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 discusions 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, notifcation came that the missing person had been located. All teams were stood down.

This is an example of how rescue Teams in Northumberland work skillfully together to secure the right outcome.

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