Two ladies were walking their 3 dogs in the Simonside Hills and became disorientated in wet and very windy conditions. They were reported overdue and police asked for the Team's assistance. Ladies and dogs were found at Coquet Cairn wet and bedraggled but otherwise OK. Team members and National Park Rangers escorted the ladies and their dogs to safety.

Police asked for the Team's assistance to search for a missing male in the Ingram Valley. Together with the North of Tyne Search and Rescue Team, extensive search of the area was made in wet and very windy conditions, producing a negative result. Teams were stood down for the night and resumed their search the following morning. The search resumed at first light on 11 January but were later stood down when the missing person was stopped by the police whilst checking in for a flight at Newcastle International Airport. Read more >

30 January

Police concerned for missing 83 year old female and so requested the assistance of mountain rescue team in a on going search for a missing person in the Newcastle upon Tyne area. A comprehensive search plan produced a negative result. The Team was thanked and stood down.

High priority callout for two missing 5yr olds, police requested that the team be called out to RVP at a Gateshead police station. It was reported that one 5 year old female was missing in the Beacon Lough area of Gateshead, as further information was becoming available and the Team was ariving the two 5 yr olds were located and returned to their home. Team stood down. Read more >

Police control requested the assistance of the Team for a missing 91 year old female in the outskirts of Newcastle. This was a high priority call. The missing person was found walking down a farm track 3 miles away and reunited with her family. Read more

Police requested search rescue to attend the Whickham police office for a 68 year old missing from home. On route to the police station, the Team had a call to say he had been found and could we keep travelling to the police station, as they would need assistance in recovering a body. Read more >

Police requested assistance with an on going search for a missing male. The RVP was Whitley Bay police office. The Team were given an area to search by the POLSA as a priority. The search produced no result. The missing person was later found out of search area safe and well taken to hospital for check up. Team stood down at 05.30

Police contacted the Team for immediate assistance in locating a missing austistic 6 year old female. Concerns for her safety and whereabouts were raised when her bicycle was found abandoned near her home. As the Team was deployed the missing female was found safe and well.

The Police were concerned for the where abouts of a missing 70 year old who had failed to return to a pre-arranged RV point within the Alnwick Gardens. The Team were requested to search the open areas within the gardens. Various points were identified as high priority search areas. Search dogs were deployed with the police helicopter in close support. Extra search dogs were placed on standby from Teesdale SMRT. The missing person was located safe and well if some what confused to her own where abouts. Team stood down at 2030 hours. Under the umbrella organisation of Northumbria Search and Rescue Services, the North of Tyne SRT worked with the Team.

The Police were concerned for the where abouts of a missing 40 year old who had failed to return to his campsite, late on 2 June 2007, in the Whitfield area, near Hexham Northumberland. The Team leaders from both the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team and the North of Tyne SRT met with police to discuss a search strategy. Both Teams were placed on standby at 1330 hours. Whilst discussions with the police were taking place at the camp site, the missing person was locate safe and well in the Allendale area. Both Teams were stood down

Whilst providing rescue cover for a charitable walking event today the Team, together with the North of Tyne SRT evacuated a walker who had sustained facial injuries in a fall. Fortunately, the injury site was accessible by our landrover ambulance, otherwise a long evacuation by a stretcher party would have been necessary. The injured person was transferred by our landrover ambulance to Alwinton where further medical treatment was administered and onward transportation to hospital.

Whilst providing rescue cover for a fell race the Team had to deal with several incidents where participants need help and our services:-

A man was reported missing from his home late last night. Northumbria police asked for the assistance the Team at 2350 hours. Together with the Coastguard search areas were quickly defined and search groups from the Team and North of Tyne SRT were deployed. As the search area also included a coastal strip of land the Coastguard were also deployed. After intensive searching the missing gentleman was located safe and well. All rescue teams were stood down at 0215 hours

On return from a safety cover from a fell race in North Northumberland, Northumbria Police asked the Team Leader for the Team's assistance, together with the North of Tyne SRT, in an on-going search by police for two missing females ( 5 and 6 years old ) in the Newcastle area. As both Teams were on route the missing youngsters were located by the police, safe and well and returned to their parents.

At 2245 hours on 6 July the Team Leader was contacted by Northumbria Police for assistance in finding a missing gentleman aged 77 years. The Team, with the assistance of two search and rescue dogs were tasked to search the surrounding countryside in the Morpeth area of Northumberland. As the initial search areas were being concluded and the search Team managers were reviewing their search strategy, with the intention of asking neighbouring Teams for assistance, the missing gentleman was located safe and well and returned to his family. The Team was stood down at 0230 hours on 7 July.

At 0850 hours the police contacted the Team Leader to request our presence in an on going search. The Team was placed on standby, when it was learnt that the search had been graded high priority. After discussions with the police, the Team's operational search managers decided to place both NNPMRT and NoTSRT on callout and put Teesdale SMRT and their two search dogs on standby. As the rescue teams were arriving at there RVP and about to be deployed into their search areas, notification came that the missing person had been located. All teams were stood down.

Team placed on standby to assist Northumbria Police in an on going search for a missing 86 year old male. Soon after the call for assistance, the missing person was located and the Team was stood down.

