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AGM, 15th May 2025
This year we held our AGM online on Friday 15th May. Following reports from the various officers and as they were all prepared to continue in post, they were reappointed.
BCRC AGM Weekend April 18-19, 2026
This weekend, members of MCRO joined representatives of cave rescue teams from across the UK for a weekend of training, discussion, socialising and on the 19th the British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC) AGM at Buxton. Teams were brought up-to-date on the Nicola 4 project and recent experiments using the sets with loop antenae, plus the ability to connect them to Meshtastic units. BCRC also announced that they have been able to source Crowcon 4 gas and CO2 meters for teams to replace the current gas meters that were donated by Honeywell several years ago, which are now reaching the end of their life.
Also at the AGM it was announced that Bill Whitehouse (Vice-Chair) was retiring from the BCRC executive committee after 46 years in a leadership role as Chairman or Vice-Chair! To acknowledge his remarkable achievements he was voted in unanimously by the teams at the AGM to the newly created post of honary, non-exectuvie post of President. Congratulations Bill.
Emma Porter (BCRC Sec.) and Peter Dennis (BCRC Chair) congratulating Bill Whitehouse (center) on his retirement and new role of BCRC President.
Winter Training Day, 11th January, 2026
Our first training session of 2026 took place, once again, in the excellent facilities at Arco Professional Safety Services training centre in Eccleshall. See the Training page for a little more detail.
