Lynemouth

Incident Type: Standby

The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust requested the assistance of ourselves and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team at an incident in the Lynemouth area.

With Northumbria Police, the ambulance service’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service also responding, volunteers from both Mountain Rescue teams were placed on standby. Team members assembled at our bases, with response vehicles held ready to deploy if required.

Following further liaison with the ambulance service, it was agreed that our teams would remain on standby while HART assessed the scene. Shortly afterwards, confirmation was received that Mountain Rescue assistance was no longer required, and both teams stood down.

The incident involved 9 Team members for 46 minutes. A further 21 members were on standby.