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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…
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24.03.2026 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…
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16.03.2026 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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13.03.2026 Missing person, Tavistock
Incident 8. The team was called today by the Police to search for a missing lady in her 70’s in the Tavistock area. She had been seen in the area before being reported missing. Whilst we were getting information from the police to allow us to build a search plan, the lady was found safe and well…
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07.03.2026 Missing male, Lee Moor
Incident 7. At 15:50 we received a call requesting navigators for Search Dog teams which were to assist in a search in the Lee Moor are for a missing male. Team members deployed but were stood down en route, as the subject of the search had been located by Police.
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05.03.2026 Walker stuck in mire, north of Wistman’s Wood.
Incident 6. The initial SARCALL came from the Police at 11.03 reporting a person stuck in marshy ground and that the Fire Service had requested our assistance. Her location was given as north of Wistman’s Wood near the weir. On arrival at the RVP at Two Bridges we were informed that fire service personnel had…
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02.03.2026 Lost family, West of Horrabridge.
Incident 5. The Team was called out by the Police at 13:46 to assist with a lost family group of 4 people in the area of Buckland Monachorum. After checking the W3W location, confirming with a Phonefind and speaking to the lost party on the phone, we were able to ascertain that they were quite…
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15.02.2026 Injured walker, Wistman’s Wood
Incident 4. We received a call from the police at 14:27 to assist the Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a casualty with an ankle injury who was situated on the path just south of Wistman’s Wood. We deployed our team members to the site to assess, treat and rescue the casualty. An Ambulance and three HART…
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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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