At 2155 Northumbria Police called the Team Leader asking for assistance from the Team and NoTSRT, in an on going search for an 81 year old gentleman. After extensive search night search of Newcastle's Town Moor and surrounding area using search dogs from Teesdale SMRT, the search was called off when the missing person was found out of the search area, in Peterlee Co. Durham. The gentleman was returned to his family.

Northumbria Police were concerned for the safety of a missing 40 year old female and requested the Team's assistance to search the wide open areas of South Shields. As the Team Leader was discussing search tactics and defining areas for immediate search, the missing female was located by police. At this time, this limited callout would have been raised to a full callout for the whole Team at first light, had the missing person not been located. Stand down at 0135 Saturday 21 July.

The Team assisted Northumbria Ambulance Service and the police in a RTA. This is not something the Team would normally be called to deal with but as we were on scene every assistance was given. Northumbria Police thanked the Team for their help.

The Team was called to search for a missing 10 year old male at 2100 hours. This was a high priority call out due to the male's age. As the Team was gathering at the RVP, the young male was located safe and well and returned to his family.

Northumbria Police were concerned to the whereabouts of a missing male on the outskirts of Morpeth. The Team was called out and search groups were deployed. Extra support for the Team was provided by specially trained search dogs. After several hours of searching the missing person was located at Rothbury, several miles and well outside of our designated search area.

Northumbria Police requested the Team's assistance for an on going search for a missing farmer. After assessments from all the information available, it was decided to have a full team callout to the vast grounds of the Gibside Estate. Extra support was required from Teesdale SMRT. The search continued well into the night, when the Teams were stood down until first light on 6 August. During the stand down information received was consolidated with what was already known. As a result of this information the search area as expanded with further Teams being called, Kirby Stephen MRT, RAF MRT, the police mounted division, the police dive team and the police air support unit. After an extensive search, the Teams were stood down when a body was found and recovered. Read more >>

Northumbria Police were concerned to the whereabouts of a missing 84 year old female. The Team was placed on standby. As the Team Leader ans his search control Team were analysing the information, it was reported the missing female was found safe and well and returned to her care home.

Northumbria Police were concerned to the whereabouts of a missing female. The Team was placed on standby together with SARDA search dogs from our Team, Teesdale SMRT and North Yorks MRT. Whilst the Team was gathering at the RVP the police air support units flew over the search area. The missing female was located and re-united with her family. Team stood down.

Northumbria Police contacted the Team Leader regarding a group of 4 teenagers reported several hours overdue from a walk in the Cheviot area.  Whilst the overhead team were en-route to the incident, the group were reunited safe and well with family at the Hawsen Burn.

Northumbria police asked for the Team's assistance in locating a missing 80 year old lady who went missing whilst walking her dog on local rough ground. As search teams arrived on scene the missing person was found safe and well. Teams stood down.

At 1800 hours this evening the Team Leader was asked by Northumbria Police to assist in the search for a missing 3 year old. As the Team Leader was being briefed and the Team being mobilised, the young person was found safe and well. The Team was stood down.

The Team Leader was contacted by police to assist in an ongoing search for a vulnerable female. As the Team was responding to this request and a search plan evolving to put into action as Team members were arriving, the missing female was located and returned to her parents. Team stood down.

The Team was requested to assist in a high priority search for a missing male on the outskirts of Newcastle. The Team responded with four search and rescue dogs ( two of these search dogs were from Teesdale MRT ) who searched open ground until 0400 hours on the 19 September. Nothing was found and so both Teams were stood down. Later in the day as the Team was organising a follow up search, the missing person had returned to his home. Read More >>

At 1900 the Team Leader was contacted by Northumbria Police to assist in an on going search in the outskirts of Sunderland, for a missing vulnerable male. As the Team Leader was to liaising with the police and advising on a search strategy, the person was found, well out of the planned initial proposed search area. The Team was consequently stood down.

At 1835 hours Northumbria Police contacted the Team Leader for an immediate response to a high priority callout, to assist in the search for two missing 4 year olds in South Tyneside. As the Team were on route the missing youngsters were located, returned to their families and the Team was stood down.

At 2000 hours Northumbria Police asked for the Team's assistance in searching for a 9 year old missing from home. As the Team were responding and a strategy being developed by the Team's overhead search management, the young person was located safe and well and returned to the child's family.

Whilst a small group of Team members were in the Kielder area, carrying out checks for a forth coming event, Northumbria Police Control Room contacted them via radio and asked for assistance in the recovery of a female who had collapsed whilst out walking in the Chollerford area of Northumberland. Team members arrived on scene where a doctor pronounced death and with the assistance of Northumbria Police Officers evacuated the body by Landrover ambulance 2km to the main road then on to Hexham General Hospital

Whilst on exercise in the Simonside Crags in Northumberland, the Team Leader was requested by Northumbria Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable person. Whilst the Team Leader was on route, the missing person was located.

