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11/09/24
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 ...
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The Team have been involved with 59 callouts so far this calender year. Summary details with time and date are shown below.

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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
16.30
01/01/2021
59
Team callout
The team were contacted by Durham Police to assist with a potential search for a missing child in Hamsterly Forest. As the team were preparing to deploy, the child was located safe and well.
09.00
30/12/2020
58
Team callout
We were contacted by Durham Police to stand by for a potential search for a missing child near Derwent. Thankfully, the child was located safe and well and the team were not required to assist.
09.00
30/12/2020
57
Team callout
We were contacted by NEAS this afternoon to assist with a male who had slipped, fracturing his ankle. The team quickly deployed and working alongside HART, extracted the patient to a near by ambulance.
16.22
28/12/2020
56
Team callout
The team were called out this afternoon by NEAS to assist with a casualty who slipped down a steep embankment whilst out walking. The team assessed and treated the casualty before extracting him to the visitor centre in Hamsterley Forest.
14.30
29/11/2020
55
Team callout
The Team were called to assist in extensive searches for missing 54 year old female in a depressed state who had left her home near Woodland village just after day break. The missing ladies mobile phone was found by members of the public and the Team searched a large area of farmland and Hamsterly Forest around Blackiing Hole. The search stood down at about 11pm and was in the process of restarting on Monday morning when the missing lady turned up safe and well of her own accord.
14.30
28/11/2020
54
Team callout
The team have been contacted by FRS with reports of a capsized canoe. Police, fire, ambulance in attendance. Fire service reports fire damage on canoe. Local fisherman says no one has passed him. The team were stood down 30 minutes after the initial call.
12.00
28/11/2020
53
Team callout
The fire service contacted the team to assist with the search for a person likely to be in the water. As the team were preparing, the police located the person and the team were stood down.
20.00
09/11/2020
52
Team callout
Limited callout tonight to assist the Police to locate 3 mountain bikers missing in Hamsterley Forest. Found safe and well and walked out of the forest.
13.00
08/11/2020
51
Team callout
We were called out at around lunchtime by the North East Ambulance Service to an injured mountain biker on the K-line route in Hampsterley forest. Nearby team members were on scene quickly and the injured man was treated and packaged by the ambulance crew and team members. He was then loaded onto the Bell strtecher and with the help of the Teams stretcher wheel was rolled down the remainder of K-line mountain bike track to the waiting ambulance.
15.30
04/11/2020
50
Team callout
The Team were called out at about 15:30 to search for a despondant male who's car had been found at Allensford near Consett. The Team were working with Police on the ground and police helicopter to locate the missing person. Fortunaetly he was found by the police stuck in some mud in an area of dense woodland. The police pulled the male out of the deep mud and got him to a track where team members assisted in handing him over to the ambulance service.
13.30
11/10/2020
49
Team callout
The Team were called by the North East Ambulance Service at about 13.30 requesting our assistance with the extraction of a lady who injured her ankle whilst walking in the woodland above High Force waterfall. The first Team members were on scene very quickly and looked after the patient until the NEAS staff arrived. The Team managed to gain access to the patient location from the top quary road and using our bell stretcher and wheel we extracted her to the road where she then made her own way to hospital (family member).
22.20
07/10/2020
48
Team callout
The team were called out by CDDFRS to assist with a search for a potential person who fell into the River Wear, Durham City. Along side all emergency services, the team searched the along the river bank with a search dog. Nothing was found and the team stood down shortly after 1am.
17.30
30/09/2020
47
Team callout
Team called to search for elderly missing male with dementure in Cotherstone area. Team stood down while deploying when the missing male approached a property in a cold and wet state.
23.10
27/09/2020
46
Team callout
The team were called out by Durham Police late this evening to assist with the search for a vulnerable missing person. As the team were about to deploy to the area, the missing person was located by the police safe and well.
09.00
23/09/2020
45
Team callout
Team continued search in Barningham area for missing despondent male.
20.30
22/09/2020
44
Team callout
12.00
22/09/2020
43
Team callout
Team called to rescue an injured male from the bottom of a steep embankment near the Weardale Railway, Witton-Le-Wear. Entire operation took about an hour and half and involved 8 Team Members.
09.00
08/09/2020
42
Team callout
The team deployed to continue the search for a missing hiker in the Tan Hill area. Thankfully the missing hiker was located safe and well shortly before 12:00.
