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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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15.01.2026 – Evacuation due to UXB – Exmouth
Incident 1 2026. The team was called to attend a major incident in Exmouth due to an unexploded WW2 bomb being dredged up in Exmouth Marina. We were asked to provide responders to assist in the evacuation of a cordon while the bomb was to be moved. Our sister team from Ashburton had been out…
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14.12.2025 – Injured Walker – Cuckoo Rock
The team was called at 14.46 to attend to a walker in a rambling party who had sustained a leg injury jumping across a river near Cuckoo Rock (Burrator). The group, who were well equipped, took appropriate action; with the majority returning to the car park whilst others stayed with the injured person to await…
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08.11.2025 – Injured walker near Hexworthy
The team was called at 17:50 to assist SWAST with a casualty extraction in the Hexworthy area. We were provided with an accurate location, details of two walkers, one of whom had fallen into the river and injured her knee. We were informed she was no longer in the water but was getting cold. A…
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05.11.2025 Injured walker, near Crazywell Pool
Incident 27. Our team was called at 13:15 to assist the Ambulance service with an incident near Crazywell Pool. A female walker had fallen and sustained a suspected fracture of her right ankle. Team members were deployed in a Team 4×4 vehicle part of the way up the track from Norsworthy Bridge and then on…
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25.10.2025 Injured young walker, near Princetown.
Incident 26. The team was called at 21:40 to assist South West Ambulance in the recovery of an injured 12 year old walker who had fallen on exposed moorland near North Hessary Tor. The first of our hill parties provided a shelter for the casualty and once the stretcher party arrived our members and Ambulance…
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13.10.2025 Missing walker, Whitchurch Down, Tavistock
Incident 25. The Team was called at 18:34 to assist the Police in a search for a 75 year old walker deemed to be at high risk. The missing person had last been seen two hours previously near The Pimple on Whitchurch Down, and had not returned home. As team members were arriving at our…
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