Incidents

Gibshiel, near Greenhaugh (12)

23 March 2022
14:56
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) were called to a moorland wildfire in the area of Blackburn Common and Burdonside, north of Greenhaugh o...

Hadrian’s Wall Path (11)

04 March 2022
14:01
A walker sustained a lower leg injury and was unable to weight bear whilst they were enjoying a day on the Hadrian’s Wall Path on Friday afternoon. ...

Seghill, near Cramlington (10)

01 March 2022
00:52
The North East Ambulance Service requested North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team’s and our assistance in the early hours of Wednesday to locate a repor...

Howick (7)

31 January 2022
12:48
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a female who had sustained an injury in a fa...

Powburn (6)

29 January 2022
08:30
In the midst of Storm Malik and as Team members were travelling to the College Valley for a training exercise, they came across a RTC on the A697 nort...

Washington (5)

22 January 2022
20:06
Northumbria Police requested assistance from North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves for a vulnerable, elderly male who had not returned to h...

Blanchland (4)

18 January 2022
03:03
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were activated by Northumbria Police in the early hours of Tuesday morning to assist in the search fo...

Thropton (3)

04 January 2022
21:49
On the evening of 4 January a 73 year old male was reported missing after he failed to return home following a trip to the vets in Powburn. An extensi...

Harthope Valley (2)

03 January 2022
13:48
The incident on the Bank Holiday involved a solo female walker who had become disoriented and was suffering from cold in deteriorating weather. The fe...

Ryhope (1)

03 January 2022
03:10

In the early hours of the morning, our Duty Controllers were contacted by Northumbria Police. The Police required North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Tea...

High Spen (205)

26 December 2021
13:26
On Boxing Day Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a male who was initially reported missing in Cumbria before Christmas. I...

Kielder (200)

11 December 2021
14:29
On Saturday afternoon, North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were called out by Northumbria Police to search for a high risk missing person...

Carter Bar and Ridsdale (196)

04 December 2021
17:32
After a challenging week in the aftermath of Storm Arwen, Northumberland was hit by heavy snow fall late on Saturday afternoon. Northumbria Police req...

Northumberland County (192b)

01 December 2021
07:00
The Team was once again providing support to the rural communities of Northumberland in the aftermath of Storm Arwen. While our primary role is to pro...

Northumberland County (192a)

30 November 2021
07:00
Team members continued to support the recovery from the impacts of Storm Arwen. This time two Team members, along with a Northumberland Fire and Rescu...

Northumberland County (192)

29 November 2021
07:00
The impact of Storm Arwen is still being felt across many parts of Northumberland and the multiagency response continues. Once again we have been work...

Northumberland County (187-191)

27 November 2021
00:05
With Storm Arwen causing significant devastation across Northumberland and further afield, Northumbria Police, the North East Ambulance Service and No...

Whittingham (186)

26 November 2021
02:18
In the early hours of Friday morning, Northumbria Police requested our support again for another high risk missing female in the Whittingham area. Bot...

Sunderland (185)

25 November 2021
13:37
Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a high risk missing female in the Sunderland area. Initial information indicated that ...

Sycamore Gap (175)

07 November 2021
15:03
The Mountain Rescue Teams were alerted by a member of staff at The Sill that a female walker had fallen near to Sycamore Gap, sustaining an arm injury...

Allen Banks (176)

07 November 2021
17:47
Later the same evening, Northumbria Police requested support for a lone female walker who had become disoriented in the dark at Allen Banks. At the ti...

Hepple Bridge (171)

31 October 2021
07:27
A multi-agency incident involving Northumbria Police, National Police Air Service HQ, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, North of Tyne Mountain R...

Bloodybush Edge (170)

30 October 2021
16:34
Late on Saturday afternoon, North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were activated by Northumbria Police. A call to the Police had been made ...

Wallsend (166)

24 October 2021
14:52
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were requested to assist Northumbria Police with an ongoing search for a young girl reported missing ...

Upper Wharfedale (163)

23 October 2021
09:00
On Saturday, our search dog handler and his dog, Tess, were deployed to assist Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) with the ongoing searc...