09.00
07/09/2020
41
Team callout
The team were contacted by Swaledale MRT to assist with a search for a missing 82 year old hiker in the Tan Hill Inn area. Unfortunately the male hasn’t been located and the search is continuing tomorrow.
23.00
07/09/2020
40
Team callout
The team were contacted by Durham police around 11pm to assist with the search of a missing person from the Trimdon area. Unfortunately the missing person was not located and the team stood down at 03:30. The team deployed 2 search dogs and 10 team members.
20.00
07/09/2020
39
Team callout
Team called by ambulance service to use SARLOC system to help a casualty indentify their position. Team stood down when ambualnce service located casualty.
15.48
29/08/2020
38
Team callout
The team were contacted by the Fire Service with reports of a lady who had got into difficulty in the river Wear rescuing her dog. The team sent 1 team member to scene to assist with locating the person and assess if a full callout was needed. The lady was pulled out of the water by the fire service and was walked to the nearest emergency vehicle by our team member.
18.30
25/08/2020
37
Team callout
Team briefly on standby for missing person in Gainford area. Team stood down when missing person found.
17.30
25/08/2020
36
Team callout
Team called to reports of a canoe drifting down the river Wear in Stanhope in very high water levels. The Team assembeled along with 4 members of the Teams Canoe section but when a missing boat was indentified at a local outdoor centre the search was stood down.
15.50
20/08/2020
35
Team callout
At 15:50 we were contacte by NEAS to assist with the extrication of a lady who slipped, injuring her ankle on a track near Allensford. Using our new stretcher wheel, the patient was extracted a short distance to a near by ambulance.
17.20
18/08/2020
34
Team callout
team were called out to a report of a female who had fallen at Cauldron Spout waterfall and was injured. 15 Team members responded. Because of her injuries and the difficulty of extraction from the base of Cauldron Snout a Coast Guard helicopter was requested. After being treated by our medics the helicopter transported her to James cook Hospital
17.00
17/08/2020
33
Team callout
The team have been deployed on a multi-agency incident in Darlington for a male who entered the river tees.
11.00
14/08/2020
32
Team callout
Team put on standby for a missing male in the Wingate area.
16.00
06/08/2020
31
Team callout
The team completed a number of focused search tasks of wooded areas around Trimdon Colliery looking for a missing 30 year old male. Since a number of the Team dogs were away at a national training event two search dogs from Swaledale Team came up to assist. Nothing was found and the search was stood down after about 5 hours to await further information from the police.
13.30
19/07/2020
30
Team callout
The team were contacted by Durham Police at 13:30 today to help assist with locating a missing person from the South Hetton area. The team deployed 14 people in total and 2 search dogs. As the team were searching, the missing person was located outside of our search sector safe and well.
09.00
06/07/2020
29
Team callout
As part of joint resilience, the Team were alerted by the fire brigade about a potential water incident near Ebchester. Fortunaetly the incident did not materialise and the Team were not deployed.
16.45
21/06/2020
28
Team callout
The Team was deployed following a report of a missing male from Leadgate and a sighting of a male in a distressed state at nearby Pontop Pike. 15 Team members and two search dogs searched local farmland and woodland in the vicinity of the sighting but were stood down when it was confirmed the sighting related a different individual.
14.25
09/06/2020
27
Team callout
The team were called by NEAS to assist in locating an injured mountain biker in Hamsterley Forest. The mountain biker made contact with the ambulance crew as the team were starting our search of the forest tracks.
08.00
30/05/2020
26
Team callout
The team have been assisting Durham Police in the East Durham area. 9 team members supported the police whilst working on steep ground.
09.00
30/05/2020
25
Team callout
The team were called out this afternoon by NEAS to assist with the extraction of a patient who fell off a waterfall at Low Force. Fortunately, the patient was able to walk with assistance to the awaiting ambulance.
16.30
25/05/2020
24
Team callout
The team were contacted by NEAS at 16:30 today to help extract a patient from a difficult to access path near Barnard castle. Team members carried the patient on our stretcher 400m to our landrover to be transported to a nearby ambulance. Team members followed all covid-19 protocols and PPE was donned on arriving at the incident site.
