Border Search and Rescue Unit

Date	Details	Time
15:7/12/11	Two team members assisted police by determining the accurate grid reference of an uncontrolled wind turbine on Coldingham Moor. This was necessary to ensure there was a safe exclusion zone around it.	tbc
14: 16/11/11	BSARU and SARDA were called out on Wednesday evening to search for a missing person in Dalkeith Country Park. A woman was later found by police.	112 man hours
13: 01/11/11	Team was called out at night, along with the dive team to search for a missing person in the Kelso area. A woman was found in the River Tweed and both teams assisted in her rescue. She was taken by ambulance to BGH.	60 man hours
12: 03/09/11	One team member driving Land Rover assisted BUWST and police marine unit at Peebles on a river search.	7 man hours
11: 07/08/11	Team was called out in conjunction with RNLI, Coastguard and Strathclyde police helicopter to search for a missing person in the Eyemouth area. Police and members of the local community continued the search the following week after rescue teams had been stood down. Sadly, a man's body was found the following weekend. Fatality	78 man hours
10: 05/08/11	Team placed on standby to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a possible incident in Midlothian. No action was required by team.	n/a
09: 24/07/11	Team are called out urgently - along with Tweed Valley MRT - at 1:30am following a report of an overdue walker. Unfortunately, whilst team were en-route a body was discovered. Team were requested to continue response as the body was on difficult terrain and would require MRT assistance to recover. Fatality.	35 man hours
08: 19/07/11	Team assisted 2 horse riders who had fallen from horses whilst taking part in the Stichill ride out. Both were transported by ambulance to BGH.	3 man hours
07: 09/07/11	A four-man team providing safety cover for the Duns Rideout are re-deployed to assist Borders underwater Search Team with a body recovery on the river Tweed. Team members provided bank safety cover and help recovering and transporting the body to the nearest road access point. Fatality An article in the Southern Reporter is available here.	8 man hours
06: 02/07/11	Border SAR went to the assistance of a participant in the Redeswire rideout following a fall from a horse. Casualty was treated by team medics before being taken by air ambulance to Borders General Hospital. An article on the BBC news website is available here.	4 man hours
05: 20/06/11	Team are called to search for a vulnerable missing woman in the Gifford area. The woman is fortunately traced safe and well as the team were en-route to the area.	14 man hours
04: 09/06/11	Callout to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a missing person search in the Galashiels area. Despite TVMRT searching all last night and ourselves searching all day today, nothing has been found. The team has also been assisted today by Borders Underwater Search Team, SARDA search dogs and the Strathclyde Police Helicopter. A BBC article on the callout is available here.	82 man hours
03: 11/05/11	Team placed on standby following a river-based incident. All persons safe and well - no action needed by team.	n/a
02: 13/01/11 to 14/01/11	The team were called out on Thursday evening and after a lengthy search in the Lammermuir hills above Nunraw Abbey near Gifford, sadly, the body of a man was recovered. The search, in difficult conditions, involved search and rescue dogs and on the second day Tweed Valley MRT & Strathclyde Police Helicopter. Fatality	230 man hours
01: 11/01/11	Team called out at night to rescue two walkers from Windy Gyle (2030ft) on the Pennine Way. Both walkers had become disorientated and exhausted due to the conditions and called 999 requesting assistance. Team members located the walkers, treated them for hypothermia and assisted them to safety in very icy winter conditions.	140 man hours

15:7/12/11

Two team members assisted police by determining the accurate grid reference of an uncontrolled wind turbine on Coldingham Moor. This was necessary to ensure there was a safe exclusion zone around it.

tbc

14:
16/11/11

BSARU and SARDA were called out on Wednesday evening to search for a missing person in Dalkeith Country Park. A woman was later found by police.

112
man
hours

13:
01/11/11

Team was called out at night, along with the dive team to search for a missing person in the Kelso area. A woman was found in the River Tweed and both teams assisted in her rescue. She was taken by ambulance to BGH.

60
man
hours

12:
03/09/11

One team member driving Land Rover assisted BUWST and police marine unit at Peebles on a river search.

7
man
hours

11:
07/08/11

Team was called out in conjunction with RNLI, Coastguard and Strathclyde police helicopter to search for a missing person in the Eyemouth area. Police and members of the local community continued the search the following week after rescue teams had been stood down. Sadly, a man's body was found the following weekend. Fatality

78
man
hours

10:
05/08/11

Team placed on standby to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a possible incident in Midlothian. No action was required by team.

n/a

09:
24/07/11

Team are called out urgently - along with Tweed Valley MRT - at 1:30am following a report of an overdue walker. Unfortunately, whilst team were en-route a body was discovered. Team were requested to continue response as the body was on difficult terrain and would require MRT assistance to recover. Fatality.

35
man
hours

08: 19/07/11

Team assisted 2 horse riders who had fallen from horses whilst taking part in the Stichill ride out. Both were transported by ambulance to BGH.

3
man
hours

07:
09/07/11

A four-man team providing safety cover for the Duns Rideout are re-deployed to assist Borders underwater Search Team with a body recovery on the river Tweed. Team members provided bank safety cover and help recovering and transporting the body to the nearest road access point. Fatality

An article in the Southern Reporter is available here.

8
man
hours

06:
02/07/11

Border SAR went to the assistance of a participant in the Redeswire rideout following a fall from a horse. Casualty was treated by team medics before being taken by air ambulance to Borders General Hospital.

An article on the BBC news website is available here.

4
man
hours

05:
20/06/11

Team are called to search for a vulnerable missing woman in the Gifford area. The woman is fortunately traced safe and well as the team were en-route to the area.

14
man
hours

04:
09/06/11

Callout to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a missing person search in the Galashiels area. Despite TVMRT searching all last night and ourselves searching all day today, nothing has been found. The team has also been assisted today by Borders Underwater Search Team, SARDA search dogs and the Strathclyde Police Helicopter.

A BBC article on the callout is available here.

82
man
hours

03:
11/05/11

Team placed on standby following a river-based incident. All persons safe and well - no action needed by team.

n/a

02:
13/01/11 to 14/01/11

The team were called out on Thursday evening and after a lengthy search in the Lammermuir hills above Nunraw Abbey near Gifford, sadly, the body of a man was recovered. The search, in difficult conditions, involved search and rescue dogs and on the second day Tweed Valley MRT & Strathclyde Police Helicopter. Fatality

230
man
hours

01:
11/01/11

Team called out at night to rescue two walkers from Windy Gyle (2030ft) on the Pennine Way. Both walkers had become disorientated and exhausted due to the conditions and called 999 requesting assistance. Team members located the walkers, treated them for hypothermia and assisted them to safety in very icy winter conditions.

140
man
hours

Incidents for 2011