Following on from incident 49, whilst the Team was on exercise with medical students near the Simonside Crags, Team members quickly responded to the assistance of a fallen climber. The person had sustained suspected rib-cage and spinal injuries. Due to the nature of these possible injuries, the Team requested from Northumbria Police that the helicopter from RAF Boulmer should attend. The person was air-lifted to Wansbeck Hospital. This incident utilised the combined resources of not only the Team but also Northumbria Ambulance Service, Northumbria Police and RAF Boulmer. It was learnt later that the climber had, thankfully, sustained no serious injuries. Read more>. Interview>

The Team leader was asked for the Team's assistance for a missing person. As the Team Leader was en-route, the missing person had been found.

Northumbria Police requested the assistance of the Team to search for a missing person on the outskirts of South Tyneside. Due to the nature of the search, the Team made a limited response by dispatching two search dogs. Nothing was found and the Team was stood down.

Police requested the Team Leader to attend Bedlington police station, to assist in the search for missing 9 year old. Due to age of the missing persons and the timing of this incident, it was deemed high priority. Therefore, The NNPMRT an NoTSRT were both called out. However, as the Teams were responding, the young person was located and returned home. Both teams stood down.

As the Team was returning to base from the above callout, a message came through of another on going search required the Team's assistance. This was to locate 2 missing girls. Once again, due to the age of the missing persons and the timing of this incident, it was treated as high priority. As the Team were enroute , it was learnt that there were now 3 missing young girls. Fortunately, as the over head team was arriving at the RVP the girls were located and returned home. The Team was stood down.

Northumbria Police contacted the Team Leader for advice on three on going incidents. The first incident involved an 88 year old missing person but as information was still coming in, the advice was for the police to contact the Team Leader when further information became available. The second incident was in the southern extremities of our operational area, regarding a missing 66 year old female. As preparations were being made to call out our SARDA dogs, she was located in an area identified for immediate search by the SARDA dogs upon their arrival. The third incident was for a 50 year old female, who was missing from her guest house on Holy Island. Due to tidal conditions, the Team Leader advised the Police that a helicopter from RAF Boulmer be tasked to fly over the area, with the assistance of the Police Air Support unit and local search units from HM Coastguard. The missing person was located by HM Coastguard on a public footpath and returned to her guest house.

At 1450 hours Northumbria Police asked the Team to respond to assist the Northumbria Ambulance Service. The reason being, a lone mountain biker had fallen and suffered injuries near Coe Craggs in Thrunton Woods. The injured person had contacted the ambulance service using a mobile phone and was able to give a location. As there were Team members already in the vicinity, t hey responded, whilst one of the Team's landrover ambulance was en route to the RVP. As Team members were moving to the evacuation site they found an awaiting air ambulance about to transport the injured person to hospital.

As the Team were returning from an exercise earlier in the day, the team leader was asked by Northumbria Police to attend an on going incident regarding a crashed vehicle and a missing person near sea cliffs. The Team was asked to search the surrounding area in case the driver of the vehicle was lying injured nearby. In this instance, the Team were supporting the RNLI and HM Coastguard. As the overhead team were en route, the missing person was located.

As this incident was being resolved, the Team was diverted to a second incident to locate a missing 75 year old male. Once again, as the overhead team were enroute the missing person was located. NNPMRT members were stood down.

Northumbria Police requested the Team's assistance in an on going search for a missing 29 year female. This was quite a high priority call out due to the timing, the severe weather conditions and the missing person's medical history. As the Team and NOTSRT were enroute to the RVP, the missing female was located. Both teams were stood down.

The Team, together with NOTSRT wers requested by Northumbria Police to assist with the search for a missing 61 year old female. As further checks were being made by Northumbria Police the missing female was located safe well. This was a well coordinated response by the two volunteer rescue teams coordinated by Northumbria police.

Northumbria Police contacted the Team Leader and requested assistance in the search management of a missing male. A search plan was drawn up. However, due to the information available at this time, it was decided that the Team's resources would be best utilised in a day light search. Meanwhile, as local police officers were conducting enquiries the missing person was located safe and well. No SAR teams were deployed.

Northumbria Police, concerned for the safety of a missing 72 year old female, contacted the Team Leader who, with another team member, formulated a search strategy prior to calling out the Team. Due to the freezing temperatures this incident became urgent. Fortunately, as the search plan was being developed, the missing person was located and taken to hospital for a medical check up.

0300 hours. Northumbria Police were concerned for the safety of a missing 75 year old male and so contacted the Team Leader for assistance in locating the gentleman. This was quite urgent as the missing person had a known medical condition. As team members were preparing to rendevous at search HQ, the missing person was located and returned to his home.

1800 hours. Northumbria Police requested the assistance of both NNPMRT and NoTSRT in the location of a missing 85year old male. As the Teams were being placed on stand-by, the Team Leader was informed that the missing person had been found safe. Northumbria Police thanked the Teams for their response and were stood down.

Northumbria Police requested the Team's assistance in locating a lost walker who had become disorientated somewhere on the border ridge above Alwinton, Northumberland. Fortunately, before the batteries on the person's mobile expired, a grid reference was ascertained. So, together with NoTSRT a search strategy was developed. Two search dog teams were deployed and the Team's SARDA later found the missing person on the border ridge. He was escorted off the hill. Read more >>

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