A volunteer-run mountain rescue charity. 8 incidents featured here.
The team responded to a multi-agency effort following Storm Chandra, which brought intense rainfall and widespread flooding, particularly affecting East Devon's river valleys. Volunteers assisted emergency services with welfare checks on flooded properties and farms, and helped access or treat individuals who were unable to leave their homes.
Outcome: Support provided to emergency services
Outcome: Found and safely assisted off the moor.
The team supported a major multi-agency operation following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in Exmouth. Volunteers assisted with the evacuation of residents from properties within an expanding exclusion zone over two days.
Outcome: Incident managed by multiple agencies; no casualties reported.
A member of the public sustained a suspected lower leg fracture after slipping and falling on Saddle Tor. Multiple agencies provided care, including shelter, pain relief, and immobilization before the casualty was safely transported to a waiting ambulance.
Outcome: Transported from scene
Mountain rescue teams responded to a callout on the upper slopes of Haytor Rocks after a female walker sustained a suspected lower leg fracture following a fall. Despite challenging conditions including darkness, gale-force winds, and heavy rain, the casualty was assessed, splinted, and safely transported back to the car park.
Outcome: Transported from scene
A team was called out to assist a female walker who had fallen near Black Hill and sustained a shoulder injury, leaving her unable to move. Following location confirmation, vehicles and a team doctor were dispatched, and she and her partner were safely brought back to the road head for an ambulance.
Outcome: Transported from scene
The team responded to police and coastguard assistance with ongoing searches for a missing person in the Totnes area. During a bankside search, they located a calf stuck in the mud which was successfully extracted with the help of the farmer.
Outcome: Search concluded; animal rescued