itchy300
Old-Salt

If this is committed to fully and properly funded it could provide an excellent service to the UK (fires, floods, Olympic security etc...) and probably cheaper than getting ripped off by crapita, G4 etc..
And of course it won't be
They don't want to properly fund and train the AR unless there is a massive war on and they're screaming for blokes so they won't fund/train any civil defence organisation that will be used once in a generation.
If it does go ahead the obvious route will be to bring organisations such as the RNLI, mountain rescue, coastwatch, RAYNET, the 4x4 volunteer groups (who in the past have been great near me) and bring them 'in house' to properly fund and professionalise them (stand fast mountain rescue/RNLI who are already top boys).
And of course it won't be
They don't want to properly fund and train the AR unless there is a massive war on and they're screaming for blokes so they won't fund/train any civil defence organisation that will be used once in a generation.
If it does go ahead the obvious route will be to bring organisations such as the RNLI, mountain rescue, coastwatch, RAYNET, the 4x4 volunteer groups (who in the past have been great near me) and bring them 'in house' to properly fund and professionalise them (stand fast mountain rescue/RNLI who are already top boys).