Date: 15 April 2018
Time: 00.28hrs
Location: North Tyneside
Northumbria Police requested support in locating a missing person from North Tyneside in the early hours of yesterday morning. The Duty Controller for North of Tyne MRT and ourselves used #SARLOC but unfortunately the missing person did not respond to the text. Thankfully though the person turned in hospital and #MountainRescue were stood down.
The incident involved 1 Team member for 1 hour 10 minutes.
Incident No: 72, 73 and 74
Date: 7 April 2018
Time: 13.00hrs
Location: Allendale area
Last Saturday two of our medics, along with one of our 4x4s, provided support to North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team for their Allendale Challenge. From early afternoon onwards, our medics were pretty busy!
They dealt with two competitors with serious medical conditions, one of them out on Black Hill, and a number of other competitors were treated and provided with worsening advice for cuts, grazes and swelling back at the event centre.
The incidents involved 2 Team members for 9 hours.
Incident No: 75
Date: 13 April 2018
Time: 02.04hrs
Location: North Tyneside
In the early hours of Friday morning our Duty Controller, acting on behalf of North of Tyne MRT and ourselves, provided support to Northumbria Police. #SARLOC was used to locate a medium risk missing person. Unfortunately the misper did not respond to the SARLOC text. No further #MountainRescueaction was required.
The incident involved 1 Team member for 1 hour 20 minutes.
Date: 25 March 2018
Time: 16.17hrs
Location: Unknown
Two incidents in one day clearly wasn’t enough. As one incident was finishing and another was starting, Northumbria Police requested our assistance for a high risk missing person. With limited information available on the whereabouts of the missing person, the Duty Controller for North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves used SARLOC. Unfortunately no response was received and Police enquiries are ongoing.
The incident involved two Team members for 2 hours 20 minutes.
Date: 24 March 2018
Time: 01.47hrs
Location: North Shields
Another early morning call today! Northumbria Police requested #MountainRescue’s support for a missing person in the North Shields area. The Duty Controller operating on behalf of North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves liaised with the Control Room and initially used SARLOC to try to identify the person’s location. Unfortunately the missing person did not respond to the SARLOC text.
The Police later confirmed the missing person had been located.
Date: 10 February 2018
Time: 00.21hrs
Location: n/a
In the early hours of Saturday morning Northumbria Police requested support with a missing person. The Duty Controller for North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves responded, sending a SARLOC text to the missing person’s mobile. Unfortunately no response was received and the Police confirmed no further action from #MountainRescue was required.
The incident involved 1 Team member for 7 hours 10 minutes.
SARLOC – the location App – was used by our Duty Controller and the Teams were on standby in case our assistance was required. Soon after the NEAS Hazardous Area Response Team located the casualty and determined they could deal with the situation.
The incident involved 4 Team members for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Date: 11 January 2018
Time: 23.33 hrs
Location: Unknown
Late on Thursday night the Duty Controller for North of Tyne MRT and ourselves responded to a request from Northumbria Police. A vulnerable 19 year old female had been reported missing. Our Duty Controller liaised with the Force Operations Manager and used SARLOC to try to ascertain the female’s location.
Further information received by the Police suggested the missing person was out of our area in Cleveland. The missing person was located in the early hours of Friday morning.
The incident involved one Team member for 3 hours 45 minutes.
Date: 5 December 2017
Time: 01.44 hrs
Location: Sunderland
In the early hours of yesterday morning, our Duty Controller responded on behalf of North of Tyne MRT and ourselves to a request for support from Northumbria Police. The Police required assistance in locating a high risk, vulnerable male in the Sunderland area.
Whilst the missing person did not respond to the SARLOC location App message, they were located by 05.00hrs.
The incident involved 1 Team member for 3 hours 18 minutes.
The Force Operations Manager for Northumbria Police activated the joint controller group for North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves late on Friday night. Our assistance was required in locating a medium risk vulnerable female.
SARLOC, the location App, was used but unfortunately the missing person did not respond to the text message. Police enquiries are ongoing.
The incident involved two Team members for 11 hours 30 hours.
Date: 11 November 2017
Time: 14.31hrs
Location: Stocksfield, Northumberland
Mid-afternoon on Saturday, Northumbria Police requested our assistance in a search for a vulnerable male in his late 40s. His abandoned car was found on the outskirts of Stocksfield, Northumberland.
Along with North of Tyne Mountain Rescue, we responded immediately with our Incident Officer travelling to liaise with the Police Search Adviser whilst drivers were allocated for our 4×4 response vehicles and Team members were placed on standby.
At 15.30hrs the Teams were called out to work alongside Police officers searching routes emanating from, and small wooded areas immediately adjacent to, the missing male’s car. The map shows the tracks of our search groups and dog teams. SARLOC was also used but unfortunately the missing male did not respond to the text.
The incident ended when the missing person was located safe and well in Edinburgh, having taken a train from Stocksfield!
The incident involved 20 Team members and two search dogs for 5 hours.
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