Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team  
Saving Lives in Wild and Remote Places  
 
Callouts 2000
Number Date Incident
1 6 January
Team was called out to search the surrounding area of Sunderland for a missing patient from hospital. The person was found dead close to the hospital.
2 9 January
The Team was placed on standby to locate a missing family, lost and benighted in the Rothbury area. The family was found by a police helicopter and the TEam was stood down.
3 17 January
The Team was called out out at 0100 hours to search in the Carter Bar area for a missing male with suicidat tendancies. The person was found, inconscious and hypothermic. The Team evcuated the person to an awaiting ambulance.
4 31 January
The Team was called out to look for a missing elderly person from a care home. The person was found by the police close to A1 road.
5 2 February
The Team was placed on standby to search for a missing depressed person in farm land around the Bedlington area. The person was found by a farmer worker and the Team was stood down.
6 12 February The Team was called out to search for a missing elderly person. The person was found unconcious and hypothermic. Evacuated to hospital.
7 23 & 24 March The Team search through the night for a missing AWOL soldier. Nothing was found after two days searching. The soldier returned safe and well.
8 9 April
The Team was placed on standby to search for a missing child. The child was found safe and well before a full deployment of the Team.
9 24 April The Team was placed on standby to search for another missing child. The child was found safe and well before a full deployment of the Team.
10 25 April
A rapid deployement of a search group from the Team was sent to search for a missing person over due at a guest house. The person was found at his home.
11 27 April The Team was called out to search the wide open spaces of Newcastle to locate a missing elderly person. The person was found in the casualty unit of a local hospital.
12 11 June
The Team was called out out to locate the where abouts of a potentially suicidal person. The person was found admitting himself into a local hospital.
13 17 June
A competitor was stretchered off the Cheviots Hills to an awainting helicopter, after collapsing whilst participating in a mountain challenge event.
14 29 June
The police asked the Team to search for the owner missing form an abandoned car. After an extensive search the missing person was located in Lockerbie, Scotland.
15 8 July
Police called for the Team's assistance in locating a person missing overnight. The person was found by a search group, tired and confused.
16 10 July The Team was placed on standby to locate a missing elederly person. The person was found by the Police before a full call out.
17 23 July
The Team was asked by the Police to search for a missing waker in the Cheviot foot hills. As the Teamwas being deployed the walker was found.
18 3 August The Team was asked to assist the helicopter evacuation of a climber who had sustained head injuries on the Bizzle Crag in the College Valley.
19 6 August
The Team was asked to help the evacuation of Army cadets from the Cheviots Hills.
20 26 August
A missing walker in a mountain challenge event was found safe and well. In the same event another walker was treated for lacerations to the head.
21 31 August
A missing walker was found safe and well just before the Team was deployed onto the Pennine Way in the Cheviots Hills.
21 20 Sept.
Two missing soldiers were found safe and well at 0400 hours after a search through the night.
22 7 Oct. The Team was called to locate a missing person in Kidland forest. Found safe and well.
23 10 Oct. The Team made an extensive search for an Army officer who was overdue. Found safe and well by a search group.
24 12 Oct. The Team evacuated a person with a fractured ankle on Hadrian's Wall.
25 19 Oct.
The Team was asked to search for a missing paratropper reported overdue following a night time drop. The soldier was found safe and well by a search group.
26 21 Nov. A missing despondant was located by the Team in the North Northumberland coastal area.
27 30 Nov. &  1 Dec.
A two day search for another missing despondant was made by the Team in the North Northumberland coastal area. Nothing was found
28 2 Dec.
A limited callout was undertaken by Team members for the location in Urban woodland. The missing person was taken to hospital.
29 9 Dec
Team placed on standby to search for two missing Army cadets. No callout was instigated as the missing person were locate d in their homes!
30 9 Dec
Team was called to standby and assist teh Teesdale SRT in the location of a missing person. Before a full callout was made the perosn concerned was located.
31 23 Dec
The Team was asked by the Police to re-visit the search areas of 30 Nov and 1 Dec. Nothing was found.
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