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CALLOUTS
 
Latest Incident:
21/09/24
The team were asked at midday to assist NEAS with a medical incident near Holwick.
 

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:
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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
13.50
31/12/2003
42
Team callout
Request by Police to search for MFH. search of Pennine Way/ Bowlees area. Missing person located by team member enroute to Bowlees. safe & well
12.01
15/11/2003
41
Team callout
Team put on standby for search for missing female. Located safe by police outside of area.
14.30
05/11/2003
40
Team callout
Request by Police to search for missing from home vulnerable 30 year old male. Search of farmland assisted by Police aircraft. Found safe out of search area, having travelled to scene of childhood holidays.
13.00
05/11/2003
39
Team callout
Team on short standby to respond to incident in Swaledale. Not required – Air Ambulance attended.
11.40
12/10/2003
38
Team callout
Cas Care treatment given to Fell runner who became de-hydrated
09.00
09/10/2003
37
Team callout
Request by Police to search for 82 year old male missing from home. Search of River Tees, using Team canoe section. Body found and recovered.

BBC 19/10/03

Thisisthenortheast 20/10/03

07.00
08/10/2003
36
Team callout
Search continues at first light, extending to open fell. Assisted by police helicopter and Kirkby Stephen MRT. Nothing found. Missing person turned up safe at home 30 miles away the following day.

BBC 08/10/03

Thisisthenortheast 9/10/03

BBC 9/10/03

Thisithenortheast 10/10/03

Thisisthenortheast 09/10/03

22.00
07/10/2003
35
Team callout
Request to search for driver missing from RTA. Believed injured. Search of woodland / roads. Nothing found
22.20
01/10/2003
34
Team callout
Request by Police to search for missing 50 year old vulnerable male. SARDA dog standby and Police aircraft assisted. Search of urban area found under bushes by Team, mildly hypothermic. Evacuated to County Ambulance. Weather very cold.
09.00
14/09/2003
33
Team callout
Search continues for missing male in Ferryhill.Nothing found. Turned up back at home 3 months later. Had been living in hostles.
Thisisthenortheast 16/09/03
12.15
27/08/2003
32
Team callout
Request by RSPCA to extricate a cow in calf which had fallen over a 60 foot cliff into a ravine. Other agencies unable to assist after assessment. Team member and Team vet, visited site and advised evacuation attempt would be too traumatic for the cow, and would further complicate injuries sustained. Farmer advised to have the cow put down.
09.00
23/08/2003
31
Team callout
Request by Police to search for missing from home 54 year old male -last seen 12 days earlier. Search of woodland and disused quarries. Nothing found. MFH Turned up at home address 4 days later very confussed.
BBC 08/03/04
11.30
17/08/2003
30
Team callout
Police request Team members present at Police Public event to assist 53 year old female motorcyclist who had fallen from her machine at low speed. Foot injury. Transported in Team Control vehicle to Hospital.
10.00
30/07/2003
29
Team callout
Request by Cleveland Police and Cleveland SRT to search disused quarry in respect of a missing male despondent from their area. CSRT assisted. Search of quarry face, cave entrances on face and wooded areas. Nothing found. Teams stood down when missing person located by Police in hospital.
07.55
21/07/2003
28
Team callout
Request by Police to search for persons, believed vulnerable following discovery of van parked overnight with note left. Search of surrounding area and River Tees. Missing couple turned up safe as search progressed. Police helicopter involved in initial search.
08.45
21/07/2003
27
Team callout
Two team members responding to above call-out came upon a serious RTA, involving a burning car and three casualties. Immediate care given prior to arrival of road and Air Ambulance. 1 fatality. Police counselling offered.
14.00
16/07/2003
26
Team callout
Standby by police for search for missing vulnerable male. Found following call from members of public, before Team mobilised.
10.00
13/07/2003
25
Team callout
Team members present at Great North Walk. 4,000 entrants in hot and sunny weather. 11 incidents dealt with, heat exhaustion, sprained ankles and angina complaints. 6 people evacuated off the fells by team. One casualty airlifted by Air Ambulance.
Thisithenortheast 14/07/03
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04/07/2003
24
Team callout
13.00
22/06/2003
23
Team callout
Woman walker failed to reach checkpoint in organised walk. Initial search by Team members present negative. Woman had turned round and returned to start.
13.00
08/06/2003
22
Team callout
Request by Fire and Rescue Service to assist in rescue of labrador dog cragfast 30m down a 150 foot cliff. Team crag group retrieved dog safely and returned to owner.
13.00
11/05/2003
21
Team callout
Team on standby, Fell incident in Swaledale, Air Ambulance evacuation. Team not required.
14.30
11/05/2003
20
Team callout
Search for 30 year old venerable male. Search of Farmland. Found 60 miles away in childhood haunt of Scarborough.
12.01
03/05/2003
19
Team callout
Cragfast sheep & dead lamb, rescued with rope.
10.30
01/05/2003
18
Team callout
Search for missing mother who abandoned car in Pittington. Assisted by CSRT, mounted Police, 1 Sarda & India 88. Search of farmland. Body found by CSRT in woodland 1.5km from car.

