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*** Incident No.65 ***

Saturday 3 December 2016, 17.23hrs

Just as the Team stood down from the Hamsterley Forest incident, Northumbria Police activated the Team and North of Tyne MRT to assist in a search for a high risk missing person. The female in her early 60s had been missing from home in the Boldon Colliery area since late morning.

Three members of our overhead team liaised with Police at South Shields and agreed an initial search plan. As search groups were being deployed, a member of the public reported seeing a person meeting the description of the missing female. The female was located soon after, safe and well, before returning home to her family.

The incident involved 20 Team members for 3 hours 30 minutes.

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*** Incident No.64 ***

Saturday 3 December 2016, 15.49hrs

Late yesterday afternoon the Team received a call from Teesdale & Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team to assist with an incident in Hamsterley Forest for a high risk missing person.

The Team alongside North of Tyne MRT was placed on standby. Thankfully the missing person was located by a search and rescue dog before the Teams were deployed, and just before the second incident of the day came in!!

The incident involved 15 Team members for 1 hour 30 minutes.

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*** Incident No.63 (cont.) ***

Saturday 5 November 2016, 09.00hrs

The Team along with North of Tyne MRT resumed the search in the Crawcrook area. Despite the best efforts of the teams and Northumbria Police, the missing 35 year old was not found.

The male from Crawcrook has been missing since Saturday 22 October.

The incident involved 14 Team members for 7.5 hours.

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*** Incident No.63 ***

*** Incident No.63 ***
Thursday 3rd November 2016, 09.00hrs

Northumbria Police yesterday requested assistance from the Team and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team to search for a missing 35 year old Crawcook man missing since October 22nd.

Both Teams spent the day searching difficult and challenging terrain including a large quarry area but with no result.

The incident involved 8 Team members for 9 hours.
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*** Incident No.59 ***

In the early hours of this morning the Team alongside North of Tyne MRT was requested by Northumbria Police to assist in a search near to Newcastle. A high risk male in his early 20s had been reported missing.

Whilst the full teams did not need to be deployed, the incident controllers were involved for a couple of hours and stood down when the misper was located by Police resources.

This incident marks another record for the year. The Team has now surpassed the total number of incidents for its record breaking year in 2015.

The incident incident 2 members for 2 hours 21 minutes.

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*** Incident No.58 ***

Tuesday 4 October 2016, 21.49hrs

Northumbria Police requested the assistance of North of Tyne MRT and ourselves in a search for a missing person from Rothbury in Northumberland. The missing person was last seen in Morpeth earlier in the afternoon.

Thankfully as our Incident Controllers were travelling to liaise with the Police Search Adviser, the missing person was located safe and well.

The incident involved 4 Team members for 15 minutes.

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*** Incident No.57 ***

Saturday 1 October 2016, 20.15hrs

Nearly 500 Scouts and Explorer Scouts were involved in Operation Twilight yesterday. They were walking in small groups between the drop off points at Bolam and Alwinton, and finding their own way back to Rothbury. Evading capture as they went!

Unfortunately a member of one of the groups sustained an ankle injury and was unable to continue. The Team was called to assist with evacuation. SARLOC, a Smart Phone location app, was used to pin point the location of the group before two Mountain Rescue Land Rovers and members were despatched.

The Land Rovers were almost able to access the group’s location, on the footpath to the SE of Spylaw, round the back of Simonside. Whilst the casualty was assessed, the other group members were transported off the fell. A short stretcher carry to the remaining vehicle then saw the casualty, who was also mildly hypothermic, safely evacuated back to Rothbury.

The casualty was then handed over to the Ambulance service.

The incident involved 7 Team members for 2 hours.

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*** Incident No.56 **

Tuesday 27 September, 08.17hrs

Teesdale & Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) requested the Team’s assistance for what turned out to be a major search for a 40 year old grouse beater. The male went missing at 3.00 pm on Monday 26th September on Warcop Fell near the top of Lunedale County Durham. After searching for two hours without success his fellow beaters contacted the Police and Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team were contacted.

As time progressed realising that there was a huge potential search area help was requested from neighbouring MRTs, including TWSMRT. The search escalated overnight and in the early hours to involve teams from the Lake District Search And Mountain Rescue Association, the Yorkshire Dales Rescue Panel, the whole of the North East Search and Rescue Association, a RAF Mountain Rescue Team, 8 search dogs from the Search And Rescue Dog Association England and the Lake District Search & Rescue Dog Association, a and ourselves.

Conditions for searchers overnight were horrendous, and even in the daylight of Tuesday low cloud over the hills hampered the search.

As the weather improved and after a massive effort, the beater was found by a search group at 2.15pm today. He was warmed up and returned to the road safe and well. A good outcome for all concerned.

The incident involved 8 Team members for 9 hours 45 minutes.

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*** Incident No.54 ***

Sunday 25 September, 15.58hrs

Earlier this afternoon the Team alongside North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team was activated by Northumbria Police for an experienced female walker who had slipped off the footpath leading into Hareshaw Linn from Bellingham.

The walker had fallen approximately 60 feet and whilst she was initially reported to be uninjured, she was unable to get out of gorge. A local team member, who is also a community Paramedic, was swiftly despatched to assess the situation.

The member was able to identify a safe route out of the gorge and the female was ‘walked out’ to the footpath. On further assessment the walker was complaining of chest pains; as a precaution she was taken to Cramlington hospital. We hope she makes a swift and full recovery.

This is the second incident this year in the Hareshaw Linn valley.

The incident involved 6 members for 1 hour 20 minutes. Another 8 members were on standby in case they were required.

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*** Incident No.53 ***

Saturday 24 September 2016, 10.17hrs

Mid-morning yesterday the Team received a request from Northumbria Police to assist with a search for a high risk missing person in the Kielder area. The male’s car had been located in the car park at Kielder. Along with North of Tyne MRT, we headed up to Kielder Castle to liaise with the Police Search Adviser.

A detailed search of the woodland involving MR personnel, two Search & Rescue Dogs, a Police dog handler and Police officers was conducted in and around Kielder Castle. The National Police Air Support unit supported searchers on the ground by flying over the open areas.

As the search was progressing, further information came to light which indicated the missing person was out of the area. The Teams were stood down and Police investigations are ongoing.

The incident involved 16 Team members for 7 hours.

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