Border Search and Rescue Unit

Date	Details	Time
23: 22/12/08 to 24/12/08	Team called out in the early hours of the 22nd for a missing hill walker from Earlston. Walker's body was found after 3 days of searching by ourselves, TVMRT, Rescue 131 and BU/WST. Fatality.	390 man hours
22: 27/11/08	Urgent callout around midnight to search the Duns area for a missing female. Team searched areas in and around Duns, until a body was discovered around 4am. Fatality	90 man hours
21: 24/11/08	Team called at 9am to assist BU/WST in recovering body of a male from River Tweed at Kelso. During operation, a second body (elderly female) was discovered nearby. Following police investigations both bodies recovered at about 12 noon. Both victims were unlinked; an unhappy coincidence. Fatality x2	24 man hours
20: 29/10/08	Team called to assist police with the recovery of a suicide victim in Edinburgh area. Victim's body was in a difficult location. A team of 6 made their way to the scene and recovered the body as requested. Fatality	12 man hours
19: 19/10/08	Team called out to search for a missing person. Person turned up as team were being assembled, so team stood down.	0 man hours
18: 17/10/08	Team callout out to a missing man in the St Boswells area. The person was found safe and well by a police dog as the team were assembling.	0 man hours
17: 18/09/08	Team placed on standby following sightings of flares by members of the public over a wood in the Carter Bar area. Flares were traced by police to the Otterburn army range, who were conducting a training exercise.	n/a
16: 06/09/08	Team called out to rescue a party of 5 walkers trapped by rising rivers in torrential storms at Auchope bothy. Two of the party had heart conditions and had run out of medication, sparking the urgent rescue. Team members drove through flooded valleys, eventually leaving vehicles near Upper Halterburn and walked over the Curr to reach party. Navy helicopter eventually managed to get to location at midnight and evacuate casualties. An article on the BBC news website is available here.	75 man hours
15: 15/08/08	Police contacted team and asked for assistance to remove the body of a farm worked killed in an ATV accident near Hownam. Six members of team deployed to recover body from location. Fatality.	12 man hours
14: 07/08/08	Team contacted and asked to assist Borders Underwater Search Team with the rescue of 60 sheep, trapped by rising floodwaters in the tweed. All 60 casualties are doing not baaaaad. :-) Oh come on, I had to!	6 man hours
13: 29/07/08	Following reports of a missing 14 year-old boy at Coldingham in the early hours of the morning, team asked to mount a search. Fortunately the boy turned up safe and well as team arriving at area.	24 man hours
12: 19/07/08	Team helped with another two rideout participants on the Yetholm Rideout. One person with suspected spinal injuries following fall from horse, transferred to Amublance service. Second person treated for lower leg & foot injuries following fall from a horse onto road.	10 man hours
11: 15/07/08	Team assist two rideout participants during the Stichill ride (Kelso Civic Week). One female with a broken collar bone transported from hill to Ambulance Service. Second female suffered a kick to the lower back and was treated for suspected spinal injuries. Transferred to ambulance service also.	8 man hours
10: 15/07/08	Team called out in the early hours of the morning to search for a missing person in the Duns area. Search led to discovery and recovery of a body which turned out to be the missing person. Fatality.	26 man hours
09: 12/07/08	Team called out urgently to support Borders Underwater Search Team and Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue following a male reported falling from Kelso Bridge onto an island. Team assisted with placing ambulance paramedic onto island and lowering equipment. Fire Service evacuated casualty using a vertical lift onto bridge.	16 man hours
08: 14/06/08	Police paged team following eye-witness reports of two persons in difficulty on North Berwick Law. Investigations by police whilst initiating callout lead to discovery that they had managed to decend successfully without further assistance. Callout aborted.	0 man hours
07: 13/06/08	Team paged at 2am following reports of a missing person in the Haddington area. 1 Female located by police as team being called out.	0 man hours
06: 06/06/08	Team called following reports of a missing person from Yetholm. 3 members of team went to check Auchope Refuge in the Cheviots. He was traced by police to be at Byrness, remainder of team were stood down.	6 man hours
05: 26/03/08	Team called out to search for a missing person in the Cheviot Hills. Team located body of missing person and recovered for police. Team assisted by SARDA search dog and RAF Bolmour's Rescue 131 helicopter. Fatality.	60 man hours
04: 18/02/08	Team called out urgently when a 9 year old child went missing near Kelso. Fortunately the child was found by police as the team was setting up to search the area around his home.	12 man hours
03: 07/02/08	Team placed on standby around midnight for a missing elderly person in Coldstream. Team stood down around 1am on the 8th as person turned up safe and well.	n/a
02: 05/01/08	Callout for a missing person which was immediately stood down when the person turned up as our team leader was getting details from the police! Shortest callout ever?	0.001 man hours!
01: 04/01/08	Standby to take over from TVMRT who had been looking throughout the night for a missing person at Broxburn. Person located safe and well before team were required.	n/a

23:
22/12/08
to
24/12/08

Team called out in the early hours of the 22nd for a missing hill walker from Earlston. Walker's body was found after 3 days of searching by ourselves, TVMRT, Rescue 131 and BU/WST. Fatality.

