Author: longyearbye
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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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4.9.23 Injured female near Warren House Inn
Incident 17. Our team was called by the Police at 15:03 to assist the Ambulance service with the evacuation of a walker from moorland. She had sustained a painful injury to a knee and could not walk further. She was stretchered to a waiting Ambulance at King’s Oven car park.
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30.8.23 Missing male, Yes Tor area
Incident 16. Dartmoor SRT Tavistock was called by our sister team from Okehampton at 04:39, to assist them in a search on the north of Dartmoor. A serviceman had not returned from a solo navigation exercise and there were concerns for his welfare. We deployed two search parties from Meldon Dam car park, one to…
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3.8.23 Injured lady, Hotel Endsleigh
Incident 15. At 16:44 DSRT Tavistock was requested to assist the Ambulance Service with the recovery of an injured walker from the Arboretum at Hotel Endsleigh, Milton Abbot. The 66 year old subject had sustained a suspected fractured ankle when she slipped on a steep, muddy track in the woodland. The Ambulance personnel treated the…
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1.8.23 Lost family group, Bellever Forest
Incident 14. At 17:55 DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police to assist a group who had become lost during a walk in Bellever Forest. The party consisted of an 84 year old lady, her daughter, two 7 year old children and a dog. An initial search party quickly located them just outside the woodland…
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27.7.23 High risk missing male, Yelverton
Incident 13. The Police called DSRT Tavistock at 11:05 to search for a 55 year old male, who was deemed to be at high risk. He had been missing from his sheltered accommodation in Yelverton for over 24 hours. He was already known to us, having been the subject of separate searches carried out by…
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