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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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Missing person, Bickleigh
Two days of searching for the team alongside other DRG teams and police and Fire search teams Callout 4 – 11th February We were called to assist Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team – Plymouth in a search for a missing male who was deemed to be at high risk. Extensive searches were carried out in…
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Injured Walker, Great Staple Tor
January 08, 2022 Callout #2 At 12:16 the Police called Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team (Tavistock) to rescue a female walker with a broken ankle on Great Staple Tor. The team was deployed with Land Rover ’63’, and a Sarloc text sent to the casualty party to double-check their grid reference. The Air Ambulance was…
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Lost walker, near Sittaford Tor
January 27, 2022 Callout #3 The Police called DSRT Tavistock at 13:39 to request us to assist a walker lost on the Moor who had become separated from her husband, who had the map and compass.. Use of SARLOC gave us the location of the subject and after discussion with colleagues in DSRT Okehampton it…
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