Incidents

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Edges Green (24)

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

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...

Kielder Forest (22)

01 April 2023
21:53

Just as our response vehicle was being ‘put to bed’ for the night after the previous incident…

Northumbria Police sent a PhoneFind...

Lordenshaws (21)

01 April 2023
20:59

Two incidents in quick succession on Saturday, here are details of the first…

Northumbria Police sent a PhoneFind to a lost walker with he...

Haydon Bridge (20)

30 March 2023
18:23

The two Mountain Rescue Teams were called to assist the North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust with a medical emergency on the banks of the River T...

Gateshead (19)

28 March 2023
00:38

A request was received from Northumbria Police for assistance with a medium risk missing person in the Gateshead area. With limited information ava...

Pegswood (18)

14 March 2023
18:47

Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service requested drone support for a multiagency incident near Pegswood railway station. Northumbria Police, the No...

Blanchland (17)

12 March 2023
10:49

A walker sustained a lower leg injury after they had slipped in mud on the riverside path along the River Derwent, downstream of Blanchland. The gr...

East Woodburn Crag (16)

08 March 2023
14:01

A climber took a leader fall at East Woodburn Crag yesterday afternoon and as he fell his gear ripped causing him to land on the boulder strewn gro...

Fallowlees (15)

05 March 2023
17:46

On Sunday evening Northumbria Police alerted North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves for two walkers and their two dogs after they had bec...

Seal Bank, Hexham (14)

21 February 2023
16:48

A female in her 70s had fallen down a steep bank near on the edge of Sele Park in Hexham. Injured in her fall and unable to move, a call was made t...

Central Fells, Lake District (13)

21 February 2023
07:30

A lone walker reported himself as lost between Scafell Pike and Great End in the Lake District. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cum...

Amble (12)

15 February 2023
08:11

Earlier in the week a body was sadly found in the search for a male in his 60s who was missing from Amble. The male had last been seen the previous...

Gilsland (11)

13 February 2023
12:25

On Monday lunchtime the North East Ambulance Service activated North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves for an incident on farmland between...

Thrunton Woods (10)

11 February 2023
14:56

Two walkers and their dog had become disoriented in Thrunton Woods and were unable to relocate themselves despite several attempts. Northumbria Pol...

Prendwick (9)

29 January 2023
12:11

Whilst most of us were enduring typically Scottish weather on the last day of our winter skills course in the Cairngorms, North of Tyne Mountain Re...

Coire an t-Sneachda (8)

28 January 2023
12:59

The Team’s annual winter skills training course in the Cairngorms was temporarily interrupted on Saturday afternoon when two mountaineers took a ...