Callouts 2025

The team were called at just after 12:00 to assist a female walker who had fallen near Black Hill and had injured her shoulder and was unable to move. A small foot team was deployed to confirm her location and provide protection from the chilling wind. Once the…

The team were called at 14:21 to assist 2 walkers well equipped who had become lost and disoriented in low cloud and heavy rain near Three barrows on Southern Dartmoor.
Two team 4*4 vehicles were dispatched to their last known location on the Puffin Billy Track. The tw…

Callout #27 22nd October   We were called out at 11.54 by police to assist the coastguard with ongoing searches in relation to a missing person in the Totnes area. The multi agency response covered a number of areas and police enquiries are ongoing. Whilst carrying…

Callout #26 – Sunday 12th October   At 22:00 the team were asked by Devon and Cornwall Police to assist in the search for a missing cyclist in Haldon Forest Park following his failure to return home. Mountain Rescue search dogs and team members were deployed to search…

Callout #25 – Wednesday 8th October   At 1700 the team were asked by South West Ambulance Trust to assist with a climber who had fallen at Hound Tor and sustained head and chest injuries. The SWAST paramedics, who were first on scene, were quickly joined by some of…

Callout #24 – Thursday 2nd October   At around 0900 the team were called by Devon & Cornwall Police to assist in a search for a vulnerable 72 year old male in Kingsteignton. Initial searching was focussed in the Hackney Marsh Nature Reserve where our foot teams…

Callout #23 – Saturday 6th September   At around 11:30 the team were called to assist the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust with an individual with a leg injury who was just off the summit of Corndon Tor, located between Poundsgate and Dartmeet….

Callout #22 – Wednesday 6th August At 20:32 Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team – Ashburton were contacted by Devon & Cornwall Police to assist an injured fell runner with a suspected fractured ankle. The injured fell runner had fallen badly and was about half way…

Callout #21 – Sunday 6th July    On Sunday 6th July at 17:28hrs Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team – Ashburton were contacted by Devon & Cornwall Police to assist with an incident on the River Dart in Hembury Woods, near Buckfastleigh. An 18year old who had sustained…

Callout #20 – Thursday 3rd July   At 14:37 the team were asked to assist South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust with a female cyclist who had fallen and badly injured their knee north of the Avon dam in South Dartmoor. SWAST paramedics were first at the…

  Callout #18 – 16th & 17th June At 23:26hrs on Monday 16th June the team were contacted by Devon & Cornwall Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable young adult male who had been missing since late on the 15th from the South Brent area. A small party…

Callout #17 – Friday 13th June  At 22:35hrs on Friday 13th June the team responded to a call for help from a couple who had been caught out by the weather on Friday night.  Significant rain and high winds forced the pair to contact Devon & Cornwall Police to ask…

Callout #16 Thursday 5th June 2025   At 19:49hrs the team were called out to assist South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust for an individual who had taken a bad fall from a horse near the summit of Ugborough Beacon. One of our 4*4 vehicles was deployed…

Callout #14 Monday 28th April 2025 One of our more unusual callouts. At 15:42hrs the rescue team were called out for a dog with an injured leg located in a remote part of the Dart gorge. The elderly dog had broken its leg and was approximately 1 km downstream from…

Callout 13 Tuesday 15th April 2025 At 23.30hrs last night to the team were called out to assist some very soggy campers near to Butterdon Beacon. They were able to provide a W3W (What3Words) location and sensibly stayed put until we arrived. Thankfully no one was…

Callout #12 Saturday 5th April We were called at 20:00 to assist in the search for a missing vulnerable 73 year old with dementia who had gone missing in the area north east of the Haldon Forest Park. Searches were carried out from the point last seen to a crossroads…

Callout #10 Wednesday 5th March At 16:45 the team were asked to assist in a search for a vulnerable male who was missing from Finlake Park near Chudleigh. Foot teams and our Mountain Rescue Search Dog Binnie were immediately dispatched to search the highest…

Callout #9 Tuesday 4th March 2025 At 07:40hrs, the team was called out to support a multi-agency search for a vulnerable individual who had gone missing on Monday afternoon near Membury. The search had been started the night before by Exmoor Search and Rescue Team and…

Callout #8 Sunday 23rd February 2025 At 02:45hrs in the morning after the joint exercise, the team were called out by Devon and Cornwall Police to assist in the search for the driver of a crashed car who was missing. The incident was on the on the B3212 near…

Callout #7 Monday 17th February 2025 At 03:30hrs the team were called out by Devon and Cornwall Police to join a multi-agency search for a vulnerable individual in the open areas around Buckland in Newton Abbot. Coastguard Helicopter R188 from St Athan and Dartmoor…

Callout #1 Wednesday 1st January At 16:30 on New Year’s Day the team was called by Devon and Cornwall Police following a request from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust for assistance with an individual with a suspected broken leg close to a road…