Incidents

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Chesters (47)

27 July 2023
17:18

The second incident involved two walkers who had become disoriented in the hills to the south Breamish valley and were now lost and exhausted. The ...

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Winshields Crag (46)

27 July 2023
14:45

The first incident of the day was for a walker who had sustained an ankle injury when they tripped on rocks on the Hadrian’s Wall Path above Wins...

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Blanchland Moor (45)

17 July 2023
13:08

The North East Ambulance Service activated Mountain Rescue for an injured motorcyclist on Blanchland Moor to the south of Slaley Forest. Whilst the...

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Felton (44)

17 July 2023
01:44

In the early hours of Monday morning Northumbria Police requested drone support for high risk missing person in the Felton area. Due to the prevail...

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Gateshead (43)

16 July 2023
09:47

On Sunday morning, North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team (NOTMRT) and ourselves were requested to assist in the search for a missing Gateshead man. Th...

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Derwent Valley (42)

01 July 2023
10:47

North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were activated by the North East Ambulance Service for an incident in the Derwent Valley. An indiv...

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Nidd Gorge, North Yorkshire (41)

20 June 2023
10:00

The Team’s Mountain Rescue Search Dog England handler and search dog was deployed to assist Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) with...

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Tweedmouth (40)

18 June 2023
18:25

Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) contacted our Mountain Rescue duty controller to request whether we had swiftwater trained resources ...

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Threestoneburn Wood (39)

18 June 2023
12:25

Northumbria Police received a 999 call from two off-road motorcyclists, one of whom had sustained a potentially serious and painful injury having f...

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Throckley (38)

04 June 2023
14:35

On Sunday evening, a Mountain Rescue search group very sadly found a body close to Throckley, and whilst formal identification is yet to take place...

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Harbottle area (37)

02 June 2023
00:23

In the early hours of Thursday morning, the North East Ambulance Service requested the use of PhoneFind for a patient who could not be located. The...

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Ashington (36)

31 May 2023
09:25

A walker with their dog became disoriented in the woods north of Ashington earlier in the week and they were unable relocate themselves. Northumbri...

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Derwent Valley (35)

28 May 2023
04:17

The Team was involved in a multiagency incident. No further details will be provided at this time.

The incident involved 20 Team members for...

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Sycamore Gap, Hadrian’s Wall (34)

24 May 2023
09:24

A walker sustained a lower leg injury beside Robin Hood’s tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall. A very unfortunate end to their first day in ...

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Harbottle area, Coquetdale (33)

21 May 2023
21:21

The North East Ambulance Service and Northumbria Police had been unable to locate a vulnerable person who had potentially sustained a lower leg inj...

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Chopwell Woods (32)

20 May 2023
18:36

The North East Ambulance Service requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a teenager who had sustained injuries whilst mountain biking in Chopw...

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Houghton-le-Spring (31)

15 May 2023
12:28

Northumbria Police called out North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves to assist in a search for a high risk missing person in the Houghton...

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The Cheviots (30)

14 May 2023
19:53

Two mountain bikers became lost and then separated in deteriorating weather conditions in The Cheviots on Sunday evening. The initial 999 call went...

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Uswayford (29)

04 May 2023
09:35

A short lived incident on Thursday morning following a request for support from the North East Ambulance Service. An individual had turned up at Us...

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Wooler (28)

03 May 2023
08:33

A multi-agency search involving Northumbria Police, the National Police Air Service HQ and Mountain Rescue was initiated earlier in the week for a ...

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Harthope Linn (27)

17 April 2023
12:10

Lilburn Estates called upon Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a sheep who had managed to get itself into a ‘difficult to access’ location and ...

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Cold Law, Harthope Valley (26)

16 April 2023
16:36

A solo walker in his 70s set out from the Harthope Valley to follow the permissive path up onto Cold Law before returning to the valley via the Haw...

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Kielder Forest (25)

09 April 2023
19:08

At 19.04hrs Northumbria Police sent a PhoneFind for two teenagers who were lost in Kielder Forest on a bike ride. Despite the poor mobile reception...

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Edges Green (24)

08 April 2023
13:41
Northumbria Police for the fourth time in seven days requested the as...
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Chesters (23)

05 April 2023
14:44

Two walkers had set off from Bulby’s Wood car park in the Breamish valley with the intention of climbing Brough Law and then following the hill f...