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12.9.23 Injured horse rider
Incident 18. The Team was called at 16:53 to assist in the evacuation of a fallen horse rider with suspected spinal injury. Due to the possible serious nature of the incident members went directly to our Rescue Centre to deploy vehicles while the duty Incident Manager obtained further details regarding the exact location. It was…
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4.9.23 Injured female near Warren House Inn
Incident 17. Our team was called by the Police at 15:03 to assist the Ambulance service with the evacuation of a walker from moorland. She had sustained a painful injury to a knee and could not walk further. She was stretchered to a waiting Ambulance at King’s Oven car park.
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30.8.23 Missing male, Yes Tor area
Incident 16. Dartmoor SRT Tavistock was called by our sister team from Okehampton at 04:39, to assist them in a search on the north of Dartmoor. A serviceman had not returned from a solo navigation exercise and there were concerns for his welfare. We deployed two search parties from Meldon Dam car park, one to…
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3.8.23 Injured lady, Hotel Endsleigh
Incident 15. At 16:44 DSRT Tavistock was requested to assist the Ambulance Service with the recovery of an injured walker from the Arboretum at Hotel Endsleigh, Milton Abbot. The 66 year old subject had sustained a suspected fractured ankle when she slipped on a steep, muddy track in the woodland. The Ambulance personnel treated the…
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1.8.23 Lost family group, Bellever Forest
Incident 14. At 17:55 DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police to assist a group who had become lost during a walk in Bellever Forest. The party consisted of an 84 year old lady, her daughter, two 7 year old children and a dog. An initial search party quickly located them just outside the woodland…
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27.7.23 High risk missing male, Yelverton
Incident 13. The Police called DSRT Tavistock at 11:05 to search for a 55 year old male, who was deemed to be at high risk. He had been missing from his sheltered accommodation in Yelverton for over 24 hours. He was already known to us, having been the subject of separate searches carried out by…
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11.6.23 High risk missing male, Leigham
Incident 12. DSRT Tavistock was called at 01:55 to assist our colleagues in DSRT Plymouth in a search for a 79 year old man missing from home since lunchtime the previous day, who was deemed to be at high risk. Fifteen of our members responded. Multiple searches of wooded and overgrown areas continued through the…
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31.5.23 Injured walker at Ger Tor
Incident 11. At 18:41 our team was called to assist an injured walker. The subject had fallen 4 metres from a rock stack at Ger Tor and sustained a deep laceration to her scalp and suspected rib fractures. Our advance party deployed from Lanehead toward the tor as a Devon Air Ambulance approached. Once the…
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28.5.23 Teenager with medical issues near East Dart Waterfall
Incident 10. At 23:15 our Team was called to assist the Ambulance service in recovering a casualty from the moor. A teenage girl in a large group who were camping north of Postbridge had been taken ill with severe migraine and had suffered some minor seizures. An advance party, accompanied by two SWASfT paramedics was…
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17.05.2023 Unwell walker south of Combshead Tor
Incident 9. DSRT Tavistock was called at 12:59 to assist a 76 year old walker who had become unwell during a walk with a rambling group. He was unstable and nauseous and could walk no further. Although an Ordnance Survey grid reference had been given by the group when they called for assistance, that information…
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