Emergency services

As a Christian church with a strong social conscience, we seek to alleviate distress wherever it is found and to fulfil a crucial role during and after a major emergency.

Response to emergencies includes the following:

• Providing on site refreshments and emotional support to responders at the incident site
• Providing support to individuals at any designated Rest Centres or Humanitarian Assistance Centres
• Providing support to family members and friends at the Mortuary Viewing Area and acting as the conduit for relevant faith support
• Coordinate or participate in the wider faith response

The Salvation Army's Emergency vehicles attend around 250 call outs per year, some of which are listed below:

• Salvation Army Respond To Grenfell Fire - June 2017 

• After the Manchester area attack - May 2017 

• Croydon Tram Crash - November 2016

• Storm Desmond - December 2015

• Floods in South East and South West of Britain - December 2013 to February 2014

• Clutha helicopter crash - November 2013

• Shetland Super Puma air crash - August 2013

• Vauxhall helicopter crash - January 2013

• Sheppey Crossing crash - September 2013

• 7/7 London bombings - July 2005

• Boscastle Flood - August 2004 

• Lockerbie bombing - December 1988

• Aberfan Disaster - 1966

We also work in partnership with the Cabinet Office, Met Office, as well as a number of government and voluntary organisations to raise awareness of the ‘Get Ready For Winter’ and ‘Get Ready For Summer’ campaigns.

Email: Emergencyresponse@salvationarmy.org.uk

The Salvation Army is a member of the Voluntary Sector Emergency Group and works closely with government and voluntary sector colleagues to respond to major incidents