Callouts 2026

Callout #6 🚨 Tuesday 27th January – STORM CHANDRA At 6am the team were called out to support the multi-agency response to Storm Chandra which had brought intense, short‑duration rainfall causing widespread flooding. In particular, East Devon was hit badly due to lower…

Callout #5 🚨 Sunday 25th January The team were called at 15:00 to help locate a party of three who were lost in the vicinity of Eastern White Barrow, high up on the south moor. 🏔️ Our team were mobilised and dispatched toward two possible ways the party might come off…

Callouts #3 and #4 🚨 Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th January A very different type of callout for our team. 💣‼️ Due to an unexploded World War II bomb in Exmouth, Dartmoor Search and Rescue Ashburton supported a major multi‑agency incident assisting Devon and…

Tuesday 13th January – Saddle Tor The team were called at 12:30 to assist an elderly male who had slipped, fallen and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture on Saddle Tor. First on scene was a BASICS Devon doctor and one of our team members who is a paramedic. The…

Injured Walker on Haytor Call-out #1 Sunday 11th January – the first callout of 2026 The team were called at 17:00 to assist a female walker who had fallen and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture on the upper slopes of Haytor Rocks. As it was dark, a gale blowing…