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Callouts 2009 - 14
Callout data 2009
We are in the process of loading our callout data for previous years to when our new website went live in 2012.
Below is the callout summary data for January – July 2009. This is an ongoing project
- Saturday 10th January Newton Abbot
Attendance at this incident was to help locate a despondent male. The team were deployed but did not locate the individual. He was found the following week by Police in an area outside of that which we had been asked to search. Regrettably he was deceased when found.
- Tuesday 20th January Hennock
Attendance at this incident was to help locate a despondent female. She was located by Police in the vicinity of her home. The team were not deployed.
- Thursday 5th February Haldon Hill
Attendance at this incident was requested by the Police to assist stranded motorists on the A38 at Haldon Hill. Sudden heavy snowfall had rendered the road impassable. The Team were engaged all night.
- Monday 9th March Newton St Cyres
The Team were called by Okehampton Section to assist in locating a missing male with a heart condition. All Teams failed to locate the individual who was found the following day by the Police deceased.
- Wednesday 29 April Cold East Cross
Missing person was an adult male known to the Team. The Team was stood down at approx. 04:00hrs having failed to locate the misper. He was found by the Police the following morning in the Dartmeet area.
- Friday 1 May Princetown
Missing person was an adult female. The Team was not deployed as the misper presented herself at a local farm. One member was engaged in the search helped by the fact he lived at the RV location.
- Friday 8 May Torquay
Missing person was a 7 year-old boy. The Team were deployed and the misper was located by the first team on the ground within 15 minutes.
- Saturday/Sunday 9/10 May Eggesford
Missing person was a 17 year-old boy with learning difficulties and a mental-age of 4. After extensive searches involving other MR teams and the Police the misper was sighted by team members and using Police helicopter resources was recovered safe and well.
- Saturday 30 May Axminster
Missing person was located by the Police. Team stood down was en-route to location.
- Saturday 11 July Shipley Bridge
Missing persons were a group of 5 girls on a Duke of Edinburgh exercise. The Team were deployed at approx. 23:20 after Plymouth and Tavistock Sections had been searching during the earlier part of the day. The girls were located safe and well in their tents in the vicinity of Red Lake by a Tavistock hasty team.
Overdue kayakers cause concern on River Dart
The team were called out this evening to search for a group of overdue canoeists. Fortunately the canoeists were located before the team were deployed in the search area.
Body found following search in Churston Ferrers
Search for a high risk missing person in Churston Ferrers. After an extensive and lengthy overnight search we were stood down. Plymouth and Tavistock teams resumed the search over the weekend. Unfortunately a body was found by Police in Brixham on the Sunday afternoon.
Search finds missing person in sea at Salcombe
Written by DSRT AdminSearch finds missing person in sea at Salcombe
Call out for a high risk missing person in the Salcombe area. We joined forces with the Plymouth Team and despite numerous hours of searching into the night we were unsuccessful in locating the person.
Sadly he was found the following day in the sea. Our condolences go to his relatives.
40 year old walker lost near Haytor
Callout 40yr old female walker lost in the Haytor area of Dartmoor National Park. The casualty was evacuated by Ambulance before team deployed.
Despondent reported in River Ash
Female despondent reported in the River Ash; evacuated by the Fire Service before team deployed. Stood down en route.
Overdue horse riders in Hembury Woods cause concern
Written by DSRT AdminOverdue horse riders in Hembury Woods cause concern
Two young female horse-riders overdue in the Hembury Woods area. Found by Police with assistance from the our volunteers.
Missing walker overdue at Postbridge
The team were called out today to search for a missing male walker.
Missing despondent Totnes
The team were called out to search for a missing female despondent.
Missing despondent in Exeter
The team were called out today to search for a female despondent in Exeter
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Climber injured in fall from Houndtor
The team was called out today to assist the Air Ambulance in the evacuation of a male climber who had fallen from the tor and sustained multiple serious injuries. The casualty was evacuated to the Devon Air Ambulance by our team members and airlifted to hospital.
We hope he makes a speedy recovery.
Female walker injures ankle near Haytor
The team were called out today to evacuate a female walker with an ankle injury from Haytor.
Flood water causes evacuation in Yealmpton
Callout – Team called out to assist with the evacuation of residents at Yealmpton due to high levels of floodwater. Following this initial callout we received a second call to Exeter where it was reported that somebody had fallen in the River Exe.
Despite extensive searching that included the find of some clothing that may or may not have been linked, the team was stood down in the late afternoon with no further information forthcoming. It was suspected that the person in the water could have been mistaken as river debris such as a partially submerged log.
Dartmoor rescue volunteers monitoring a flooded River Exe at Trews Weir.
Report of person in difficulty in the River Exe
Callout. Team called out to assist with search around Exeter Quay following reports of somebody being spotted in difficulty in the River Exe.
Team search banks for 4 hours, and were stood down around 3PM. Call, although with good intention, was probably a false alarm with no persons reported missing or found.