SARCALL Response

Call out messages are sent as a text from 07537415551 and an email. They’re marked with the LAMRT FT which distingushes them from the general messages marked with LAMRT G1.

The same number is used to text with SARCALL Response messages to indicate whether you're responding to a rescue or not. Please try to send a text indicating your availability for every rescue. If you're not able to send a text, but are at a computer. Go to the link at the bottom of the call out email. Type in the last four digits of your phone number and complete the form.

Generally, a call out message will say what the suspected injuries are, roughly where the casualty is and where the RV is e.g. Lower leg injury Stickle Ghyll RV NDG. In response, it’s useful for us to know your:

  • Availability

  • Where you’re going if you’re responding

  • What time you anticipate being there

Message Format

SARCALL is particular about the format it accepts. Incorrectly formatted messages will not display on the system. Your message must:

  • Start with SAR in capitals

  • Followed by a space and then a capital A, L or N, before another space e.g. SAR A

  • You can write anything after that, but if you’re responding we’d like the next item to be where you’re going in the form of RV, Base or Mobile 5 then another space

  • Then the time in military format with a colon to separate the hours and minutes e.g. 13:45

  • In this example the full message would be SAR A RV 13:45

SAR A, L and N mean:

  • SAR A - Available and responding straight away or respond within the next half an hour.

  • SAR L – Limited. Generally, people give one of three SAR L responses:

    Available from a certain time e.g. SAR L available after 14:15

    Busy, but can come if we're short on numbers e.g. SAR L will respond if short on numbers

    Busy, but will come if there's a second rescue e.g. SAR L will respond to a second rescue

  • SAR N – Not available. Unlike the other two, this doesn't need any further explanation. We don't need to know it's past wine o'clock.

If your availability changes, you can send a second message to update your status.

Taking Yourself Off Call

We ask people to take themselves off call when they're unavailable for a full day or more. E.g. if you’re busy all day, injured, working away or going on holiday. This helps us get an idea of who's around and anticipate the sort of response to expect if a rescue occurs. Don't worry if you forget to take yourself off call, most of us do.

To take yourself off call you send OFF LAMRT to the response number.

To put yourself back on, you send ON LAMRT to the response number.

You'll get a text confirming the status change. While off call you won't get the call out text, but you will still get the email. We still send the email because people like to know what's going on.