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The Team have been involved with 41 callouts in the past
12 months. Summary details with time and date are shown below. A map summarising
callouts in the past 12 months may be found here
(this is generated as a pdf document - acrobat
can be downloaded here if required). Alternatively a more advanced
version is avaialble here.
Previous years callouts can be found here:
2013 2012 2011 2010
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
1999 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981
1979 1978 1977 1976 1974 1972 1970
1969 1968
Please note: Online callout records before November 1999 are incomplete -
we are in the process of digitalising earlier years but it is slow process and
we're all busy people!
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Date |
Nature |
Description |
Online Links |
22.43
19/05/2013 |
Other |
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12.30
12/05/2013 |
Team callout |
Team called out on 12/05/13 to conduct a canoe search of the River Wear in Durham City for a woman missing since Saturday morning. Just as team were deploying a body was located by a member of the public close to the missing ladies home. |
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12.00
05/05/2013 |
Team callout |
Search for a missing 69 year old lady from Eaglescliffe. |
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19.00
01/05/2013 |
Team callout |
Team called to assist with search for despondent 31 year old male in Kepier woods area on the outskirts of Durham City. The Team's Canoe section also attended searching from the outskirts of the city down to Finchale Priory.
The search was stood down when the missing persons phone was pinged outside the area. |
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04.55
27/03/2013 |
Team callout |
Team called at 05:00 to search Coxhoe quarry for vulnerable male. Found in quarry by police as Team members arrived. |
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11.00
26/03/2013 |
Team callout |
The Team were called to search for a vulnerable male who had last been seen walking his dog the previous evening. The dog had already been found by neighbours. The Team searched a large area of land around the area where the missing person usually walked his dog with the assistance of the North of Tyne and Northumbria National Park Teams. The missing person turned up safe and well having been out all night looking for his dog which had run off the previous evening. |
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01.45
25/03/2013 |
Team callout |
Assisted medical services with access to remote farm because of snow |
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09.00
24/03/2013 |
Team callout |
Team vehicle assited Distric Nurses to attend seriously ill patient at remote farm near Bowes due to heavy snow |
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09.00
23/03/2013 |
Team callout |
Team vehicle assited Distric Nurses to attend seriously ill patient at remote farm near Bowes due to heavy snow |
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11.00
22/03/2013 |
Team callout |
Team vehicle assited Distric Nurses to attend seriously ill patient at remote farm near Bowes due to heavy snow |
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09.00
17/03/2013 |
Team callout |
Team involved in the search for a missing female in the Chester-le-Street area last seen on 02/03/13. 23 team members and 4 mountain rescue search dogs attended. |
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09.00
23/02/2013 |
Team callout |
Search continued for missing vulnerable male in Waldridge Fell area with assistance from North of Tyne MRT. |
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23.00
22/02/2013 |
Team callout |
Team callout to search for missing vulnerable male who's car was found near Waldridge Fell, Co. Durham. Search stood down at 03.30hrs. |
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08.45
09/02/2013 |
Team callout |
Assistance to CSMRT in the continuing search for the lady missing from Helmsley |
BBC 13/02/13 |
11.00
05/02/2013 |
Team callout |
Team called to look for missing vulnerable male in the Darlington Area. The Team were out for about 6 hours and were assisted by Swaledale MRT to search the area between Darlington and the A1M. The missing person turned up safe and well in Darlington centre. |
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09.30
04/02/2013 |
Team callout |
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11.30
31/01/2013 |
Team callout |
The Team were called to assist Cleveland MRT in a search for a missing elderly woman. The search was suspended as darkness fell. |
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16.30
26/01/2013 |
Team callout |
Teesdale & Weardale Search & Mountain Rescue Team were called out last night (Saturday) to search for a missing kite skier in upper Teesdale. The party of 5 kite skiers, from the Wylam area, had set off earlier in the day to ski some of the fells high on the Durham/Cumbria border.
Izzy Barnes Deputy Team Leader said " The weather turned suddenly from sunshine to thick mist and one of the party became separated from the rest. After about an hour his friends raised the alarm and we and the Penrith Team were contacted. The only location we had was that the man was last seen in the Harwood Common area at a height of just under 2000ft. As we proceeded to the area we requested an RAF Sea King helicopter to carry out a search in the remaining minutes of daylight. Unfortunately the mist came in again and the helicopter had to turn back.
