Call Outs
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See below details of incidents we have attended. Click the title or “Keep reading” for more details
29.03.2026 Medical assistance, Fur Tor.
Incident 12. The Team received a SARCALL message at 02:04 as South West Ambulance Service was requesting assistance for a lone diabetic male at Fur Tor who was suffering from low blood sugar. A full team callout was initiated to RV at Baggator Gate and a HM Coastguard Rescue helicopter was requested to attend due…
Keep reading24.03.2026 Police assist
Incident 11. We received a call from the Police at 13:37 requesting assistance for two officers responding to a report of suspected unexploded ordnance found on Dartmoor by a member of the public. Due to poor visibility and the remote location, we were called upon as experts in the Dartmoor environment.We deployed a small team…
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22.03.2026 Injured walker , near Sittaford Tor.
Incident 10. The Team was called out today at 13:10 to assist South West Ambulance Service Trust with the extraction of a young lady who had been training for Ten Tors. Our casualty was between Sittaford Tor and Fernworthy Forest , an area usually covered by North Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team, but they were…
Keep reading16.03.2026 Casualty at Tuckermarsh Quay
Incident 9. The team was called at 14:26 to assist the South Western Ambulance Service after a woman had fallen into a stream in the Tuckermarsh area. An Ambulance crew was already on scene treating the casualty for a suspected broken ankle. As team members arrived they were deployed to assist at the scene.At around…
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