Author: longyearbye
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27.01.2026 Storm Chandra
Incident 2. On the 26th January a meeting of the Region’s Search & Rescue Teams was convened by Devon & Cornwall Police, to plan for a response to incidents that might result from the imminent storm. Early on Tuesday some teams deployed assets to the east of Exeter as flooding incidents developed. At 15:15 DSRT…
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05.11.2025 Injured walker, near Crazywell Pool
Incident 27. Our team was called at 13:15 to assist the Ambulance service with an incident near Crazywell Pool. A female walker had fallen and sustained a suspected fracture of her right ankle. Team members were deployed in a Team 4×4 vehicle part of the way up the track from Norsworthy Bridge and then on…
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25.10.2025 Injured young walker, near Princetown.
Incident 26. The team was called at 21:40 to assist South West Ambulance in the recovery of an injured 12 year old walker who had fallen on exposed moorland near North Hessary Tor. The first of our hill parties provided a shelter for the casualty and once the stretcher party arrived our members and Ambulance…
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13.10.2025 Missing walker, Whitchurch Down, Tavistock
Incident 25. The Team was called at 18:34 to assist the Police in a search for a 75 year old walker deemed to be at high risk. The missing person had last been seen two hours previously near The Pimple on Whitchurch Down, and had not returned home. As team members were arriving at our…
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5.10.2025 Injured walker, western slope of Ter Hill
Incident 24. Team members had just finished assisting with safety cover and checkpoint duty for the annual Abbots Way Walk when the Team was called by the Police at 13:28. South West Ambulance Service had requested assistance in dealing with a walker with a fractured leg in a remote location on the western side of…
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24.08.2025 Missing walker, Devil’s Tor
Incident 23. DSRT Tavistock was called at 23.05 by the Police to search for a 25 year old walker who was several hours overdue for a rendezvous with friends in the middle of the Moor. Initially there was confusion as to whether he was walking to Devils Tor from Fur Tor or from Devil’s Tor…
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24.08.2025 Injured walker, between Bellever Tor and Dunnabridge
Incident 22. The Team was called just after 17.00, to assist a lady who had a problem with her hip and was unable to walk any further. Our phonefind app was used to pinpoint the casualty site, between Bellever Tor and Dunnabridge.Two team members reached her at18.15, with the stretcher party and full medical kit arriving…
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22.08.2025 Missing walker, Bedford bridge, River Walkham
Incident 21. The team was called by the police at 17.10 to help locate an 85yr old male dog walker who lives with dementia, who had left Bedford Bridge a couple of hours earlier and failed to return. A National Police Air Service helicopter had already started an aerial search. A full team callout was…
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09.08.2025 Injured Walker, Tavy Cleave
Incident 20. At 17:21 the team was called at the request of the Ambulance service to extract an injured person from the upper part of Tavy Cleave. Hill parties were deployed from Willsworthy Butts, along the track by Land Rovers to take a stretcher and medical equipment to the casualty site. Rope rescue kit was also…
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28.07.2025 High risk missing person, Down Tor area.
Incident 19. The Team was contacted by the Police at 20:59 to assist with a search for a despondent missing person believed to be on Dartmoor. There were various reports of locations, and a sighting by a runner, indicating that they had taken a walking route from Plymouth to Burrator Reservoir and then out onto…
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