If you need to help people, first you have to reach them…

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If you need to help people, first you have to reach them...

We provide all-terrain logistic support to the emergency and essential services to allow them to help people in times of need

Emergency Transport Service

We can provide emergency transport for the emergency and essential services in severe weather.

Volunteer with us!

We have roles for driving and non-driving volunteers across the county

Event Support

We can provide 4x4 vehicle support for setting up and marshalling charitable events

Northants 4x4 Response vehicle and volunteer

Teamwork

Our volunteers work alongside those those from other organisations, supporting the county when it's needed most.

Current Status: Stood Down

Our Supporters

We would like to thank our supporters and partners, without whom we would not be able to operate.

4×4 Response UK

Northants 4×4 Response is part of 4×4 Response UK; a network of 30 voluntary teams that cover most parts of the UK and Isle of Man, supporting the emergency and essential services in times of need, day or night, every day of the year.

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A busy day for our #volunteers working with our fr

A busy day for our #volunteers working with our friends @cransleyhospice collecting #christmastrees for recycling. The weather might have been wet, but it didn’t dampen our enthusiasm.

We’ll be back out again tomorrow.

#recycling #christmastree #4x4response #professionalvolunteers

Over #christmas we got a request to support a majo

Over #christmas we got a request to support a major sporting event in the county: the annual Wild & Woolly #motocross race.

The wet weather left the parking a bit muddy and slippery, so we were pleased to help. Thank you to everyone for their patience and kind donations.

And thank you to our #volunteers for giving up their #boxingday at short notice.

#offroad #motorsport #professionalvolunteers #4x4response #teamwork

With weather warnings for #wind and #snow this wee

With weather warnings for #wind and #snow this weekend, we’re moving to an elevated state in case we’re required to respond.

#stormarwen #4x4response #uksnow

Now the clocks have gone back it’s darker in the

Now the clocks have gone back it’s darker in the evenings. Now’s the time to check your lights are working so you can see AND BE SEEN.

#driveprepared #Northants #ResponseTeam #4x4 #SearchAndRescue #CaveRescue #MountainRescue #Floodwarning #escapeplan #LandRover #4x4Response #lowlandrescue #offroad #winteriscoming #weatherwarning #safetyfirst #Emergency #EmergencyResponse #BlueLight #ThinOrangeLine #ThinBlueLine #Volunteer #Charity #WhateverTheWeather #thingreenline #firstaid

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

We will remember them.

#remembranceday #lestweforget🌺

"When you go home tell them of us and say, For the

"When you go home tell them of us and say,
For their tomorrow we gave our today."

We will remember them.

#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

And the fire has been lit. Have a great evening #c

And the fire has been lit. Have a great evening #corby

#bonfirenight #bonfire #fireworks

Tonight’s the night: it’s almost time for Corb

Tonight’s the night: it’s almost time for Corby’s #bonfire and #fireworks night, and our team is getting ready to support the event.

Our #volunteers are there to help keep people safe, and we’re also raising funds for our new water rescue team.

We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/N44Rwaterrescue

#Northants #ResponseTeam #4x4 #Floodwarning #escapeplan #LandRover #4x4Response #offroad #winteriscoming #weatherwarning #safetyfirst #Emergency #EmergencyResponse #BlueLight #ThinOrangeLine #ThinBlueLine #Volunteer #Charity #WhateverTheWeather #thingreenline #firstaid #northantstogether

It may be getting chilly, but Corby’s annual #bo

It may be getting chilly, but Corby’s annual #bonfire and #fireworks will keep you warm! After a year off it’s back, and happening on Friday evening near the boating lake.

Our volunteers will be there helping to keep everyone safe, and raising money for our new flood rescue team.

Look forward to seeing you there

#Northants #ResponseTeam #4x4 #Floodwarning #escapeplan #LandRover #4x4Response #offroad #winteriscoming #weatherwarning #safetyfirst #Emergency #EmergencyResponse #BlueLight #ThinOrangeLine #ThinBlueLine #Volunteer #Charity #WhateverTheWeather #thingreenline #firstaid

We missed it last year, but it's back! Corby's fre

We missed it last year, but it's back! Corby's free #fireworks display is this Friday evening, and we'll be there helping to keep everyone safe and raising funds for our new water rescue team.

Look forward to seeing you there!

#4x4response #4x4responseuk #volunteering #fundraising #ResponseTeam #4x4 #Floodwarning #escapeplan #LandRover #offroad #winteriscoming #weatherwarning #safetyfirst #Emergency #EmergencyResponse #BlueLight #ThinOrangeLine #ThinBlueLine #Volunteer #Charity #WhateverTheWeather

Following the extensive flooding in the county las

Following the extensive flooding in the county last year, we have expanded our capabilities to include flood rescue by training and equipping a number of our volunteers to DEFRA Level 2 standards thanks to generous support from @vmt_ltd in Islip.

VMT’s training team put our volunteers through their paces at both the Nene Valley White Water Centre in Northampton and the Middle Nene Sailing Club in Thrapston to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to keep themselves, and those they are rescuing, safe when in or around flood water.

Northamptonshire may be a double land-locked county, but it has a lot of water in it and with changing weather patterns it does not always stay in the right places.

Four-wheel drive vehicles are often synonymous with fording water, but flood water can hide hidden hazards such as lifted inspection covers, washed-out surfaces or general debris that can catch out the unwary, especially where the water is, or has been, flowing.

The additional skills will allow our volunteers to work alongside colleagues from other organisations to make greater use of our logistic capabilities to transport equipment right to where it is needed, in safety, as well as being able to take an active role in rescuing those stranded by the water, whether in their homes or vehicles, and take them to a place of safety.

It costs around £700 to equip a volunteer as a flood first responder, and as a charity Northants 4×4 Response relies on donations to fund its activities. We have launched a JustGiving campaign to help us acquire the additional specialist equipment we need and fund further training for more of our volunteers in the future.

The next person we help could be you.

#Northants #Northampton #ResponseTeam #4x4 #floodresponse #MountainRescue #Floodwarning #floodrescue #LandRover #4x4Response #lowlandrescue #offroad #winteriscoming #weatherwarning #safetyfirst #Emergency #EmergencyResponse #BlueLight #ThinOrangeLine #ThinBlueLine #Volunteer #Charity #WhateverTheWeather #thingreenline #firstaid

This weekend we’ve been supporting @crukraceforl

This weekend we’ve been supporting @crukraceforlife in #peterborough, setting up the course, marshalling the event and dismantling it again afterwards.

Thank you to our superb #volunteers and a huge congratulations to everyone who ran, jogged or strolled their way around the course, raising thousands of pounds in the process for #cancerresearch

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