Brocksbushes

Incident Type: Misper

Early on Saturday morning, volunteers from Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were requested by Northumbria Police to assist with the search for a high-risk missing person in the Hexham area, close to the A69.

Prior to our involvement, Northumbria Police had already deployed resources, including the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, police officers conducting ground searches, a police dog team and had made enquiries at nearby properties.

Following discussions between police and mountain rescue controllers, and with limited information available at that stage, it was decided that a limited mountain rescue response would be initiated.

Mountain rescue drone pilots deployed to search key areas from the air, while team members carried out searches of the surrounding terrain. Despite a search of the locations identified, the missing person was not found and, with no further information available, it was agreed that the the response would be stood down.

Happily, the missing person returned home later that morning.

We are pleased that this incident had a positive outcome and would like to thank all agencies involved for their efforts.