Callouts 2026

Following a request from North Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (NDSART), who were experiencing limited team availability for a missing person search in Exeter, several DSRT Ashburton members responded to assist. While travelling to the incident, three of our team…

We were called following a report of an injured climber at Holwell Quarry, Haytor. Teams quickly found and assessed the climber, who had a fracture and dislocation of their ankle following a 5 meter fall, but he was otherwise in good spirits. We transported the…

We were called on Saturday 11 July to assist following the report of a child hurt diving in to the river at Spitchwick. Teams members deployed to help evacuate the 12 year old boy by stretcher a short distance to a Devon Air Ambulance Trust helicopter. As it was a hot…

We were called out on 6 July 2026, following the report of an 18 year old with a lower leg injury near Huntingdon Warren. Anticipating a long stretcher haul, we also called our sister team, Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth to assist us, SWAST and HART to…

Not all callouts need expensive technical kit, what they do need is the creative problem solving skills of our search and rescue team members. And sometimes some ordinary household products! Last week, we featured a callout where washing up liquid was used to assist…

Callout 🚨 23/06/2026 On Tuesday afternoon we were called following the report of a child trapped in rocks on Dartmoor. 🪨 ⛰️ A ten-year old child had slipped whilst moving down between rocks and was pinned under one of the main blocks on Hound Tor. Her leg was trapped…

Team callout 13:50 21 June 2026. As team members were going about their Sunday, some returning from training,  several supporting the Dartmoor Classic cycling event and also enjoying Fathers’ Day swimming in the river, all close to the Dart Gorge, we became…

CALLOUT 🚨 16th June – Bittaford Moor Gate The call came in at 16.48 with details of a lost male near Red Lake Mire, high up on the south moor. Drivers were put on standby whilst the search manager called Devon and Cornwall Police – who were able to give…

Callout 🚨14/04/2026 We were called on Tuesday afternoon by Devon and Cornwall Police to assist in a search near Marldon, Paignton, for a missing male. We had 15 volunteers on site with our dog handler Paula and Search Dog Amber. Sadly, the missing person was found…

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…