Tag: Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team

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Incident No: 17 2019

Date: 23 March 2019
Time: 10.42hrs
Location: Winlaton

Last Saturday morning Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support in locating a high risk, missing female in her 70s. The female was last seen in the Winlaton area.

The Duty Controller acting on behalf of North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves liaised with the Police Search Adviser to discuss and agree a plan, whilst drivers were allocated to vehicles and search dog handlers readied for deployed. The two MRTs were also placed on standby should the search escalate.

Thankfully following Police enquiries the female was located on public transport, safe and well. A good outcome for all concerned.

The incident involved 6 Team members and 1 SARDA handler from Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team for 1.5 hours.

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Incident No: 114 2018

Date: 13 September 2018
Time: 17.31hrs
Location: Shiney Row

A Northumbria Police Search Adviser contacted our Duty Controller last Thursday to request support in an ongoing missing person enquiry. The missing person had been reported missing on 21 August.

It was agreed that North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team, Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team, Search And Rescue Dog Association England and ourselves would conduct detailed on the ground searches on Saturday. Sadly a body was located by one of the search dog teams.

Our thoughts are with the missing person’s family and friends at this difficult time.

The incident involved 9 Team members for 6 hours.

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Incident: 94 2018

Date: 23 and 24 June 2018
Time: 13.18hrs
Location: Greenhead

North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were called out by Northumbria Police on Saturday to assist in the search for 74 year old Walter Hutton in the Greenhead area.

Sadly just after midday on Sunday a body was located. Our thoughts go out to Walter’s family and friends, and the local community at this difficult time.

The Teams were assisted by a Swiftwater Rescue Team from Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, two Search And Rescue Dog Association England teams from Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team and Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team. Additional members from TWSMRT were also available should we have needed them.

The incident involved 20 members on day one for 8 hours and 16 members on day two for 4 hours.

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Incident No: 66 2017

Date: 30 December 2017
Time: 11.23 hrs
Location: Peterlee, County Durham

Well we spoke too soon! The quiet spell ended yesterday when Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team requested our assistance along with North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and Search And Rescue Dog Association England to search for a vulnerable female. The female had been missing overnight in the Peterlee area and given the wintery conditions there was even more of an urgency to the search.

Thankfully at mid-afternoon the female was located, then treated and evacuated by the #MountainRescue teams.

A job well done.

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The incident involved 5 Team members and 2 from North of Tyne MRT for 4 hours.

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Incident No: 63 2017

Date: 5 December 2017
Time: 17.02hrs
Location: Hamsterley Forest, County Durham

Late afternoon on Tuesday our Search Dog handler was placed on standby to assist Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) in locating a missing 15 year old male with autism. The young male had disappeared whilst on a school trip to Hamsterley Forest.

As the search was scaled up, our Search Dog handler was deployed to work alongside other handlers from the North East, TWSMRT, Cleveland MRT and Swaledale MRT. The HM Coastguard helicopter from Humberside was also involved by this stage.

We were then called alongside North of Tyne MRT at 22.32hrs to assist with the search from 08.30hrs the following day should the incident continue overnight. Thankfully as availability responses were being gathered by our Duty Controller, the good news came through that the young male had been located by Forestry Commission workers who had been driving the forest tracks.

A great result and relief for all concerned.

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The incident involved 1 Team member and search dog for 4 hours.

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Incident No: 46 2017

Date: 10 September 2017
Time: 03.20hrs
Location: North Tyne Valley

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Northumbria Police requested assistance in an ongoing search for a missing female in the North Tyne valley. North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves responded with Incident Controllers liaising with the Police Search Adviser to agree a search plan.

The Teams were called out soon after and deployed to search paths, tracks and wooded areas near to the missing person’s point last seen. Assistance was also requested from Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team to search the banks of the nearby rivers as we had a limited number of water trained members available.

Nearly six hours later the missing female was located by one of our search groups, safe and well, and was soon reunited with her family. A good outcome for all concerned.

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The incident involved 25 members for 6 hours 30 minutes.

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*** Incident No.35 ***

Sunday 31 July 2016, 09.19hrs

The Team along with North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team was alerted byTeesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team this morning. TWSMRT requested our assistance for an ongoing search in the Stanley area of County Durham for a high risk missing person in their late 20s.

Thankfully the missing person was located as our Incident Controller was about to callout the Teams.

The incident involved one Team member for 5 minutes.

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*** Incident No.34 ***

Thursday 28th July 2016, 13.13hrs

Yesterday North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves received a request from Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team for assistance. Teesdale had been searching through the night for a male in his 80s, who was missing from home in the Darlington area, and required additional resources for the ongoing search.

A Land Rover and Team members responded immediately, with others able to attend later in the afternoon. The members worked alongside the Police, Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team, mountain rescue search dogs and Teesdale & Weardale SMRT to search the priority areas.

Thankfully the man was found by one of the search groups after 4 hours of searching. He was evacuated to a crewed Ambulance for onward transfer to hospital. We hope the man is able to leave hospital very soon.

A great effort involving many resources from across the North East.

The incident involved 8 Team members (4 responding immediately) for 7 hours 45 minutes.

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*** Incident No.54 ***

The busy Christmas period for the Team continues with the search for Sally Allan from Darras Hall. The Team alongside North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were called by Northumbria Police at 15.45hrs on Boxing Day to assist in the search for Sally. The search will continue today with assistance from Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team.

Day one involved 22 Team members and one Mountain Rescue search dog for 7 hours.

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*** Incident No.22 ***

The Team alongside the other North East MRTs was put on standby by Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) for a water search in County Durham. The Team had one Water First Responder team and vehicle available. Swaledale MRT is now assisting TWSMRT, and we have been stood down. Here’s hoping it is a positive outcome.