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21.12.2024 Body recovery, Burrator
Incident 43. The team was called by the Police at 16:05 hours at the onset of the longest night of the year, which proved to be another wet one with winds gusting gale force. 14 team members and both Land Rovers deployed to recover the body of a deceased person discovered next to woodland near…
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17.12.2024 Missing 10 year old boy, Morwellham Quay
Incident 42. The team was called out at 17:04 hours to search for a 10-year old, missing at Morwellham Quay. It was wet, windy and already dark, so we immediately called @DSRT Plymouth and some @MRSDE search dogs teams from the region to assist. The terrain was characterised by steep ground, dense woodland and a…
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14.12.2024 Injured lady, Tavistock
Incident 41. While team members were at a fund-raising collection at Tesco they were requested to assist with an incident in the car park. A lady passenger had fallen from a car while it was still being driven. She was complaining of a sore knee and painful left ankle. She was assessed by our members…
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14.12.2024 Walkers in difficulty north of Postbridge.
Incident 40. DSRT Tavistock was called by the police at 13.09 to reports of a couple of walkers struggling on boggy ground NW of Postbridge. We contacted them by phone which reassured them. A SARLOC was sent which put their location near Braddon Tor.Our first team of three deployed at 14.04 followed by other team…
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11.12.2024 Overdue serviceman near Ditsworthy.
Incident 39. Our sister team from Plymouth called us at 08:00 to assist with a search for an overdue serviceman who had been on a solo night navigation exercise. He had last been seen at Ditsworthy Warren House at 21:30 and had not been located during an overnight search by his colleagues. We had already…
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25.11.2024 Lost walker, South of Princetown
Incident 38. The Police called our team at 18:19 to assist a male walker who was unable to get off the Moor due to boggy ground and darkness. He was at a confirmed location and uninjured, so only a small party was deployed to assist Police personnel who had also deployed. The walker was escorted…
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1.11.2024 Walkers stuck in mud, south of Bellever Tor.
Incident 37. DSRT(Tavistock) was called at 17:35 to assist the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, who were helping some walkers stuck in mud south of Bellever Tor. Once on scene we learned that the walkers had been freed from the mud and they only required help with the walk off, so we limited…
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5.10.2024 Injured Walker, Leather Tor
Incident 36. We were called at 1330 hours to attend a walker who’d dislocated his ankle by Leather Tor. We initially planned to deploy the first team and kit to the casualty site by Land Rover but the access point was blocked by parked cars, so members were sent on foot. Fortunately, the casualty and…
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12.09.2024 Missing person, Morwellham Quay
Incident 35. The team was called at 14:33 to search for a missing person near Morwellham. Within minutes of the Sarcall message being sent to deploy team members, the Police called back to inform us that the missing person had been found and we were stood down.
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31.08.2024 Injured male at Swelltor Quarry
Incident 34. The team was called by the Police at 10:54 to attend to a walker who had fallen at Swelltor Quarry, sustaining injuries to his ankle and wrist and a blow to his head. We were able to get to the incident site within 40 minutes along with paramedics from SWAST who tended the…
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