390
man
hours

22:
27/11/08

Urgent callout around midnight to search the Duns area for a missing female. Team searched areas in and around Duns, until a body was discovered around 4am. Fatality

90
man
hours

21:
24/11/08

Team called at 9am to assist BU/WST in recovering body of a male from River Tweed at Kelso. During operation, a second body (elderly female) was discovered nearby. Following police investigations both bodies recovered at about 12 noon. Both victims were unlinked; an unhappy coincidence. Fatality x2

24
man
hours

20:
29/10/08

Team called to assist police with the recovery of a suicide victim in Edinburgh area. Victim's body was in a difficult location. A team of 6 made their way to the scene and recovered the body as requested. Fatality

12
man
hours

19:
19/10/08

Team called out to search for a missing person. Person turned up as team were being assembled, so team stood down.

0
man
hours

18:
17/10/08

Team callout out to a missing man in the St Boswells area. The person was found safe and well by a police dog as the team were assembling.

0
man
hours

17:
18/09/08

Team placed on standby following sightings of flares by members of the public over a wood in the Carter Bar area. Flares were traced by police to the Otterburn army range, who were conducting a training exercise.

n/a

16:
06/09/08

Team called out to rescue a party of 5 walkers trapped by rising rivers in torrential storms at Auchope bothy. Two of the party had heart conditions and had run out of medication, sparking the urgent rescue. Team members drove through flooded valleys, eventually leaving vehicles near Upper Halterburn and walked over the Curr to reach party. Navy helicopter eventually managed to get to location at midnight and evacuate casualties.

An article on the BBC news website is available here.

75
man
hours

15:
15/08/08

Police contacted team and asked for assistance to remove the body of a farm worked killed in an ATV accident near Hownam. Six members of team deployed to recover body from location. Fatality.

12
man
hours

14:
07/08/08

Team contacted and asked to assist Borders Underwater Search Team with the rescue of 60 sheep, trapped by rising floodwaters in the tweed. All 60 casualties are doing not baaaaad. :-) Oh come on, I had to!

6
man
hours

13:
29/07/08

Following reports of a missing 14 year-old boy at Coldingham in the early hours of the morning, team asked to mount a search. Fortunately the boy turned up safe and well as team arriving at area.

24
man
hours

12:
19/07/08

Team helped with another two rideout participants on the Yetholm Rideout. One person with suspected spinal injuries following fall from horse, transferred to Amublance service. Second person treated for lower leg & foot injuries following fall from a horse onto road.

10
man
hours

11:
15/07/08

Team assist two rideout participants during the Stichill ride (Kelso Civic Week). One female with a broken collar bone transported from hill to Ambulance Service. Second female suffered a kick to the lower back and was treated for suspected spinal injuries. Transferred to ambulance service also.

8
man
hours

10:
15/07/08

Team called out in the early hours of the morning to search for a missing person in the Duns area. Search led to discovery and recovery of a body which turned out to be the missing person. Fatality.

26
man
hours

09:
12/07/08

Team called out urgently to support Borders Underwater Search Team and Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue following a male reported falling from Kelso Bridge onto an island. Team assisted with placing ambulance paramedic onto island and lowering equipment. Fire Service evacuated casualty using a vertical lift onto bridge.

16
man
hours

08:
14/06/08

Police paged team following eye-witness reports of two persons in difficulty on North Berwick Law. Investigations by police whilst initiating callout lead to discovery that they had managed to decend successfully without further assistance. Callout aborted.

0
man
hours

07:
13/06/08

Team paged at 2am following reports of a missing person in the Haddington area. 1 Female located by police as team being called out.

0
man
hours

06:
06/06/08

Team called following reports of a missing person from Yetholm. 3 members of team went to check Auchope Refuge in the Cheviots. He was traced by police to be at Byrness, remainder of team were stood down.

6
man
hours

05:
26/03/08

Team called out to search for a missing person in the Cheviot Hills. Team located body of missing person and recovered for police. Team assisted by SARDA search dog and RAF Bolmour's Rescue 131 helicopter. Fatality.

60
man
hours

04:
18/02/08

Team called out urgently when a 9 year old child went missing near Kelso. Fortunately the child was found by police as the team was setting up to search the area around his home.

12
man
hours

03:
07/02/08

Team placed on standby around midnight for a missing elderly person in Coldstream. Team stood down around 1am on the 8th as person turned up safe and well.

n/a

02:
05/01/08

Callout for a missing person which was immediately stood down when the person turned up as our team leader was getting details from the police! Shortest callout ever?

0.001
man
hours!

01:
04/01/08

Standby to take over from TVMRT who had been looking throughout the night for a missing person at Broxburn. Person located safe and well before team were required.

n/a

2008 Summary
Total Callouts in 2008:	20
Total Standbys in 2008:	3
Total Man Hours in 2008:	771

Callouts in 2008