Incidents

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Blakehopeburnhaugh (18)

26 February 2024
17:08

Incident Type: Search

Late afternoon on Monday, Northumbria Police activated North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselv...

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Blyth (17)

25 February 2024
17:24

Incident Type: Advice/support

Last Sunday afternoon Northumbria Police recontacted Mountain Rescue about the high risk miss...

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Detchant Wood (16)

24 February 2024
11:21

Incident Type: Rescue

A male who was part of a shooting party had sustained a leg injury in a fall in Detchant Wood, near B...

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Sycamore Gap (14)

23 February 2024
14:13

Incident Type: Rescue

As Mountain Rescue resources were responding to a search incident in the Blyth area, the North East A...

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Blyth (13 + 15)

23 February 2024
13:15

Incident Type: Search

Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a high risk missing person in the Blyth ...

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South Hylton (12)

20 February 2024
05:05

Advice and support was provided to Northumbria Police by our duty controller for a high risk missing person in the South Hylton area of Sunderland....

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The Cheviot (11)

19 February 2024
17:18

As the previous incident was drawing to a close, Mountain Rescue were activated for a second time. A group of four young men, who were part of larg...

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The Belling, Kielder Water (10)

19 February 2024
15:06

A family had been walking around the Belling peninsula near to the dam at Kielder Water when the bank at the edge of water collapsed. One of the pa...

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South Shields (9)

05 February 2024
09:41

On Monday morning North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves deployed to support Northumbria Police with a search of Temple Park in South Shi...

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Out of Area (8)

04 February 2024
22:45

Late on Sunday evening, our Mountain Rescue Duty Controller was contacted again by Northumbria Police regarding an individual lost on a mountain ou...

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Gateshead (7)

03 February 2024
12:40

Northumbria Police contacted our Mountain Rescue Duty Controller on Saturday afternoon to discuss potential support for a high risk missing person....

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Thropton (6)

24 January 2024
10:29

North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves responded to a very unfortunate incident on Wednesday morning. As Storm Jocelyn passed through our...

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Black Hag, Pennine Way (5)

20 January 2024
23:06

In a repeat of Thursday’s incident, a Spine Race competitor collapsed at the low and high level split of the Pennine Way between The Schil and Bl...

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Low Bleakhope, Breamish Valley (4)

20 January 2024
13:05

Northumbria Police informed Mountain Rescue that there was a second incident which potentially required our services – a road traffic collisi...

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Chainley Burn, near Vindolanda (3)

20 January 2024
11:14

The North East Ambulance Service requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a walker who had fallen in the Chainley Burn valley to the south of V...

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Milestone Edge, Pennine Way (2)

19 January 2024
22:36

A competitor in the Montane Spine Race collapsed on a relatively exposed section of the Pennine Way, north of Bellingham late on Friday night. A re...

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Pennine Way, near Back Hag (1)

18 January 2024
06:33

Two members of the Team who had swapped their ‘red jackets’ to be part of the Spine Safety Team alerted our Team Leader of a potential incident...

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Kielder (77)

27 December 2023
16:17

As Storm Gerrit continued to bring strong winds and heavy rain to Northumberland, the second of two requests for stranded vehicles was received. No...

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Kielder (76)

27 December 2023
14:20

A family of four were trapped in their vehicle by flood waters in the Kielder area. The 999 call initially received by Police Scotland had dropped ...

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Chopwell Woods (75)

26 December 2023
18:44

A request for a PhoneFind text to be sent to a vulnerable person’s mobile to confirm their location was received by the Mountain Rescue duty cont...

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Kyloe Wood (74)

21 December 2023
14:24

The North East Ambulance Service requested Mountain Rescue for a medical emergency in Kyloe Wood. Thankfully as a local Mountain Rescue member arri...

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Wooler (73)

16 December 2023
15:02

A vulnerable person was reported missing from home near Wooler on Saturday afternoon.

With nightfall rapidly approaching, coordinated search...

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The Street, Cheviot Hills (72)

20 November 2023
15:36

Later the same day, two walkers had to be rescued by North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves when they became benighted in the Cheviot Hil...

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Chopwell Woods (71)

20 November 2023
11:17

On Monday morning a Sprocker-cross and its owner needing rescuing from a cliff ledge in Chopwell Woods. After the dog had become stuck on the ledge...

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Wooler Common (70)

05 November 2023
10:28

After the torrential rain in recent weeks, over 340 competitors had to battle the typically tough underfoot conditions in the Cheviot Hills to comp...