REALLY REMOTE WORKING

‘IT’S AN INCREDIBLE FEELING HELPING PEOPLE IN CRISIS’

Issie Inglis, who lives in the Scottish Highlands, is an emergency response volunteer for the British Red Cross. She also runs a digital publishing business, creating adventure travel guides for remote journeys around the world (world-adventure-guides.com).

I’ve always worked outdoors, whether it be orienteering, skiing, sailing or mountaineering. In 2008, I  joined the Red Cross swift water rescue team as a volunteer – I’d done some mountain rescue work previously, as well as water sports and first aid. When the swift water rescue team was disbanded after five years, I went into event first aid, and now I’ve moved to emergency response.

‘I delivered PPE to a woman down an eight-mile single track road’

Emergency response volunteers are people in the local community who are on call to support in the case of a disaster in their area – a flood or