Incidents
River Wear, South Hylton (65)
30 November 2022
14:30
Mountain Rescue’s support for a potential bankside search along the River Wear was requested by Northumbria Police. Our Duty Controller – a...
Stannington Bridge (64)
22 November 2022
05:18
Following a RTC on the A1 just before Stannington Bridge late on Monday night, Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support in trying t...
Fourstones (63)
20 November 2022
01:07
Northumbria Police had located a high risk missing person’s car north of Fourstones in the early hours of Sunday morning. Following an initial brief...
Coldgate Ford, near Wooler (62)
17 November 2022
18:32
Early on Thursday evening, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a motorist who’s vehicle was stranded in...
Wooler (60)
06 November 2022
11:40
Two competitors in the Trail Outlaws half marathon self presented themselves to a Mountain Rescue medic at the event centre. One having sustained a sh...
Battlehill, North Tyneside (61)
06 November 2022
21:21
On the evening of Sunday 6 November Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a male in his 80s who had been reported missing from ...
Auchope Shelter (58)
05 November 2022
10:25
The refuge hut at Auchope Rigg on the Pennine Way provided vital shelter for two injured competitors in the Trail Outlaws ultra marathon on Saturday. ...
Auchope Shelter (59)
05 November 2022
12:44
Whilst the competitor involved in the Incident No 58 was being evacuated, a second injured competitor presented themselves to a Mountain Rescue medic ...
Alwinton (56)
08 October 2022
14:19
Last Saturday the Team provided medical cover for the Alwinton Border Shepherds' Show and cover for the junior and adults fell race. We also had the o...
Wallington Hall (55)
30 September 2022
14:20
While responding to the above incident, our response vehicle Curlew Echo happened across a RTC near to Wallington Hall. Two cars had collided head on ...
Simonburn (54)
30 September 2022
13:38
A contractor working near to Simonburn fell awkwardly in a field and sustained a leg injury. Once on scene the North East Ambulance Service NHS Fou...
Hotbank Crags, Hadrian’s Wall (53)
23 September 2022
11:04
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for an injured female walker on Hadrian’s Wall to the...
Hexham (52)
20 September 2022
19:41
A female in her mid-20s was reported missing in Hexham on Tuesday evening. She had last been seen earlier in the afternoon leaving her accommodation. ...
Broomley, near Stocksfield (51)
15 September 2022
21:31
Following a missing male’s vehicle being located near Broomley, Northumbria Police activated the Teams for assistance in the search. With the Police...
Shiremoor (50)
13 September 2022
10:33
A male in his mid-50s was reported missing by his family on the previous Sunday after he’d left home early in the morning. As concerned grew for his...
Dinnington (49)
18 August 2022
19:13
The second incident on Thursday came in not long after some members had returned home.
A male in his early 20s had been reported missing from home in...
Hetton (48)
18 August 2022
06:21
A male in his mid-20s had been reported missing in the Hetton area late on the previous day. Mountain Rescue was requested by Northumbria Police for o...
Four Lane Ends (47)
15 August 2022
23:27
Late on Monday night Northumbria Police requested assistance with a search for a teenage female who had left her home address a few hours earlier and ...
Allen Banks (46)
11 August 2022
15:27
A young person had fallen onto rocks in the Allen Banks area and the North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust requested Mountain Rescue’s s...
Pennine Way (44)
11 August 2022
02:29
In the early hours of last Thursday morning, Northumbria Police activated Mountain Rescue for a walker who had failed to turn up at their accommodatio...
Redesdale Forest (45)
11 August 2022
13:25
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) once again requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a wildfire in Redesdale Forest, close to Cottonshop...
Rochester (43)
10 August 2022
15:45
In the first of a busy 24 hours for the two Mountain Rescue Teams, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service requested our assistance for a large wildfir...
Plessey Woods (42)
07 August 2022
17:25
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust requested Mountain Rescue’s support in confirming the location of the patient of a collapsed p...
River Tyne, Ovingham (41)
17 July 2022
18:28
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves deployed alongside other emergency services to an incident in the River Tyne near to Ovingham on Sund...
Whorral Bank, Morpeth (40)
11 July 2022
16:24
A female had suffered a potentially serious leg injury when she came off her bike yesterday in woods to the North East of Morpeth. The North East Ambu...