[6][7][8] At the time its membership consisted of mainly council employees who met once a month for basic training in such things as message handling, logging and plotting and map reading.

[9] In 1981, BLSAR acquired its own headquarters, an ex-street cleansing depot, in one of the local housing estates which was redesigned and redecorated as a training area with communications facilities.

The team, based at Easthampstead Park Conference Centre in Wokingham, Berkshire is available 24 hours a day to search for missing persons.

[14] Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue (BLSAR) is funded purely by its own fundraising efforts, local community events and occasional grants or donations.

[6] BLSAR provides first aid, marshals and stewards for local events such as carnivals, music festivals, sports activities and firework displays.