|
Totals: 13
callouts. 437 man-hours.
On notice to move
but not required: 5 occasions.
(Tavistock, 1., Ashburton 2., Police 2) |
|
13 Nov call to
Ermington. Despondent. Walked away from
his house. Believed potential suicide.
Located by police
as teams deployed. 12 attended. 3 hours.
36 man-hours. |
|
12 Oct call to
Torpoint. Three children reported
missing. Believed to be in area of
H.M.S. Raleigh. Located by police before
team assembled. 4 attended. 2 hours. 8
man-hours. |
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A call at 03:20 on
10 Jul to a residential home outside of
Roborough to look for a man who had gone
walkabout from the home. He was found
safe and well in the car park after a
couple of hours search in the immediate
area. 9
attended. 3 hours. 27 man-hours |
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At 1330 on 22 Jun
we had a call from ambulance control to
assist with the evacuation of a fallen
climber. The ambulance service and
fellow climbers evacuated him to the
road, thence to Derriford by ambulance.
14.attended 2
hours. 28 man-hours
|
|
We helped to locate
a group of walkers who became lost on
the moors in the evening of Sat 21 Jun.
Shortly after 10pm on Saturday police
received a call from a member of the
public stating that he was part of a
group of five persons who had become
lost on Dartmoor. They had set off from
the Two Bridges Hotel heading north.
They believed they were somewhere in the
area of Wistman’s Wood. One of the party
had sustained a leg injury and was
unable to walk. A search was launched
involving police officers and members of
the team and the group was found by a
Tavistock dog team to the east of
Higher White Tor at about 1.40am. They
were found safe and well, recovered from
the moor and returned to Two Bridges.
12 attended 5
hours. 30 man-hours
|
|
Totals: 13
callouts. 437 man-hours.
On notice to move
but not required: 5 occasions.
(Tavistock, 1., Ashburton 2., Police 2) |
|
13 Nov call to
Ermington. Despondent. Walked away from
his house. Believed potential suicide.
Located by police
as teams deployed. 12 attended. 3 hours.
36 man-hours. |
|
12 Oct call to
Torpoint. Three children reported
missing. Believed to be in area of
H.M.S. Raleigh. Located by police before
team assembled. 4 attended. 2 hours. 8
man-hours. |
|
A call at 03:20 on
10 Jul to a residential home outside of
Roborough to look for a man who had gone
walkabout from the home. He was found
safe and well in the car park after a
couple of hours search in the immediate
area. 9
attended. 3 hours. 27 man-hours |
|
At 1330 on 22 Jun
we had a call from ambulance control to
assist with the evacuation of a fallen
climber. The ambulance service and
fellow climbers evacuated him to the
road, thence to Derriford by ambulance.
14.attended 2
hours. 28 man-hours
|
|
We helped to locate
a group of walkers who became lost on
the moors in the evening of Sat 21 Jun.
Shortly after 10pm on Saturday police
received a call from a member of the
public stating that he was part of a
group of five persons who had become
lost on Dartmoor. They had set off from
the Two Bridges Hotel heading north.
They believed they were somewhere in the
area of Wistman’s Wood. One of the party
had sustained a leg injury and was
unable to walk. A search was launched
involving police officers and members of
the team and the group was found by a
Tavistock dog team to the east of
Higher White Tor at about 1.40am. They
were found safe and well, recovered from
the moor and returned to Two Bridges.
12 attended 5
hours. 30 man-hours
|
Totals: 13 callouts. 437
man-hours. On notice to move but not required: 5
occasions. (Tavistock, 1., Ashburton 2., Police
2) |
|
13 Nov call to Ermington.
Despondent. Walked away from his house. Believed
potential suicide. Located by police as teams
deployed. 12 attended. 3 hours. 36 man-hours. |
|
12 Oct call to Torpoint.
Three children reported missing. Believed to be
in area of H.M.S. Raleigh. Located by police
before team assembled. 4 attended. 2 hours. 8
man-hours. |
|
A call at 03:20 on 10 Jul
to a residential home outside of Roborough to
look for a man who had gone walkabout from the
home. He was found safe and well in the car park
after a couple of hours search in the immediate
area. 9 attended. 3
hours. 27 man-hours |
|
At 1330 on 22 Jun we had a
call from ambulance control to assist with the
evacuation of a fallen climber. The ambulance
service and fellow climbers evacuated him to the
road, thence to Derriford by ambulance.
14.attended 2 hours.
28 man-hours |
|
We helped to locate a group
of walkers who became lost on the moors in the
evening of Sat 21 Jun. Shortly after 10pm on
Saturday police received a call from a member of
the public stating that he was part of a group
of five persons who had become lost on Dartmoor.
They had set off from the Two Bridges Hotel
heading north. They believed they were somewhere
in the area of Wistman’s Wood. One of the party
had sustained a leg injury and was unable to
walk. A search was launched involving police
officers and members of the team and the group
was found by a Tavistock dog team to the east
of Higher White Tor at about 1.40am. They were
found safe and well, recovered from the moor and
returned to Two Bridges.
12 attended 5 hours.
30 man-hours |
|
On 26 May we had a call
from Tavistock at about 0600 the morning after
the DRG 40th anniversary dinner. A potential
suicide in the Leeden Tor area. The car had been
found with an empty wine bottle, empty pill
packets and a note. The search was stood down
after the subject was found to have been in
Derriford hospital since at least 0200.
14 attended 2 hours.
28 man-hours |
|
A patient from the
Glenbourne unit at Derriford was reported
missing on 26 Apr. It was feared she might self
harm by raising her blood sugar count. We were
tasked to search the grounds of Saltram House.
She was found by the police at the house of a
friend who nobody knew about.
14 attended. 3 hours.
42 man-hours |
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19 Apr was a joint search
with Tavistock at Beardown for a D of E team
with a hypothermic member. The team made their
own way off, but we had to search for the 2
dispatched paramedics who went walkabout! They
were found near Brown’s House heading into the
moor. 10 attended 4
hours. 40 man-hours |
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The next day on 28 Mar we
went to Gutter Tor again for another D of E team
this time thought to be in a 4km radius of Erme
Pits. They were found near Hook Lake cold but
otherwise unharmed.
11 attended. 2 hours. 22 man-hours |
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On 27 Mar we were called
out to Gutter Tor to look for and evacuate a
member of a Duke of Edinburgh expedition team
from a Bristol school, believed to have heart
problems. They were found near Giant’s Basin and
the whole team evacuated safely.
24 attended. 3 hours.
72 man-hours |
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On another Wednesday, this
time on 26 Mar we were in Ivybridge looking for
a 15 year old girl missing from home. She was
found cold but well at Ivybridge Rugby Club.
16 attended. 3 hours.
48 man-hours |
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On 19 Mar we were tasked to
Greenbank to search open ground in the area for
a 10-year-old boy missing from home. He turned
up at home as we assembled. 8 arrived or en
route. 1 hour. 8 man-hours |
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Our first shout of 2008
was on 12 Mar. We were called out to
Burrator reservoir to look for a nine year old
girl missing from a school party. After a major
search she was found cold but unharmed near
Deancombe Farm. 16 attended. 4 hours. 64
man-hours |
