| | Latest Incident: 10/12/24 The Team's Canoe section were deployed to search the river Tees as part of the continued search for the missing female from Darlington. Three paddlers... More details | | | | |
The Team have been involved with 42 callouts so far this calender year. Summary details with time and date are shown below.
Previous years callouts can be found here:
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 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!
Date |
Callout number |
Nature |
Description |
Online Links |
08.00 10/12/2024 |
42 |
Team callout |
The Team's Canoe section were deployed to search the river Tees as part of the continued search for the missing female from Darlington. Three paddlers supported by a Team driver searched from Low Coniscliffe, past Broken Scar and Blackton Bridge before finding a body in the vicinity of Stapleton. The Team assisted with both securing the scene and later, evacuating the body. |
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19.30 09/12/2024 |
41 |
Team callout |
The Team were called by the police to complete a dog search of the land around the river Tees at Broken Scar in Darlington in the search for the missing female. Two dogs with handlers and navigators deployed in the evening and searched for about 3 hours. Nothing found. |
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16.34 02/12/2024 |
40 |
Team callout |
Team called by the police to search for a missing female in the Eggleston area. The team were stood down 4 minutes latr when the missing female was found by the police helicopter. |
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14.39 02/12/2024 |
39 |
Team callout |
Team called by NEAS to assist with a patient in Flatts Wood in Barnard Castle. The patient was evacuated to the NEAS ambulance. |
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16.37 17/11/2024 |
38 |
Team callout |
Team called by Durham police to locate and rescue a male walker benighted on Cronkley Fell. 16 team members and 2 team search dogs responded to the incident and the missing male and his pet dog was located safe and well but rather cold up on Cronkley Fell. After checking the male over he was walked off the fell and taken back to his vehicle. |
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09.00 15/11/2024 |
37 |
Team callout |
The team and a search dog worked alongside the police to search Shincliffe Wood as part of the continuing effort to locate Paul. Whilst the search was underway a body was found in the river by a police search dog. |
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14.00 13/11/2024 |
36 |
Team callout |
As part of the continuing search for a missing male, the canoe team searched the river wear from Sunderland Bridge down to Durham while a team dog focused on the section of river around Shincliffe. Nothing was found and the search stood down as darkness fell. |
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12.00 12/11/2024 |
35 |
Team callout |
Team called by the police to assist with the search for a vulerable male in his 50s. A dozen Team members searched Croxdale Beck Woods and surounding areas. The search stood down as darkness fell. |
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15.16 08/11/2024 |
34 |
Team callout |
TWSMRT were called out as part of a multi agency response to an incident in Castle Eden Dene in Peterlee.
The injured male had had a significant fall and required extraction through very steep and wooded terrain.
The team used their expertise in stretcher carry outs to extract and carry out the casualty alongside the fireservice to the roadside to the awaiting ambulance. |
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17.48 07/11/2024 |
33 |
Team callout |
The team were asked to help North Of Tyne MRT and Northumberland National Park MRT. They had been called to assist NEAS with an injured horse rider on the edge of our area, near Rowlands Gill. The casualty was transported via stretcher to the waiting NEAS ambulance. |
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12.45 26/10/2024 |
32 |
Team callout |
The team were asked by NEAS to assist with a patient who had sustained a suspected broken ankle at Gibsons Cave, Bowlees. The patient was treated by our team and NEAS paramedics and stretchered to the waiting ambulance for onward treatment at hospital. |
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12.15 21/09/2024 |
31 |
Team callout |
The team were asked at midday to assist NEAS with a medical incident near Holwick. |
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20.10 11/09/2024 |
30 |
Team callout |
Team called by NEAS to find and evacuate a fell runner with a serious lower leg injury on a rough track between Esh Winning and Brandon. The male was located by a Team search dog with an hour of the Team being called and the casualty was then wheeled on the Team stretcher out to the NEAS ambulance. |
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17.49 22/08/2024 |
