Call Outs

Always on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

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

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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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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