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26.12.22 Injured Dog, Burrator Reservoir Dam
Incident 30. At 16:19 DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police at the request of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service who required assistance in a search for an injured dog. OBI, a black labrador had vaulted the parapet of Burrator Reservoir dam and fallen around 50 feet into the valley below. He was…
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25.11.22 Injured Walker, King’s Tor
Incident 29. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 13:25 by the Ambulance service to attend a casualty on Kings Tor, who had fallen between 2 rock stacks and injured her lower leg. 16 members deployed, despite being during working hours, with all 3 vehicles despatched to ensure adequate rope rescue kit was on hand should it be needed. …
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24.11.22 Missing Walker, Milton Abbot
Incident 28. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 20:39 to assist the Police in a search for a missing walker who was staying at Hotel Endsleigh. She and her husband had been walking back alongside the river from Horsebridge. Her husband had been walking behind her towards the end, so was surprised to find her not back before…
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21.11.2022 Male missing in River Walkham
Incident 27. At 22:31 DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police to provide Swift Water Rescue assistance to an incident in Horrabridge. A male had been reported to be missing in the fast-flowing river and the Fire Service was in attendance and a Police helicopter had done an air search using heat seeking equipment. As…
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5/11/22 Collapsed Male, Walkhampton
Incident 26. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 08:29 to assist the Ambulance service to locate a 68 year old man with chest pains who had set out to cycle from Walkhampton Church to Princetown along the old railway line. The casualty and his wife’s mobile phones were called by the Police and by our Sarloc location app…
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28/10/22 Injured Walker, Knowle Down, Walkhampton
Incident 25. DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police at 16:26 to assist South West Ambulance Service with the evacuation of an injured walker. The 31 year old man had slipped over and sustained a fracture of his right ankle. Our stretcher party reached the casualty site in 30 minutes. Ambulance personnel splinted the fractured…
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26/10/22 Injured female walker, North of Postbridge
Incident 24. The Police called out our team at 12:07 to assist the Ambulance service with a casualty on the open moor, north of Postbridge. A 15 year old female, one of a Dof E expedition training group, had slipped and fallen injuring her right hip and was unable to walk further. The location was…
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22/10/22 Missing High Risk Male, Milton Abbot
Incident 23. Our team was called by the Police at 08:43 to assist in a search for a 38 year old male, who had been missing for nearly 24 hours. Information suggested that he may be at high risk. We deployed two air-scenting search dog teams along with 23 other members for an extensive search…
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18/10/22 Missing Male, Okehampton
Incident 22. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 0806 to continue a search for a despondent missing from Okehampton, last seen heading in the direction of Fatherford Bridge. Given that the misper had left the previous morning this still presented a huge search area, covered with many footpaths. Vehicle deployments and initial ‘hasty’ searches, including a dog team,…
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25/08/22 Call out to assist Exmoor
Incident 21: We were called today to assist Exmoor Search & Rescue Team in a search for a despondent who went missing yesterday. Effective searching of the dense thicket-stage plantations was difficult overnight, so we were tasked to re-search them today in daylight. A team Land Rover and 6 team members deployed to near Chawleigh…
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