29 |
Team callout |
the team were called out this evening to a report of a lady with an ankle injury on a bridleway near White Kirkley farm Frosterley. 10 team members and 2 of our vehicles attended. The casualty was carried by stretcher to an ambulance near the farm. |
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12.42 18/08/2024 |
28 |
Team callout |
The team was called out this afternoon to assist NEAS with a walker with a possible lower leg injury in Hamsterley Forest. We coordinated an RV at The Grove with the NEAS Ambulance, ourselves and a friend of the casualty. He was able to lead us to the casualty about 15 mins walk from The Grove. The NEAS crew assessed the casualty while team members set up a rope system to lower the stretcher to the road and then carried the casualty to the waiting ambulance. |
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13.30 16/08/2024 |
27 |
Team callout |
The Team to asked to assist NEAS with a patient suffering chest pains in Hamsterley Forest. 17 team member and two team vehicles were mobilised. Thankfully the patient was well enough to walk to the waiting ambulance with the NEAS crew, so our Team were stood down as the first of our volunteers arrived at the incident. |
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15.54 11/08/2024 |
26 |
Team callout |
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18.08 05/08/2024 |
25 |
Team callout |
Team called to assist ambulance service with evacuation of female from riverside area near Cotherstone. 15 Team members responded and the patient was transported into the Team landrover and then onto the NEAS ambulance. |
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12.33 23/07/2024 |
24 |
Team callout |
Team called by the police to help search for vulnerable 32 year old male missing for about 12 hours. Five team members deployed to search a small area of woodland but were stood down when the missing male was located outside the area. |
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17.30 18/07/2024 |
23 |
Team callout |
Team continued search of Pelaw Wood for missing male covering some very steep and unstable ground, and some very over grown areas. Nothing found and search stood down to await further developments. |
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20.06 17/07/2024 |
22 |
Team callout |
NEAS Assist, whilst the Team where undertaking a Search in Pelaw Wood (see previous search) the team received an immediate call for assistance from North East Ambulance Service for a person who had an ankle injury in Weardale, the Team stood down from the Pelaw case and responded to the Weardale case. Once on scene the Team assisted the ambulance service in transporting the casualty, our thanks to the farmer for use of his transportation. |
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17.30 17/07/2024 |
21 |
Team callout |
Team called to re-search Pelaw Woods on the out outskirts of Durham City. 18 team members worked through very steep ground and thick undergrowth with the canoe team searching the river and another team working through a beck. Unfortunately the Team didn't find any sign of the missing male. whilst on this search the team received an immediate call for assistance from North East Ambulance Service for a person who had an ankle injury in Weardale, the Team stood down from the Pelaw case and responded to the Weardale case. |
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16.00 16/07/2024 |
20 |
Team callout |
Team called to search Pelaw Woods on the out outskirts of Durham City. Two dogs and a dozen Team members worked through very steep ground and thick undergrowth but didn't find any sign of the missing male. The Team stood down after clearing the immediate area of interest to await the results of further investigations. |
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17.30 15/07/2024 |
19 |
Team callout |
Team called to Evenwood area to help search for a missing male. The team deployed 12 personnel and three search dogs in support of the search. |
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21.00 14/07/2024 |
18 |
Team callout |
On Sunday night 4 Team member attended Hamsterley Forest at the request of the Police to try and locate a family, with a young child and baby, who had used an emergency telephone in the forest to say the could not locate their car. Over a 2 hour period all the car parks and roads were checked but there was no sign of a car or a family. We believe the family located their car soon after making the 999 call but did not inform the police |
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15.00 29/06/2024 |
17 |
Team callout |
The Team supported a female walker who was unable to continue with the Durham Dales Walk due to mild heat exhaustion and blistered feet. The female was identified by the sweep team who were following the event and the Team were able to access her location in the Team vehicle.
