A volunteer-run mountain rescue charity. 27 incidents featured here.
A search operation took place near Blisland, concluding at dusk on the edge of a woodland area. The post references press coverage but does not provide specific details about the outcome or circumstances of the search.
A woman slipped on rocks at Golitha Falls on Bodmin Moor and sustained a significant ankle injury. East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team attended alongside South Western Ambulance Service, with 14 volunteers assisting in carrying her from the difficult-to-access location to the car park for onward transport to hospital.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to Derriford Hospital for further treatment
East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team was called out twice in one night to assist police with two separate high-risk missing person searches in the Looe area on 24–25 June. Both missing persons were located safely; the first was found during the initial search and the second was found the following afternoon after an extended search involving multiple rescue teams.
Outcome: both missing persons located safe and well
East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team responded to two separate high-risk missing person searches in the Looe area on 24 June, with only hours between callouts. Both missing persons were found safe and well, with the first returning home and the second located after an overnight search involving assistance from other rescue teams.
Outcome: both missing persons found safe and well
Outcome: The missing person was found safe by police.
Emergency services attended Bodmin Moor on Saturday morning following reports of an individual who had suffered a serious medical episode. Rescue teams were called to assist with the recovery of the person, who sadly did not survive at the scene. The death was confirmed by police and is not being treated as suspicious.
Outcome: Deceased
Outcome: The casualty was airlifted to hospital with a suspected significant ankle break.
The search and rescue team assisted police in searching for a high-risk missing person near Looe on Sunday, December 7th. The search was conducted despite heavy rainfall across the Morval area until the individual was found to have returned home safely.
Outcome: Person located and safe
Search and Rescue teams were contacted by police to assist in locating a young girl reported missing from St Eval. The child was eventually found safe by a member of the public who was assisting with the search efforts.
Outcome: Found safe
An elderly man sustained an ankle injury during a walk from Rough Tor to Davidstow on Bodmin Moor. Eleven volunteers from East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team located him and transported him by stretcher to waiting paramedics at the roadside.
Outcome: casualty stretchered to roadside and transferred to HART paramedics
A man reported missing from the Polruan area was located safe following an extensive two-day search involving multiple agencies. The search efforts concluded with confirmation that the individual had been found and was receiving care.
Outcome: Safe/Found
East Cornwall Search and Rescue attended two incidents in the Minions area in early May. On 1 May, they assisted a sheep trapped on a ledge at Cheesewring Quarry; two days later, they rescued a woman with a suspected ankle fracture at Gold Diggings Quarry who was evacuated to hospital.
Outcome: sheep returned to moorland; casualty with ankle fracture splinted and transferred to Derriford Hospital
The search and rescue team attended an incident at Bodgara Mill involving a woman who had fallen from her horse. Due to difficult terrain, the injured party was carefully packaged into a specialist stretcher and moved to an awaiting ambulance for transport to Derriford Hospital.
Outcome: Transported to hospital for treatment
A horse rider suffered a serious fall at Halvana Woods on Bodmin Moor on 4 January 2025, sustaining head, face and back injuries and losing consciousness. Emergency services including the air ambulance, South Western Ambulance Service HART team and East Cornwall Search and Rescue were deployed in poor weather conditions. The casualty was safely reached by air ambulance personnel and the rescue team stood down.
Outcome: casualty reached and treated by air ambulance crew
Search and Rescue teams were called out on Bodmin Moor following bad weather conditions. The location of two walkers was confirmed using phone tracking technology, allowing rescuers to safely attend to one individual who was then stretchered from the rocky ground.
Outcome: Rescued and safely transported
Two individuals were rescued from an abandoned mine in Cornwall after being trapped inside for up to 14 hours. Rescue teams successfully stabilized the people and brought them to the surface before they were transported to hospital for further examination.
Outcome: Rescued and taken to hospital
A man became trapped approximately 45 feet down a shaft at Phoenix Mine in Minions, Cornwall, after becoming stuck on ropes whilst exploring with a group. Devon Cave Rescue Organisation and East Cornwall Search and Rescue responded, and he was rescued and conveyed to hospital after being suspended in the shaft for several hours and sustaining injuries.
Outcome: casualty rescued by specialist cave rescue team and taken to hospital
East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team assisted Devon and Cornwall Police in locating lost walkers on Bodmin Moor on 28 January 2024. The incident controller made contact with the walkers and guided them safely back to the car park where they met the team leader.
Outcome: walkers guided safely back to car park
East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team were called on New Year's Day to assist in the search for a high-risk missing person with dementia in the St Cleer area. The person was located at a substantial distance from their last known position. Casualty carers provided a full check-over and assisted with warming the casualty.
Outcome: missing person located and provided medical care
A man was rescued from a 35-foot mineshaft in the Prideaux Wood area near Tywardreath Highway, Par. Emergency services including Devon and Cornwall Police, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, South Western Ambulance Service, and East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team coordinated the rescue. The casualty was transported by air ambulance to hospital with injuries initially assessed as serious but later downgraded.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by air ambulance to hospital
A man suffered a dislocated shoulder while tombstoning at Gold Diggings Quarry on Bodmin Moor and was rescued by East Cornwall Search and Rescue with assistance from South Western Ambulance Service. He was able to reach the side of the water with help and was transported to the car park after receiving pain relief.
Outcome: casualty transported by ambulance service, expected to recover
A 42-year-old man from St Austell was reported missing on 22 September. His work vehicle was located on Wednesday, and search and rescue teams, coastguard, police helicopter, and search dogs conducted extensive searches across woodland and countryside in the Pentewan Valley area over several days.
Outcome: ongoing search; vehicle located
East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team was called to assist Devon and Cornwall Police in searching for a high-risk missing 47-year-old man at Prideaux Woods near Luxulyan on Saturday afternoon. A police dog handler located the man in the woods within a couple of hours, but he had already died. The team assisted police at the scene and helped transport the body to an ambulance.
Outcome: body recovered
A 42-year-old man sustained spinal injuries after jumping into the water-filled quarry at Gold Diggings on Bodmin Moor. Emergency services responded and the casualty was evacuated by stretcher and transferred to Derriford Hospital for treatment.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to Derriford Hospital
A 12-year-old boy fell at Golitha Falls in Cornwall and was located and extracted by emergency services. His injuries were not life-threatening, and he was left with paramedics at the scene.
Outcome: boy extracted, injuries not life-threatening, left with paramedics
A man missing from a caravan park in Newquay since early Sunday morning was found deceased in woodland near Newquay on Monday. West Cornwall Search and Rescue Team, assisted by East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team and Devon and Cornwall Police, located the body during a search of thick vegetation and woodland. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Outcome: body found
A teenage girl fell from height on Rough Tor during a Duke of Edinburgh Award exercise and sustained a lower leg injury. The Cornwall Air Ambulance and West Cornwall Search and Rescue Team responded; after initial assessment ruled out serious injury, she was evacuated by the team's off-road ambulance to a waiting land ambulance.
Outcome: evacuated by team ambulance to land ambulance; injuries not serious