Incidents

Fence Houses, Houghton-le-Spring (30)

25 May 2022
19:54
On the evening of Wednesday 25 May Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for a search in the Fence Houses area near Houghton-le-...

Marsden Rock (29)

23 May 2022
18:28
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were requested to support a multi-agency incident in the Marsden area, South Shields on Monday evenin...

Hebburn (27 and 28)

21 May 2022
16:55
Late on the afternoon of Saturday 21 May Northumbria Police contacted Mountain Rescue again to assist with a search for a missing male in his 60s. The...

Derwent Reservoir (26)

21 May 2022
15:40
Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support for an incident in the vicinity of Derwent Reservoir. Following initial discussions with the ...

Limestone Corner, near Carrawbrough (25)

16 May 2022
10:43
A member of an organised walking group sustained a lower leg injury whilst walking the Hadrian’s Wall Path on Monday morning. Northumbria Police req...

Usworth, Washington, Tyne and Wear (23)

10 May 2022
12:00
On Tuesday afternoon, ourselves and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were activated by Northumbria Police to search for a high risk missing person i...

Chopwell Woods (22)

09 May 2022
19:36
Northumbria Police activated Mountain Rescue for an injured female in Chopwell Woods. At the time of requesting our support, the exact location of the...

Rothbury (21)

08 May 2022
13:50
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Community Paramedic from Rothbury requested our assistance for a patient who had fallen in the s...

Rowlands Gill (20)

06 May 2022
17:49
On Friday evening, Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a missing female in the Rowlands Gill area. Two of Duty Controllers fr...

Sweethope Lough (19)

24 April 2022
14:01
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service requested Mountain Rescue’s assistance for the wildfire in Fourlaws wood near to Sweethope Lough. Despite eff...

Dove Crag, Simonside (18)

23 April 2022
14:56
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust activated North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves on Saturday afternoon for a female wh...

Sweethope Lough (17)

22 April 2022
17:53
Early on Friday evening Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service requested logistical and safety support, including use of a drone, for a large wildfire...

Hepburn Woods (16)

16 April 2022
19:52
A reasonably well equipped male walker in his mid 60s called Northumbria Police on Easter Saturday evening indicating he was lost on a track in woods,...

Morpeth (15)

07 April 2022
17:12
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust requested the assistance of North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves on Wednesday aftern...

Edges Green, north of Cawfields (14)

01 April 2022
19:50
Northumbria Police activated Mountain Rescue last night following a request for assistance from the farmer at Edges Green, north of Hadrian's Wall. On...

Penshaw (13)

26 March 2022
22:33
Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a search in the Penshaw area on Saturday night. A male in his mid-70s had been reported m...

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...