She was checked over before being handed over to relatives. |
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00.40 17/06/2024 |
16 |
Team callout |
The Team were called shortly before 1am to assist with locating a male who had called 999 saying he was walking the Pennine Way and was cold, wet and stuck before the call dropped and could not be reconnected. The Team took the available information and indentified a small number of locations to initially search. The male was located and brought down to a safe location. |
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17.30 03/06/2024 |
15 |
Team callout |
The team were called to assist Kirby Stephen team for an open leg fracture. The original call came via NWAS. A helicopter was sent from Blackpool. The helicopter initially couldn’t find the casualty. However, once located airlifted the casualty to their car at CowGreen. |
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. 18/05/2024 |
14 |
Team callout |
Whilst on a weekend training trip in the lake district, the team were asked to attend to an injured 13 year old at the head of Piers Gill, on the corridor route up Scafell Pike. The team provided medical care whilst team members from Wasdale MRT ascended the fell to bring a stretcher and essential kit. The casualty was stretchered down to Wasdale head and transferred to the care of a road ambulance crew. We wish the casualty a speedy recovery and thank Wasdale MRT for their help and hospitality. |
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14.30 04/05/2024 |
13 |
Team callout |
Team called by the police to assist with the search for a vulnerable male last seen entering an area of woodland near Towlaw. 10 team members and two team dogs searched for a number of hours. The search was suspended when the missing male contacted his mother. The missing male was later found safe in a property near by. |
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15.00 03/05/2024 |
12 |
Team callout |
Team called by the police to assist with a search near West Cornforth for a male who had been missing for 48 hours following an assault. The man was found by the police as the team assembled. |
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18.40 16/04/2024 |
11 |
Team callout |
The team were called by the Police, Fire and Ambulance services to alert us to a child who had fallen in the water at Middleham Quarry. The Team were put on standby to await an update from the other emrgency services who were already on scene. The Team were stood down a few minutes later when it became clear our assistance would not be requried. |
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16.23 06/04/2024 |
10 |
Team callout |
Team called by NEAS to a lady with an injured ankle in the vicinity of Abbey Bridge over the Tees near Barnard Castle. The Team packaged the casualty and transported her to the road side for transfer to a NEAS ambulance. |
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16.00 31/03/2024 |
9 |
Team callout |
NEAS requested the team's assistance to help extract a lady who had fallen by a river near St Johns Chapel and hurt her back. The Team helped with packaging the casualty and transporting the casualty. In all 11 team members were involved in the rescue. |
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15.15 24/03/2024 |
8 |
Team callout |
The team were asked to assist NEAS with the extraction of a casualty who had fallen from a quad bike in woods near South Hetton. The casualty was packaged on our stretcher and taken to the waiting ambulance. |
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12.45 22/03/2024 |
7 |
Team callout |
Team called to assist the police with a search for a vulnerable male in the area of Woodham Golf Course. The male was found by the police as the Team assembled. |
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09.30 10/03/2024 |
6 |
Team callout |
Team called by Durham Police to search and area of woodland on the outskirts of Murton for a vulnerable male. The team were stood down shortly after deployment when the missing male was found by the police outside the immediate search area. |
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09.00 29/02/2024 |
5 |
Team callout |
The Team were called to a potental missing person below Newton Cap viaduct. While establishing the facts of the case it quickly transpired the incident related to a person working on the bridge and there was no missing person and the Team stood down. |
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13.00 20/02/2024 |
4 |
Team callout |
The Team were called by NEAS to a patient with a head injury in Hamsterly Forest. The Team stood down about 20 minutes later while assembling when NEAS established the Team's help wasn't required. |
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08.42 31/01/2024 |
3 |
Team callout |
Team called by NEAS to assist with the evacuation of a male found by a dog walker next to the river Derwent near Allensford. Team assisted with stretcher carry to NEAS ambulance with the assistance of the Great North Air Ambulance team. |
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13.48 30/01/2024 |
2 |
Team callout |
Team called by NEAS to a patient with an injured knee located to the south of the river Tees near High Force. Seven Team members responded and wheeled the casualty back a little over mile to the ambulance. |
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12.45 29/01/2024 |
1 |
Team callout |
At 1245 this afternoon, we were contacted by CDDFRS about a possibility that someone had jumped from Newton Cap Viaduct into the River Wear. We placed the hill and canoe team on standby while we gathered more information. Our team leader went to the site and was informed that it was a false alarm. The fire service then asked for us to stand down at 1315. |
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Archive:
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 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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