Callouts 2023

Callout 1/2023 – Harbertonford 20:15 26th January 2023 Devon & Cornwall Police  contacted the team at 19:47hrs, requesting assistance to search in the South Hams for a missing teenager with concerns for their mental health. 27 team members responded and whilst…

Callout 3/2023 – Newton Abbot 02:18 21st February 2023  An elderly lady was reported missing from her care home in Newton Abbot, but as the team were loading the vehicles to deploy, she was located by D&C Police and returned to the care home.

Callout 6/2023 – Dart Valley, Newbridge 17:22 19th March 2023 Second callout in 24 hours! At 17:22hrs the team were deployed to locate and assist a mother and her two teenage children who had become lost then unable to move on the steep ground on the north side of the…

Callout 5/2023 – Exeter 00:25 19th March 2023  At 0025hrs the rescue team were contacted by the  Devon & Cornwall Police  to assist in the search for a vulnerable female in woods north of Exeter. Initial areas were cleared by our search dogs and as the team was…

Callout 20/2023 Chudleigh 13:00 5th September 2023 Whilst the previous call was underway, we were asked to stand by to assist in a search for a vulnerable elderly person who had missing from the Chudleigh area for the past 3 days. On completing the handover at…

Callout 22/2023 Haytor 20:30 13th September 2023 The team were contacted by Devon and Cornwall Police at 20:30 with a request to assist a male in his 30s who had fallen in the vicinity of Haytor Rocks and sustained a suspected broken ankle. As it was dark and the…

Callout 24/2023 Ryders Hill 20:00 30th September 2023 The team were called out just after 8pm on Saturday evening to look for a lost walker who was thought to be somewhere between Dunnabridge/Bellever Tor in the north and Holne Moor and Ryders Hill in the south and is…

Callout 28/2023 Newton Abbot 13:56 14th November 2023 The Team were called by Devon & Cornwall police to assist with search for a young female who was reported missing in Newton Abbot. Once the Team had assembled the missing person contacted a friend, and in…

Callout 29/2023 Haytor 17:24 28th December 2023  The Team’s Search Managers were alerted to an overdue walker in the Haytor area. Almost as soon as the callout was sent to team members, the NPAS helicopter located the walker and the Team were stood down.

Callout 26/2023 Newbridge 17:36 13th October 2023 The Team were alerted by South West Ambulance Trust to assist in the evacuation of a casualty from the Dart Valley, however before the Team arrived the ambulance crew had managed to get the casualty to the ambulance…

Callout 27/2023 Sidmouth 03:52 11th November 2023  Just before 4am the team were contacted by Devon and Cornwall Police to assist in a multi-agency search for a vulnerable male. Eighteen of our volunteers and search dog Binny were involved in searching the heathland…

Callout 25/2023 Exeter 00:05 13th October 2023 The team were called to Exeter shortly after midnight on Thursday to assist in a search for a vulnerable teenager. A search of 30 high probability areas focussing on urban and parkland regions near the point last seen was…

Callout 23/2023 Throwleigh 18:00 26th September 2023 At 08:00 this morning  North Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team  asked us to assist them in a search for a missing person deemed to be at high risk who had been missing since the previous evening. They had searched…

Callout 21/2023 Chudleigh 18:00 6th September 2023 On Wednesday 6th September the team were asked for further support in the ongoing search for a missing person in the Chudleigh area. This followed our searches on Monday and further searching by other agencies since…

Callout 15/2023 – East Devon 04:00 2nd July 2023 The team were called in the early hours of Sunday morning (2nd July) in relation to an ongoing search for a missing person in East Devon. Both of our team search dogs along with 2 from other local teams, their handlers…

Callout 16/2023 Three Barrows, Ivybridge  18:30 6th August 2023 The team were contacted approx 6:30pm on Sunday evening to assist with an ‘unusual’ incident on the moor. A dog had had a encounter with an adder near Redlake, a remote part of the moor north of…

Callout 13/2023 – Shipley Bridge 16:43 24th June 2023 Devon and Cornwall Police contacted the rescue team to ask for assistance in looking for a missing person in the Shipley bridge area of southern Dartmoor. At 16:45 the team were called out and 22 of our volunteers…

Callout 14/2023 – Sidmouth 23:49 24th June 2023 At 23:49 the team were called out to assist in a multi-agency search for a vulnerable 74 year-old female in the Sidmouth area. 11 of our volunteers and 2 Mountain Rescue Search Dogs were involved in searching the high…

Callout 11/2023 – Higher Ashton 18:00 12th May 2023 The Team were alerted to search for an elderly gentleman with dementia who had left his home in Higher Ashton at lunchtime and had not returned. As the Team gathered, D&C Police collected sightings of him on a…

Callout 12/2023 – Buckfastleigh 00:44 15th June 2023 Devon and Cornwall Police contacted the rescue team to ask for assistance in looking for a 68 year old male with dementia who was missing in the area of Pennywell Farm, just outside Buckfastleigh. 17 of our…

Callout 9/2023 – Sidmouth 20:00 28th March 2023  At approximately 20:00hrs, the team were contacted by  Devon & Cornwall Police  to assist with the search of a high-risk missing person in a woodland area in the hills north of Sidmouth. Initially two search dog…

Callout 10/2023 – Harbertonford 12:20 29th April 2023 While on duty providing rescue cover for the annual Ten Tors event, the duty search manager was alerted by D&C Police to a missing vulnerable female near Harbertonford. Team members were diverted from their…

Callout 7/2023 – Wrangaton 14:51 21st March 2023 At 14:51hrs the team were asked for assistance by the South West Ambulance Service Trust for a 49 year old lady hill walker who had a suspected broken ankle. She and her friend had been walking on the southern side of…

Callout 8/2023 – Haldon Forest Park 14:20 23rd March 2023 At 1420 the rescue team were asked by  Devon & Cornwall Police  to assist in the a search for a 15 year old with learning difficulties and other medical issues who was lost in the Haldon Forest Park south…

Callout 4/2023 – Newton Abbot 11:30 26th February 2023 Assistance was requested from SW Ambulance Service (SWAST) to a runner who was reported collapsed on Hameldown, near Widecombe. While the Team were assembling, the runner was located and assisted down to the…

Callout 2/2023 – Newton Abbot 09:15 10th February 2023  Devon & Cornwall Police contacted the team at 09:17hrs, requesting assistance to search in the Bakers Park area of Newton Abbot for a vulnerable male with concerns for their mental health. 17 team members…