Initially there was some confusion as to how many were in the party and how many were missing. When we arrived we were told two of the missing man's friends had gone back on to the fell to search for him. Weather at the time was not good with darkness, strong winds and heavy sleet. We then received a telephone call to say the missing man had come across a remote farm house near Alston so he was safe. However his to friends were still out on the fell searching for him. As the time they said they would return came and went we started to deploy 12 team members and a mountain rescue search dog. Fortunately soon after, his friends returned to the road and we were able to confirm all missing persons were safe". |
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16.h3
22/01/2013 |
Team callout |
The team were called out on 22/01/13 to search for two missing children. The two children had been playing outside in the snow for most of the day and failed to return home. As the team were travelling to the scene the children returned home safe and well. |
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09.00
22/01/2013 |
Team callout |
Assisting the ambulance service with a 4x4 vehicle crewed by rescue team advanced casualty carers acting as a rapid response vehicle. |
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09.00
21/01/2013 |
Team callout |
Assisting the ambulance service with a 4x4 vehicle crewed by rescue team advanced casualty carers acting as a rapid response vehicle. |
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09.00
19/01/2013 |
Team callout |
Assisting the ambulance service with a 4x4 vehicle crewed by rescue team advanced casualty carers acting as a rapid response vehicle. |
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12.30
11/01/2013 |
Team callout |
Team called to assist with evacuation of injured walker. County Ambulance were already in attendance. |
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20.40
30/12/2012 |
Team callout |
Vulnerable women in 60's missing in Murton Co. Durham. 10 team members and 1 search dog attended. Women found in bus shelter just as team arriving. |
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16.00
10/12/2012 |
Team callout |
The Team were asked to help rescue a dog believed to be trapped underground on Monday night. The Team were contacted by gamekeepers from Raby Estates after one of their dogs had followed a fox into a limestone escarpment on the fell above Club Gill Farm north on Middleton in Teesdale on Friday. The fox ran out of another entrance but the dog did not follow. Despite the gamekeepers leaving food the terrier did not escaped from the network of limestone passages.
Pete Bell, Rescue Team Leader said "Initially we sent up a couple of team members to survey the area. It became clear that we would need the assistance of a more specialist Team so we called in members of Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit. They sent Team members from Carlisle and Alston in Cumbria and Wolsingham in County Durham with specialist equipment. Both Teams worked together with the assistance of the gamekeepers for 8 hours to enlarge the entrance to the chambers. The weather and conditions on Monday evening were not good, it was very cold with snow showers and because of the recent rain the ground was extremely muddy. We eventually broke through to the main chamber which was still very narrow but disappointingly there was no sign of the terrier. Food was left inside and it will be checked over the next few days by the gamekeepers." |
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20.00
26/11/2012 |
Team callout |
Assistance to the Fire and Rescue Service and the Ambulance Service as a result of flooding throughout the County Durham area.
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21.00
10/11/2012 |
Team callout |
Team have been involved in a major search and rescue on the Pennine Way West of Cow Green Reservoir in County Durham. Steve Owers Deputy Team Leader said "Around 9pm we received a call that a party of 10 walkers were lost some where between Cow Green and High Cup Nick in a remote area of the Pennines. One of the party had an injured ankle and was unable to walk any further. 16 members of the Teesdale & Weardale team and 6 other MR members from other teams in the region who were attending a Mountain Rescue course attended with Durham Police. 4 members of the missing party managed to walk out to Cow Green where they were able to get mobile phone communications. They were initially unsure where the rest of the party were but after speaking with a team member we were able to establish a possible location 5km West of Cow Green dam. It took Team members another hour to find the 6 missing walkers. They were all very cold and one had an ankle injury. After they were all re-warmed they were flown to the Cow Green car park by a RAF Search & Rescue helicopter from RAF Boulmer." |
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13.00
04/11/2012 |
Team callout |
Contacted by Durham Police to assist in search for 11 year old boy who had been missing from home since the previous evening. Team just about to be called when the boy was found. |
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16.00
25/10/2012 |
Team callout |
The team were called to assist Durham Police in a search for a missing vulnerable young person with learning difficulties. She was found safe and well as the team were en route. |
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17.06
30/09/2012 |
Team callout |
Team were called to assist Durham Constabulary to locate and aid missing walkers on the Pennine Way, the team controller liaised with Police helicopter, identified a search area. Police Helicopter located the walkers, landed and offered assistance. Walkers decided to continue to local farm on foot where they were met by Police, NEAS ambulance and team members. |
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18.30
27/09/2012 |
Team callout |
Teesdale & Weardale Search & Mountain Rescue Team were called out this evening to search for a man missing from the Crook area of County Durham. The man in his twenties had been missing from home since before lunch and the Police were concerned for his welfare. Deputy Team Leader Steve Owers said " After consulting with the Police we decided to search an area of woodland to the North of Crook with 2 mountain rescue search dogs and handlers. After searching for about 30 mins in the dark one of the dogs indicated and took us about 50m into dense woodland where we found the missing person. He was lying on the damp ground and was very cold. We immediately started to rewarm him and with the help of the Police and Ambulance Service we carried the young man across fields to a waiting ambulance. Without the help of our search dogs it is unlikely we would have found him so quickly".
