Border Search and Rescue Unit

Date	Details	Time
26: 30/12/09	Team assisted Tweed Valley MRT along with Cave Rescue and RAF Rescue 131 in a search for a missing female near Dalkeith in Midlothian. Heavy snow with blizzard conditions on the moorland above Dalkeith made for difficult conditions. Cave Rescue found a body in the early evening which was confirmed to be the missing person. Fatality	121 man hours
25: 28/12/09	Urgent callout to search for a missing male near Kelso at night in sub-zero temperatures. After 2 hours of searching by ourselves and RAF rescue 131 the missing person was found safe and well.	35 man hours
24: 04/12/09	Stood by to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a missing person search near Denholm. No action needed by team.	n/a
23: 08/10/09	Team asked to assist Tweed Valley MRT in the early hours of the morning for a missing male in the Stow area. Tweed Valley located a body as team were assembling in Kelso. fatality.	5 man hours
22: 02/10/09	Team called out by police to recover the body of a walker from the St Cuthberts Way near Crailing. fatality.	10 man hours
21: 29/09/09	Team called to assist Tweed Valley MRT with search in the Balerno area for a missing dog walker. Found safe and well having fallen down a gully.	28 man hours
20: 12/09/09	Team searched river Almond near to Livingston on behalf of Tweed Valley for a missing person. Missing person was eventually found several days later near the coast. Fatality.	72 man hours
19: 20/08/09	Team paged by police late at night in connection with a body recovery. Team placed on standby however were not required.	n/a
18: 16/08/09	Continuation of the previous incidents in another attempt to locate the missing person. Nothing found. Two days after this search, the body of the missing person was found by a farmer outside the search areas. Fatality	85 man hours
17: 09/08/09	Continuation of the previous callout to search and re-search areas in an attempt to locate the missing person. Nothing found	70 man hours
16: 04/08/09 & 05/08/09	Team joined TVMRT on the search to the South of Hawick for an elderly former shepherd who had gone missing form his house. Despite intensive searching nothing was found.	195 man hours
15: 03/09/09	Team placed on Standby to assist TVMRT with a missing person search to the south of Hawick. Decided we would not be needed until the next day.	n/a
14: 18/07/09	Team assised three seperate casualties taking part in a rideout in the Kelso area: one had suspected appendicitis, the second had a broken leg, and the third severe food poisoning. all three were transfered to the ambulance service and on to Borders General Hospital	4 man hours
13: 31/05/09	Urgent callout to assist the Fire & Rescue Service and Borders Underwater Search Team following reports of a missing child on the River Tweed in Kelso. BU/WST managed to locate and rescue the child, but despite receiving advanced life support from team medics, the ambulance service and the hospital he could not be resuscitated. Fatality.	16 man hours
12: 18/05/09	Team called to Assist Tweed Valley MRT with a search for a missing man in the Pentlands. RAF Leuchars MRT, SARDA and Rescue 131 helicopter also involved. Following an extensive search the man was traced by police and found to be safe and well.	64 man hours
11: 12/05/09	Callout to search for a missing care home resident in East Linton near Dunbar. Fortunately the missing person was found safe and well as we were arriving on scene.	16 man hours
10: 04/05/09	Second callout of the day, this time to an elderly lady with dementia. Again the woman was found within a few minutes to the team being called out, and we were stood down en route.	0 man hours
09: 04/05/09	Team called out to a missing 10 year old child in the Balerno area. Child was found within 10 minutes of receiving the call and the team stood down.	0 man hours
08: 28/04/09	Callout to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a search for a missing person in the forests around Innerleithen. Sadly, following a short search team members located the body of the missing person. Team assisted in recovering the body to a waiting ambulance following standard police enquiries. Fatality.	32 man hours
07: 18/03/09	Team asked to search the Reston area for a missing person who was reportedly sighted walking near the main A1 road. despite a search lasting several hours, nothing was found. The missing person was located a week later, deceased, near his home in Musselburgh.	96 man hours
06: 24/02/09	Following further information obtained by police, team asked to search a specific area of woodland near Eyemouth in relation to the missing person search below. Despite a thorough search by a large number of team members, still nothing found.	102 man hours
05: 19/02/09 & 20/02/09	Team called out along with Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats from Eyemouth and St. Abbs and Rescue 131 to search for a missing person in the Eyemouth area. Despite two days of extensive searching nothing was found.	108 man hours
04: 09/02/09	Team called out to assist Ambulance Service with the recovery of an injured person who had been sledging in the Lammermuirs. RAF Rescue 131 was having difficulty with low cloud but eventually managed to get through and team were stood down en-route.	6 man hours
03: 05/02/09	Call to BSARU to assist police in Kelso with transport problems caused by the heavy but localised (Kelso, Coldstream, Jedburgh) snowfall.	8 man hours
02: 01/02/09	Callout to the Leadburn area to assist Tweed Valley MRT with the search for a missing care home resident. Teams were also joined by RAF Rescue 131 helicopter, Moffat MRT and SARDA search dogs. Police eventually managed to trace missing person safe and well to a location in Edinburgh	60 man hours
01: 21/01/09 & 22/01/09	Callout to assist Tweed Valley MRT in the Fauldhouse area of West Lothian. Team members were joined on the second day by RAF Leuchars MRT and Strathclyde Police MRT and a body was discovered around noon. Fatality.	70 man hours

