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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 d...
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The Team have been involved with 41 callouts so far this calender year. Summary details with time and date are shown below.

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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
09.00
29/12/2019
41
Team callout
We were called to assist Durham Police to search for a missing person whose car had been found in Stanhope. Nine team members assisted Durham Police and searched open and wooded areas in the Stanhope area.
19.00
21/12/2019
40
Team callout
We were asked by Penrith MRT to assistance in the search for two missing walkers who had set off for High Cup Nick from the Cumbria side. We were assembling to search from Birkdale Farm to High Cup Nick, when the walkers were found.
16.44
15/12/2019
39
Team callout
Assistance to elderly male and 2 police officers who's vehicles had gone off the road in snow and ice at Swinhope Head
18.00
19/11/2019
38
Team callout
The team were called to search for an elderly high risk gentleman from Sherburn. The gentleman was found in one of our designated search sectors and the Team assisted with gaining access and treatment before handing over to NEAS.
02.40
30/09/2019
37
Team callout
Team called out in the early hours of Monday morning to search for a missing vulnerable lady in the Ouston area of County Durham. 8 team members were assisted by 2 dogs and handlers from Northumberland and Swaledale MRT. Around 3 hours into the search the lady was found approx 14km away from where she was last seen.
09.00
25/09/2019
36
Team callout
The team were called by Durham Police to search for a vulnerable missing male in the Newton Aycliffe area. As the team were starting their second search area, the MFH was located by Durham Police.
12.30
24/09/2019
35
Team callout
Team called by the police to assist with search for missing 29 year old despondent in the Ferry hill area. The missing male was found by the police inside a building while the search area was being agreed with the police.
23.12
12/09/2019
34
Team callout
the Team were called out to search for a vulnerable male missing from home in the Stanley area. Our air scenting dog was used to search areas around his last known position. We were aided by Durham Police personnel and a Fire and Rescue drone team. Nothing was found during the search but the missing male turned up of his own volition the following morning.
18.50
13/08/2019
33
Team callout
Call to assist NEAS try and locate youth who had reportedly fallen in woods and hit head. Nothing was found and the search was stood down.
09.00
11/08/2019
32
Team callout
We were called by Durham Police who had received a call from three people lost in Hamsterley Forest at night. They had a location from a phone app. We dispatched our Land-rover and made contact with them by mobile. They were found at the predicted location safe and well, although cold, checked over and returned to their car.
13.00
08/08/2019
31
Team callout
Team called to assist NEAS with evacuation of female with a lower leg injury from a narrow path near the river in Blanchland. Working with NEAS staff 5 team members helped lift the casualty over a fence and then slide them across to field to the waiting ambulance.
09.00
28/07/2019
30
Team callout
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) requested our help in dealing with an injured mountain biker near Edmondbyers. NEAS ambulance crew and HART managed to extract the casualty as the team were traveling.
16.12
26/07/2019
29
Team callout
The Team were called out last night (Friday) to search for a vulnerable male missing from home in Newton Aycliffe for more than 24hrs. 9 team members and 2 mountain rescue search dogs spent 5 hours searching woodland. Police are continuing their inquiries. This incident was ongoing at the same time as we were rescuing a sheepdog from a hole high on the Pennine Fells.
19.00
26/07/2019
28
Team callout
The team were asked by a local gamekeeper to help recover a sheepdog trapped down a hole in the fells. 5 team members travelled to the hole on Cronkley Fell and used our technical rescue equipment to lower a team member 5 metres down the hole. The dog was then put into a kitbag and brought back to the surface to be reunited with her shepherd owner.
09.00
18/07/2019
27
Team callout
The team were called by the ambulance service to aid in the extraction of an elderly male who had collapsed. The ambulance crew managed to extract the gentleman as the team were on route.
16.00
08/07/2019
26
Team callout
Team called to search an area of woodland in Durham City for a missing 38 year old male. The search took about four hours with 9 team mmebers and one search dog was stood down once the woodland was searched to await further information.
10.20
02/07/2019
25
Team callout
Team called out this morning (Tuesday) by Durham Police to search for a vulnerable male missing from home in Willington. 7 team members searched for 5 hours. The search was concluded when the missing man contacted a friend
13.36
30/06/2019
24
Team callout
Team called out at 1330 today (Sunday) to search for a male missing from home in a remote area on the County Durham/Northumberland border. The police were concerned for his welfare. 10 team members attended. Working with the Police we established a possible location on a fell about 7km NW of his last know location. As we were making our way to the area the man returned home safe and well with the assistance of a friend vehicle
09.00
23/06/2019
23
Team callout
Search for a male missing from the Stanley area. We deployed two of our air scenting dogs to search areas where he was last seen.
14.00
13/06/2019
22
Team callout
Team called to assist with ongoing search for missing 63 year old male north of Durham.