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05.00
08/09/2012 |
Team callout |
Team asked to help in search for missing teenager who was last seen swimming in the River Wear in Bishop Auckland. Team stood down before search commenced following find by police divers. |
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16.00
27/08/2012 |
Team callout |
Team called out to search for vulnerable gentleman missing from home in the Great Lumley area. Gentleman returned home safe and well Tuesday morning as search teams from Cleveland, North of Tyne, and TWSMRT were gathering to begin next phase of search operation. |
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14.00
11/08/2012 |
Team callout |
Rescue of a mountain biker who had fallen from his bike on steep terrain in Hamsterley Forest sustaining a dislocation to the right shoulder. IV pain relief given and person evacuated via stretcher along with ambulance crew to waiting ambulance at the nearest road junction. |
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10.44
10/08/2012 |
Team callout |
A couple were walking in the area of Cauldron Snout when the husband fell from the path and tumbled about 8 metres down the steep hillside. His wife called Cumbria Police who contacted their local rescue team at Kirkby Stephen. Kirkby Stephen MRT called Teesdale Team as we are a lot closer to Cauldron Snout. Our Duty Controller issued an immediate callout and requested that the Air Ambulance also attend. One of our team members met the Air Ambulance, road ambulance and police on site. Whilst the GNAAS doctor treated the casualty our team looked at evacuation routes. We then requested the attendance of an RAF Sea King to winch the casualty from the steep hillside. The casualty was then placed in a specialist mountain rescue stretcher by MR, GNAAS and Police working together. We then rigged the stretcher for winching and assisted the RAF winchman with the lift when the Sea King arrived.
The casualty's wife was then assisted by police officers to return to her car in order to travel to the hospital where her husband had been flown by the RAF.
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13.00
05/07/2012 |
Team callout |
Team requested to assist in developing flood incident in Whorlton village. Team stood down as a more accurate picture of the situation emerged. |
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13.30
01/07/2012 |
Team callout |
Injured mountain biker treated by team members who were at Hamsterly Forest doing event medical cover on the Hamsterly Forest marathon. |
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17.30
28/06/2012 |
Team callout |
Team organised evacuation of 11 elderly and vulnerable residents from their homes which had flooded in Lanchester. Team Swiftwater Rescue Technicians deployed as precaution when river level continued to raise. |
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20.00
09/06/2012 |
Team callout |
Team asked to assist in search for 13 year old who had become lost while walking with parents in Hamsterly Forest. Found safe and well as Team were getting ready to start searching. |
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23.15
04/06/2012 |
Team callout |
The Team were contacted by the Police to assist with a search of the tracks in Hamsterley Forest for two people lost in a car in the forest. The missing people managed to get help from a passing motorist as the Team were beginning to deploy. |
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13.30
21/05/2012 |
Team callout |
Team requested to search Castle Eden Dene area for missing School Girl. Missing child turn up safe and well outside the search area shortly after the Teams search had commenced. |
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Archive:
2013 2012 2011 2010
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
1999 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981
1979 1978 1977 1976 1974 1972 1970
1969 1968
Please note: Online callout records before November 1999 are incomplete -
we are in the process of digitalising earlier years but it is slow process and
we're all busy people!
Please contact the webmaster
or the page owner with any queries |
