Author: longyearbye
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06.08.2026 Casualties at Sheepstor
Incident 27. The Team was called at 01:28 to assist South West Ambulance personnel with the extraction of a party of three campers, two of whom were unwell, cold and unable to walk off. Team members deployed with two stretchers and casualty bags for insulation. All three were handed over to ambulance crews at the…
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04.08.2026 High risk missing person, Down Tor area.
Incident 26. The team was requested at 20:30 to search for a lost, cold male, deemed to be at high risk. His last known location was near Down Tor. Our search commenced just as it was getting dark with five search parties deployed from Norsworthy Bridge Car Park to search Eastwards between Newleycombe Lake to…
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26.07.2026 Fallen youth, Leather Tor
Incident 25. We were called at 15.11 with a request from SWAST for the team to assist with the evacuation of a 14yr old male who had fallen 5 metres on Leather Tor and suffered injury to his head. Paramedics had reached the scene and assessed the casualty, but had neither sufficient numbers nor equipment…
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24.07.2026 Missing walkers, Lynch Tor / Baggator area
Incident 24. Following a report that two walkers were missing, having been to Lynch Tor and then toward Baggator, the Police tasked our Team to search for them. We were unable to contact the walkers by phone, so assumed they may have descended into the valley and lost mobile reception. A Team vehicle searched local…
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19.07.2026 Injured walker, Deancombe
Incident 23. The Police called our team at 13:23 to assist an injured walker near Burrator Reservoir. The casualty had fallen and sustained a dislocation of her ankle. Team members were deployed to the casualty location and following assessment analgesia was administered and a team Doctor reduced the dislocation. A vacuum splint was applied and…
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14.07.2026 Injured walker, Longaford Tor
Incident 22. We received a call to assist SWAST at 15:09. They were attending a walker with a lower leg injury near Longaford Tor. The team was deployed in addition to Devon Air Ambulance and HART. On reaching the RV at Two Bridges we were stood down as the helicopter had landed at the casualty…
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07.07.2026
Incident 21. The Team was called at 18:10 to assist South West Ambulance Service to recover a casualty from fields above Horrabridge. A walker had taken a tumble on a rough track and was unable to walk due to an injured ankle. Members were deployed with our wheeled stretcher to the casualty site where SWAST…
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02.07.2026 Unwell walker, north of Two Bridges
Incident 20. We were called at 14:24 to assist the Ambulance Service with a lady who had fallen ill while on a walk, and was having difficulty breathing. Ambulance crew and Air Ambulance had already been dispatched and they wanted us to attend to facilitate a stretcher carry to the Air Ambulance. We had team…
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25.06.2026 Missing male, Looe
Incident 19. The Team was called by the Police at 09:00 and requested to assist with the continuation of an overnight search which had involved East Cornwall SRT. The subject was a male who was believed to be at high risk. In very hot conditions members of DSRT Tavistock alongside members of DSRT Plymouth were…
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14.06.2026 Injured horse rider, Burrator
Incident 18. We were called today at 12:17 by Police to assist SWAST Paramedics with the extrication of a lady who had fallen from her horse near Burrator reservoir. She had a suspected broken left arm and was unable to stand when we were called. Team members were sent to the casualty site to assess…
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