, it allows us to coordinate complex searches with speed and precision. Whether we’re managing resources on the ground or sharing real-time updates with emergency services, the ICUs ensure every second counts.
SEARCH EQUIPMENT
Equipped with thermal drones, lighting, and specialist tech to support search operations day or night.
SATELLITE INTERNET
Secure, high-speed satellite connection ensures uninterrupted communication, mapping and search management.
COMMUNICATIONS
Advanced radios, Zello integration and GPS tracking keep teams connected and coordinated across London.
COMMAND UNIT
Fully equipped mobile control unit supporting live briefings, real-time coordination and interoperability with emergency service partners.
"Our eyes, ears and strategy in the field - built to lead, connect, and coordinate when every second counts"
KEEPING SEARCH TEAMS CONNECTED AND EQUIPPED
Built for resilience and underpinning effective search management, our Incident Control Units bring structure to uncertainty. With shelter, power, and space for critical decisions, they support briefings, track live movements, and help teams stay connected.
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KEEP OUR VEHICLES OPERATIONAl
Every vehicle in our fleet plays a vital role in keeping searches moving and teams connected. Your support keeps them fuelled, maintained, and mission-ready - day or night. Help us stay mobile, responsive, and prepared to reach those who need us most.
%%BIKE%% SUPPORT UNIT
BSU-1 gives us speed and agility in environments where larger vehicles can’t go. Deployed ahead of foot teams, our bikes carry essential medical kit, defibrillators, and comms equipment—ideal for urgent response in parks, towpaths and trail systems. Fast, mobile and resilient, the BSU helps keep our search teams connected, and gets help to where it’s needed, faster.
E-BIKES
Power-assisted bikes enable rapid deployment and search technicians and kit along trails, towpaths and park areas.
BANK AND LAND SEARCH
Perfect for high-risk locations including canal banks, river trails and dense green spaces across the capital.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Bikes carry trauma kits, defibrillators and essential supplies to deliver lifesaving aid ahead of foot teams.
RESCUE EQUIPMENT
Includes throwlines, survival blankets, and emergency response tools to assist vulnerable people found in crisis.
"When speed matters, our specially trained bike search team move fast, deployed with specialist kit in the bsu"
MOBILISING OUR BIKE TEAM
Built for performance and reliability, our e-bikes are equipped with off-road tyres, long-range batteries and powerful lighting - engineered to handle rough terrain, narrow paths, and long hours. They give our volunteers the agility to get critical kit exactly where it's needed, fast.
DESIGNED TO HELP OUR BIKE TEAM MAXIMISE IMPACT
High-power search lights, medical panniers, automatic defibrillator, radio communications, tracking devices and bespokely currated search bags. These are just some of the details.
SUPPORT
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Every vehicle in our fleet plays a vital role in keeping searches moving and teams connected. Your support keeps them fuelled, maintained, and mission-ready - day or night. Help us stay mobile, responsive, and prepared to reach those who need us most.
%%OPERATIONAL%% SUPPORT UNIT
OSU-1 is the backbone of our logistics. Packed with everything from training kit and event equipment to water safety gear, medical supplies, and rope access kit, it ensures we can operate safely and effectively, wherever the search takes us. Being a crew cab, it allows us to move search technicians around a search area, as well as help our team return home safely. Designed for flexibility and rapid deployment, OSU-1 supports our teams behind the scenes, keeping operations running, volunteers equipped, and the mission moving forward.
SEARCH EQUIPMENT
Carries lighting, PPE, rope systems and technical gear for complex terrain and specialist response needs.
TRAINING MATERIALS
Stores equipment for training, including navigation, radio comms, medical and search techniques, including river banks.
FUNDRAISING KIT
Contains gazebos, marketing assets, donation terminals, banners and event gear to support outreach and community events.
WATER CAPABILITY
Supports water-adjacent search with throwlines, safety equipment and rapid deployment kits for bankside operations.
"Ready for anything, from complex searches to community events, this is our logistical backbone"
VERSATILITY AND ADAPTABILITY
Designed for flexibility, OSU-1 carries a diverse range of kit - from specialist search equipment to fundraising tools, training materials and water capability. It ensures we can adapt to any tasking, from live callouts to suicide intervention and prevention patrols, to community events - with everything we need on board to support the team and those we search for.
Designed with the demands of search in mind
Medical bags, rope access gear, water rescue equipment, gazebos, radios, LED signage, search bags and more. OSU-1 is stocked to support search teams, train new volunteers, and represent LonSAR in the field. Every inch of space is packed with purpose.
"These vehicles are an incredible asset to the team. The team have paved the way for other Lowland Rescue teams with a thoughtfully designed blueprint and professionally enginered vehicles"
Trustee, London Search and Rescue
WE NEED %%YOUR HELP%% TO FUND OUR NEXT SPECIALIST VEHICLES
To meet growing demand across London in the coming years, our long-term plan involves more specialist vehicles that are capable of deploying across in a range of environments. Your donation helps us expand, respond faster, and reach more people in need.
Help power our next steps and support us today.
PADDLECRAFT SUPPORT
Designed for rapid deployment on inland waterways, a Paddlecraft Support Unit would allow us to deploy trained Paddlecraft Search Technicians to search hard-to-access riverbanks and canals safely. Lightweight, agile, and quick to launch, our kayaks and paddleboards bring vital capability to the search, bridging the gap between land based teams and power boat responders when every moment matters.
SEARCH MANAGEMENT
Designed to get our most experienced team members - Search Managers - to the scene fast, this would bring critical command to the search area qucikly. Equipped with the kit and equipment needed to deploy foot teams medics and manage early operations, it bridges the gap before an ICU arrives. Compact but powerful, it would be the perfect base for suicide prevention and safety deployments.
SAFETY PATROL CREW CAB
Designed for proactive community presence, this unit would deploy to high-risk areas, events, and public spaces. It would allow the search technicians on our existing suicide intervention and prevention patrols to provide early interventions, emergency first aid and engage with those who may be vulnerable. Versitile and visible, it would brings safety, reassurance and support where it’s needed most.
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