15.50
12/06/2019
21
Team callout
Team called by police to extract an elderly lady whose car had crashed down a steep embankment toward a river above Rookhope. Upon arriving on scene the team quickly rigged up a stretcher and haul system and brought the injured lady back up to the road for transportation to hospital by County Ambulance.
09.30
08/06/2019
20
Team callout
Team called to help search for missing vulnerable 25 year old male in the Causey Arch area following very heavy rain. Team stood down whilst deploying when the missing man was found by the police.
09.00
28/05/2019
19
Other
Elderly vulnerable male missing from his home address in the Durham area. The team were on standby ready to deploy, when the gentleman was found some ten miles away from his home address.
09.00
14/05/2019
18
Team callout
Ambulance service request to use our systems to establish the address of a caller who for medical reasons could not give their home address.
13.25
26/04/2019
17
Team callout
The team were called out today at 13:25hrs to support the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) with a male who had collapsed on the Pennine Way near High Force waterfall. Access was restricted from the roadside due to the location being south of the River Tees. The team deployed 9 team members and with our two all terrain vehicles from Barnard Castle and Durham. Upon the arrival at the incident NEAS ambulance crews were in attendance, Teesdale and Weardale Search & Mountain Rescue team members carried the casualty to a waiting road ambulance via the Holwick Bridge.
10.59
24/04/2019
16
Team callout
09.00
01/04/2019
15
Team callout
Team called to continue to assist with search for missing 74 year old male from Spennymoor area who's car had been found in Shincliffe. 9 Team members and one dog were deployed for about 5 hours.
01.00
01/04/2019
14
Team callout
Team called to assist with search for missing 74 year old male from Spennymoor area who's car had been found in Shincliffe. A navigator and search dog handler plus dog were dispatched to the initial call to search specific areas.
09.00
27/03/2019
13
Team callout
Team called to assist with search for lady missing from Ushaw Moor. The 9 team members and one search dog searched the Deerness Valley in the vicinity of Ushaw Moor and stood down after about four hours when the lady was located at a friends address in the vicinity.
14.38
20/03/2019
12
Team callout
The Team was called out to a male who had fallen from a riverside path near Gibsons Cave, Bowlees Teesdale and injured himself. 13 Team members attended and helped the North East Ambulance Service and HART to carry the casualty to the nearest road where he was transported to hospital by Ambulance
15.57
16/03/2019
11
Team callout
The team were called this afternoon to assist emergency services in an immediate search for a missing female kayaker on the River Tees north of Cotherstone. While the team was assembling the paddler was found safe and well.
08.00
05/03/2019
10
Team callout
Team continued searching woodlands on the outskirts Durham City for a missing male, while the fire service searched the river. Team stood down when DDFRS made a find in the area previously indicated by the Team Dogs.
17.00
04/03/2019
9
Team callout
The Team were called by the police to search for a missing vulnerable male who had last been seen a few days before. The Team searched in darkness for a number of hours covering an area identified by a phone ping and an adjoining area next to the missing persons home. The two team dogs both indicated on the same area but due to conditions the decision was made to stand down and resume the search at first light, and await further information on the phones likely location.
02.00
20/02/2019
8
Team callout
Team called by ambulance service to assist with search for missing male dog walker at about 2am. The Team made direct contact with the neighbour who had raised the alarm and established she could now hear the missing man's shouts and see the attending ambulance crew. The Team stood by until further assistance on our part seemed unlikely to be required.
11.12
09/02/2019
7
Team callout
The Team were called out late this morning to assist North East Ambulance Service. A male walker had fallen and sustained a lower leg injury in Hellhole Wood near Beamish Museum. Team members assisted with the carry out to the road.
09.00
09/02/2019
6
Other
Team dog handler and dog assisted Cleveland MRT in search for vulnerable male nr Cowbank Bank Cleveland
09.00
27/01/2019
5
Team callout
Team dog deployed in Cleveland area in search for missing male. The dog made indications on either side of the river near where a body was discovered the following morning.
12.00
22/01/2019
4
Team callout
The Team were called to assist with the evacuation of of body of a 30 year old male from a very remote farm house in Weardale. The Team used the Team Land Rover to transport the doctor and various police officers into the farmhouse and then once their work was complete we transported the body from the house to the road head.
19.30
17/01/2019
3
Team callout
Team called by the police at about 19.30 to search for a missing 37 year old male in the Low Pittington Area. The team searched nearby woodland, disused quarries and footpaths in the vicinity of the missing mans home. Neighbouring teams were on standby to assist with the search at first light. The missing male turned up at about 2am about 8 miles from his home and the search stood down. 18 Team members attended plus two search dogs.
12.34
26/12/2018
2
Team callout
The Team was called out this afternoon to assist NEAS crew in locating a walking who had fallen in Gibbneese Plantation nr Copley co. Durham. 11 Team members were involved. The casualty was located and was able to walk out to the ambulance with assistance and taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
17.00
19/12/2018
1
Team callout
The team were called to assist with the rescue of a dog stuck down a mine shaft. Thankfully the dog was rescued whilst the team were en route.
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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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