Thisithenortheast 02/05/03

Thisithenortheast 03/05/03

Thisithenortheast 09/05/03

12.01
19/04/2003
17
Team callout
Team member assisted 50 year lady with sprained ankle. Evacuated to YHA.
12.01
07/04/2003
16
Team callout
Rescue of lamb from sink hole.
09.30
30/03/2003
15
Team callout
Request by NNPSRT to assist in search from missing vulnerable 82 year male. Found safe, as TWSRT Team members arrived.
12.50
14/03/2003
14
Team callout
Request by Police to search for missing despondent 17 year old male. Search of farmland and steep sided woodland. Missing person returned home safely as search progressed.
12.01
08/03/2003
13
Team callout
Team member assisted Air Ambulance in evacuation of lady who suffered head and arm injuries in fall.
12.01
05/03/2003
12
Team callout
Team member rescued cragfast sheep.
10.45
28/01/2003
11
Team callout
Request by Police to search for missing 40 year old despondent male. Search of steep sided woodland and coastal fringe. Supported by Cleveland SRT and two SARDA dogs. Police aircraft attended along with Coastguard search of inshore. Nothing found. Later turned up safe.
11.00
28/01/2003
10
Other
Team member assists at RTA - Student knocked off bike by car.
12.00
26/01/2003
9
Team callout
Search continues for missing 19 year old male. Search of woodland. Nothing found. Body later found by member of public 1KM from home in a hawthorn covered ditch beside road to Shotley Bridge.

Thisisthenortheast 28/01/03

BBC 24/03/03

BBC 25/03/03

thisisthenortheast 25/03/03

thisisthenortheast 26/03/03

22.20
10/01/2003
8
Team callout
Requested by police to search for missing vulnerable male, diabetic. Search of urban Barnard Castle & fringe woodland & river banks. Assistance from police air support. Found by team member under bushes. Evacuated to base - warmed up and diabetic state. Monitored until arrival of ambulance.
Thisithenortheast 13/01/03
10.30
05/01/2003
7
Team callout
Request by Police to search for missing 35 year old mother, whose car was found abandoned in village. Assisted by Cleveland SRT, 1 SARDA dog, Cleveland Mounted Police and Police Aircraft. Search of farmland,disused quarries and woodland. Body found in woodland 1.4km from village. No suspicious circumstances.
08.00
05/01/2003
6
Team callout
Request to assist Swaledale FRO and CSRT in search for missing 74 year old woman. Search of farmland. Footprints located entering frozen pond. Body later recovered by Police underwater unit.
BBC 06/01/03
14.00
23/12/2002
5
Team callout
Request by Police to assist in recovery of body, from difficult ground beneath Causey Arch. Fire and Rescue Service also attended and effected recovery as Team arrived.
15.00
22/12/2002
4
Team callout
Animal rescue. Local Team member out training dog, finds and releases sheep trapped under tree and entangled by wire. Assisted by other local Team members.
08.20
16/12/2002
3
Team callout
Team members assist at RTA. Teenage girl knocked down by car.
09.00
08/12/2002
2
Team callout
Search for missing 19 year old male continues. Search of river and woodland. Assisted by 32 Police officers. Nothing found.
12.01
05/12/2002
1
Team callout
Team member assisted Ambulance crew at scene of serious RTA. Two fatalities and two seriously injured.
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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