Author: longyearbye
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31.12.23 Injured walker near Down Tor
Incident 26. DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police at 15:55 on New Year’s Eve to assist an injured walker near Down Tor, who had slipped off a rock and was unable to walk. It had been a particularly wet and windy day, and was now getting dark. A PhoneFind was sent to confirm their…
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21.12.23 Assist Ambulance Service with a patient
Incident 25. DSRT Tavistock was called at 05:54 to assist South West Ambulance Trust personnel in removing an 84 year old male patient from the upper storey of a cottage on the outskirts of Lydford, near the National Trust White Lady Waterfall car park. Due to the narrow staircase a stretcher could not be used, and so…
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10.12.23 Injured Mountain Biker
Incident 24. Our Team was called by the Police at 17:35 to assist with an incident at Gawton Gravity Hub near Bere Alston. Two hours before we received the call a 16 year old competitor in a downhill cycle race had hit a tree at speed and been catapulted from his bike and down a…
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15.11.23 Lost and cold female walker.
Incident 23. DSRT Tavistock was called at 12:56 to assist a female walker who was very cold and lost on the Moor. A hill party was deployed from Peat Cot and at 14:30 located the subject and her dog Benji near to Broad Rock. After warming with an extra jacket and hot coffee she was…
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1st and 2nd November Storm Ciaran
All seven Mountain Rescue Teams in the region put their Water team members on alert to assist in response to any incidents caused by Storm Ciaran, as widespread flooding was predicted by the Met Office and Environment Agency. Fortunately for the public overnight there were no incidents requiring our resources. Incident 22. At 10:15, as…
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1.10.23 Injured walker near Plym Ford
While staffing a checkpoint on the Abbot’s Way Walk we were alerted to an incident near Plym Ford, where a male walker had sustained an injury to his foot. One of our hill parties went to the site and administered casualty care and a Team Land Rover was deployed to transport further kit and a…
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30.9.23 Missing female walker Ryder’s Hill
Incident 21. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 21:50 on Saturday by DSRT(Ashburton), who’d been tasked to search for a missing walker in the Ryders Hill area. GPS data received from her 999 call to the Police suggested that the person was near Laughter Tor so Ashburton team deployed to Dunnabridge Pound, and after an unfruitful hasty…
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26.9.23 Missing female, Throwleigh
Incident 20. At 09:13 North Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team called DSRT Tavistock to assist them in a search for a woman deemed to be at high risk who had been missing since the previous evening. They had searched throughout the night to no avail. At 10:40 a helicopter crew of the National Police Air…
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22.9.23 Lost persons north of Two Bridges
Incident 19. The Police called our Team at 20:41 to respond to an emergency call from three persons lost between Beardown Hill Plantation and Beardown Tors. On arrival at the RVP at Two Bridges a hasty team was deployed by vehicle to Beardown Farm and tasked to search north along Devonport Leat . A search…
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12.9.23 Injured horse rider
Incident 18. The Team was called at 16:53 to assist in the evacuation of a fallen horse rider with suspected spinal injury. Due to the possible serious nature of the incident members went directly to our Rescue Centre to deploy vehicles while the duty Incident Manager obtained further details regarding the exact location. It was…
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