Incidents
Thropton (6)
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves responded to a very unfortunate incident on Wednesday morning. As Storm Jocelyn passed through our...
Black Hag, Pennine Way (5)
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...
Low Bleakhope, Breamish Valley (4)
Northumbria Police informed Mountain Rescue that there was a second incident which potentially required our services – a road traffic collisi...
Chainley Burn, near Vindolanda (3)
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...
Milestone Edge, Pennine Way (2)
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...
Pennine Way, near Back Hag (1)
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...
Kielder (77)
As Storm Gerrit continued to bring strong winds and heavy rain to Northumberland, the second of two requests for stranded vehicles was received. No...
Kielder (76)
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 ...
Chopwell Woods (75)
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...
Kyloe Wood (74)
The North East Ambulance Service requested Mountain Rescue for a medical emergency in Kyloe Wood. Thankfully as a local Mountain Rescue member arri...
Wooler (73)
A vulnerable person was reported missing from home near Wooler on Saturday afternoon.
With nightfall rapidly approaching, coordinated search...
The Street, Cheviot Hills (72)
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...
Chopwell Woods (71)
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...
Wooler Common (70)
After the torrential rain in recent weeks, over 340 competitors had to battle the typically tough underfoot conditions in the Cheviot Hills to comp...
Wark (69)
A farm worker sustained a lower leg injury in a water logged field with no vehicle access yesterday evening.
The North East Ambulance Servic...
A69, Northumberland (68)
A Team member was first on scene at a RTC. An initial assessment was undertaken of those involved and care was provided to a woman in her 80s. The ...
Rothbury (67)
The Team’s water group was deployed for the flooding in Rothbury as Storm Babet hit the North East on Friday evening. Pre-plans had been initiate...
Dukeshouse Wood, Hexham (66)
A man in is 80s had been walking in the Hexham area before becoming exhausted and falling over. Northumbria Police alerted North of Tyne Mountain R...
Greenside (65)
Last weekend the Team provided medical cover for the Alwinton Border Shepherds’ Show and event cover for the children’s and adults’ fell ...
Bedlington (64)
The Mountain Rescue teams were requested again at just before midnight for a high risk missing person in the Bedlington area. The duty controller, ...
Ouston Fell (63)
The North East Ambulance Service, Great North Air Ambulance Service, Northumbria Police, North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves responded...
Druridge Bay Country Park (61/62)
Last week Northumbria Police requested HM Coastguard Northumberland and Mountain Rescue’s support in searching for a man who had been reported mi...
Akeld (60)
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves responded to a request for support from Northumbria Police late on Saturday night. A vulnerable wo...
Bennettsfield, near Otterburn (59)
The body of a man reported missing from Otterburn on Friday was located near to the Bagraw Burn. Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s a...
Kielder (58)
A couple had broken down in their car on the Forest Drive in Kielder Forest to east of Blakehope Nick. Due to the poor mobile network coverage in t...