Call Outs

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See below details of incidents we have attended. Click the title or “Keep reading” for more details

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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15.01.2026 – Evacuation due to UXB – Exmouth

Incident 1 2026. The team was called to attend a major incident in Exmouth due to an unexploded WW2 bomb being dredged up in Exmouth Marina. We were asked to provide responders to assist in the evacuation of a cordon while the bomb was to be moved. Our sister team from Ashburton had been out…

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14.12.2025 – Injured Walker – Cuckoo Rock

The team was called at 14.46 to attend to a walker in a rambling party who had sustained a leg injury jumping across a river near Cuckoo Rock (Burrator). The group, who were well equipped, took appropriate action; with the majority returning to the car park whilst others stayed with the injured person to await…

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08.11.2025 – Injured walker near Hexworthy

The team was called at 17:50 to assist SWAST with a casualty extraction in the Hexworthy area. We were provided with an accurate location, details of two walkers, one of whom had fallen into the river and injured her knee.  We were informed she was no longer in the water but was getting cold. A…

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