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See below details of incidents we have attended. Click the title or “Keep reading” for more details
06.08.2026 Casualties at Sheepstor
Incident 27. The Team was called at 01:28 to assist South West Ambulance personnel with the extraction of a party of three campers, two of whom were unwell, cold and unable to walk off. Team members deployed with two stretchers and casualty bags for insulation. All three were handed over to ambulance crews at the…
Keep reading04.08.2026 High risk missing person, Down Tor area.
Incident 26. The team was requested at 20:30 to search for a lost, cold male, deemed to be at high risk. His last known location was near Down Tor. Our search commenced just as it was getting dark with five search parties deployed from Norsworthy Bridge Car Park to search Eastwards between Newleycombe Lake to…
Keep reading26.07.2026 Fallen youth, Leather Tor
Incident 25. We were called at 15.11 with a request from SWAST for the team to assist with the evacuation of a 14yr old male who had fallen 5 metres on Leather Tor and suffered injury to his head. Paramedics had reached the scene and assessed the casualty, but had neither sufficient numbers nor equipment…
Keep reading24.07.2026 Missing walkers, Lynch Tor / Baggator area
Incident 24. Following a report that two walkers were missing, having been to Lynch Tor and then toward Baggator, the Police tasked our Team to search for them. We were unable to contact the walkers by phone, so assumed they may have descended into the valley and lost mobile reception. A Team vehicle searched local…
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