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30/06/2022 Despondent Female. Newbridge Dartmoor
Incident 15. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 0810 to assist DSRT(Ashburton) in searching for a despondent lady in the Newbridge area. 11 members deployed with both team Land Rovers. Our water-rescue sled was used by members of our water team to search parts of the River Dart. Other members and Search Dog Pip searched the riparian […]
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30/05/2022 Despondent female, Tavistock
Incident 14. At 20:04 the Police requested our team to assist in the search for a female teenager deemed to be at high risk. She had been missing since 14:30 , last seen near the Community College. As team members gathered at our Rescue Centre, ready to begin a search a Police helicopter sighted her […]
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23/05/2022 18 year old with medical incident, Sheepstor
Incident 13.At 12:34 the Police called DSRT Tavistock to assist the Ambulance service with an incident on the track below the northern slope of Sheep’s Tor, by Narrator Plantation. It was reported that an 18 year old was suffering from prolonged fitting.. Team members and one of our Land Rovers were deployed but were stood […]
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15/05/2022 Injured Cyclist, Gawton
Incident 12. We were called by the Police at 1500 to assist South West Ambulance Service Trust at Gawton Gravity Hub, where a mountain biker was reported to have had fallen down a 25ft drop. Not long after the team were mobilised the Police informed us that having now assessed the scene the Ambulance crew […]
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8/05/2022 Injured male in Tavy Cleave
Incident 11 At around 12:30 the Police requested our assistance with an incident in Tavy Cleave. A 25 year old male had fallen when trying to jump across the leat, and sustained a suspected fracture to his lower leg or ankle. Our response teams were able to reach him quickly as several of our hill […]
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18/04/2022 Missing High Risk Teenager
Incident 10. The Police called at 20:00 to request our assistance in a search for a teenage female, believed to be at high risk. She had been missing since mid afternoon and a message suggested she was in woodland in the Walkham valley between Horrabridge and Gem Bridge. Police officers and a helicopter from the […]
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14/04/2022 High Risk Missing Male
Callout 9 DSRT Tavistock was called in the early evening by our colleagues in DSRT Plymouth to assist them in a Police search based in Leigham, for a 61 year old male deemed to be at high risk. The subject had been missing from his home address for 24 hours. Our Teams searched areas of […]
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28/03/2022 Major Incident near Mary Tavy
Callout 8 A major incident was declared at 18:50 because of a large wild fire on the moor, just north of Mary Tavy on the east side of the A386. Initially the fire was moving in the direction of the village and DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police at 19:05 to assist in the […]
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Injured lady walker, south of Wistman‘s Wood
13th March At 14:00 DSRT Tavistock was called to assist a 72year old lady who had fallen and suffered a painful injury to her shoulder. Because of the pain she was unable to walk well and had become extremely cold. Our advance party located her on the track just south of Crockern Cottage, administered analgesia […]
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Storm Eunice
We, along with many of the Search and Rescue teams in the region, were on standby in readiness for Storm Eunice. Members of the Team met at the Rescue Centre at 05:00 ready to assist when tasked by the police. Fortunately the team only tasked with “structurally dangerous” jobs as no flooding or medical incidents […]
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