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Are you aware of any volunteer org in the UK that specializes in providing technical support for disaster relief?

I am currently looking of joining a volunteer group to make a difference to the community while potentially picking up some skills along the way. If I was still in Germany I would have joined the THW, but in the UK I have not found an org that does the occasional heavy lifting. I considered volunteer fire brigade, but I don't think physiology I would be able to handle smoke very well, so fire fighting would not be a good fit for me. Mountain rescue is alright as a community function, but I would miss out on working with heavy machinery.



The only such org I'm aware of is the ham radio group Raynet:

https://www.raynet-uk.net/

https://rsgb.org/main/operating/emergency-communications/




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