13.15
21/05/2020
23
Team callout
The team were asked to assist NEAS with a patient who had collapsed on a disused railway path in Langley Park. Team members were stood down shortly after arriving on scene.
05.30
21/05/2020
22
Team callout
Team called out to a search in Coxhoe for a missing child. Stood down when child found safe and well at friends house.
21.45
18/05/2020
21
Team callout
The team were contacted by Durham Police at 9:45 pm to assist with the search for a missing 16 year old in the Barnard Castle area. As the team were deploying, the missing person returned home safe and well.
13.30
18/05/2020
20
Team callout
The team were contacted by Durham Constabulary at 13:30 to assist with a search of a missing person in the Hamsterley Forest area. 20 team members and 3 search dogs deployed in total to search the woodland and tracks. As the team were searching, the missing person was located safe and well.
08.00
06/05/2020
19
Team callout
The team were contacted by Durham Constabulary around 8am this morning to assist with locating a missing person. The team used a phone find feature which sends the person a text message. Once the message is opened and the link clicked, the team can view that persons location.
14.00
27/04/2020
18
Team callout
The team were callout around 2pm to assist with the search of a missing person in the area of Sherburn Village, Durham.
14.00
23/04/2020
17
Team callout
Team placed on standby for about an hour after a report of a despondent male missing from his home in Lanchester.
13.00
22/03/2020
16
Team callout
The team we called out to assist NEAS with a patient who had collapsed in some woodland near Barnard Castle.
13.00
04/03/2020
15
Team callout
We were called out by NEAS to assist with the extraction of a patient who had fallen from her horse. Shortly after deploying we were stood down from the incident.
08.33
01/03/2020
14
Team callout
Team called to assist 8 members of the public in 4 vehicles stuck in snow on track in upper Teesdale.
09.00
24/02/2020
13
Team callout
Team continued search for missing teenager along River Wear near Bishop Auckland. The Canoe group searching downstream from the bridge located a body near where the Team search dogs had indicated.
18.20
23/02/2020
12
Team callout
The team were called out by Durham Police at 18:20 on the 23rd February to assist with the search of a missing person in Bishop Auckland
15.50
20/02/2020
11
Team callout
Shortly before 4pm the team were contacted by NEAS to help extract a lady who had slipped over and injured her ankle. Using our stretcher and wheel, the patient was extracted along a narrow path to a near by ambulance.
11.00
14/02/2020
10
Team callout
The team were made aware of an injured walker on the Lanchester railway late this morning. We had one of our dog handlers in the area who went to assess the casualty and treat their injuries. Shortly after we arrived on scene, Durham County Council came to allow access for the ambulance and continued to help us extracting the casualty to an RV for NEAS.
16.00
09/02/2020
9
Team callout
The team were called to assist with locating a missing person who was involved in an RTC on the outskirt of Durham City. The missing person was located by Durham Police shortly after the initial call was made.
02.00
05/02/2020
8
Team callout
The team were called in the small hours of the morning in relation to a missing male somewhere on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland. The Team sent a 'phone find' message to allowing the missing man to send us his location however he did not respond. The missing male was found by the police while the Team were awaiting more information with which to plan a search.
14.00
01/02/2020
7
Team callout
A kayaker capsized whilst paddling towards Cotherstone suffering injuries to the upper body. Due to the terrain and location, ourselves along with NEAS and Coastguard helicopter managed to get the kayaker to a suitable location to be winched up to the helicopter.
09.00
26/01/2020
6
Team callout
Called by Durham Police to search for an elderly male in the Chester-le- street area who was missing from his place of residence. As the search areas were being planned in readiness for the team, the gentleman was found by a member of the public.
16.22
11/01/2020
5
Team callout
Team were contacted around 16.30 to say an there had been an actuation of a location device in the Cronkley Fell area of Teesdale. This turned out to be an accidental actuation but it could not be established the location of all of the party of 13. A Team vehicle was sent to Bowlees and further investigations made. All of the party eventually arrived at the car park.
09.00
05/01/2020
4
Team callout
Two of the team dog handlers were training today with their dogs in Weardale when they noticed a gentleman who looked unwell slumped over the steering wheel of his car. They called the team and the ambulance service and started first aid. Durham Police were also informed of the incident The gentleman was taken to hospital by the ambulance service.
09.00
29/12/2019
3
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
2
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
1
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
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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