26:
30/12/09

Team assisted Tweed Valley MRT along with Cave Rescue and RAF Rescue 131 in a search for a missing female near Dalkeith in Midlothian. Heavy snow with blizzard conditions on the moorland above Dalkeith made for difficult conditions. Cave Rescue found a body in the early evening which was confirmed to be the missing person. Fatality

121
man
hours

25:
28/12/09

Urgent callout to search for a missing male near Kelso at night in sub-zero temperatures. After 2 hours of searching by ourselves and RAF rescue 131 the missing person was found safe and well.

35
man
hours

24:
04/12/09

Stood by to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a missing person search near Denholm. No action needed by team.

n/a

23:
08/10/09

Team asked to assist Tweed Valley MRT in the early hours of the morning for a missing male in the Stow area. Tweed Valley located a body as team were assembling in Kelso. fatality.

5
man
hours

22:
02/10/09

Team called out by police to recover the body of a walker from the St Cuthberts Way near Crailing. fatality.

10
man
hours

21:
29/09/09

Team called to assist Tweed Valley MRT with search in the Balerno area for a missing dog walker. Found safe and well having fallen down a gully.

28
man
hours

20:
12/09/09

Team searched river Almond near to Livingston on behalf of Tweed Valley for a missing person. Missing person was eventually found several days later near the coast. Fatality.

72
man
hours

19:
20/08/09

Team paged by police late at night in connection with a body recovery. Team placed on standby however were not required.

n/a

18:
16/08/09

Continuation of the previous incidents in another attempt to locate the missing person. Nothing found. Two days after this search, the body of the missing person was found by a farmer outside the search areas. Fatality

85
man
hours

17:
09/08/09

Continuation of the previous callout to search and re-search areas in an attempt to locate the missing person. Nothing found

70
man
hours

16:
04/08/09
&
05/08/09

Team joined TVMRT on the search to the South of Hawick for an elderly former shepherd who had gone missing form his house. Despite intensive searching nothing was found.

195
man
hours

15:
03/09/09

Team placed on Standby to assist TVMRT with a missing person search to the south of Hawick. Decided we would not be needed until the next day.

n/a

14:
18/07/09

Team assised three seperate casualties taking part in a rideout in the Kelso area: one had suspected appendicitis, the second had a broken leg, and the third severe food poisoning. all three were transfered to the ambulance service and on to Borders General Hospital

4
man
hours

13:
31/05/09

Urgent callout to assist the Fire & Rescue Service and Borders Underwater Search Team following reports of a missing child on the River Tweed in Kelso. BU/WST managed to locate and rescue the child, but despite receiving advanced life support from team medics, the ambulance service and the hospital he could not be resuscitated. Fatality.

16
man
hours

12:
18/05/09

Team called to Assist Tweed Valley MRT with a search for a missing man in the Pentlands. RAF Leuchars MRT, SARDA and Rescue 131 helicopter also involved. Following an extensive search the man was traced by police and found to be safe and well.

64
man
hours

11:
12/05/09

Callout to search for a missing care home resident in East Linton near Dunbar. Fortunately the missing person was found safe and well as we were arriving on scene.

16
man
hours

10:
04/05/09

Second callout of the day, this time to an elderly lady with dementia. Again the woman was found within a few minutes to the team being called out, and we were stood down en route.

0
man
hours

09:
04/05/09

Team called out to a missing 10 year old child in the Balerno area. Child was found within 10 minutes of receiving the call and the team stood down.

0
man
hours

08:
28/04/09

Callout to assist Tweed Valley MRT with a search for a missing person in the forests around Innerleithen. Sadly, following a short search team members located the body of the missing person. Team assisted in recovering the body to a waiting ambulance following standard police enquiries. Fatality.

32
man
hours

07:
18/03/09

Team asked to search the Reston area for a missing person who was reportedly sighted walking near the main A1 road. despite a search lasting several hours, nothing was found. The missing person was located a week later, deceased, near his home in Musselburgh.

96
man
hours

06:
24/02/09

Following further information obtained by police, team asked to search a specific area of woodland near Eyemouth in relation to the missing person search below. Despite a thorough search by a large number of team members, still nothing found.

102
man
hours

05:
19/02/09
&
20/02/09

Team called out along with Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats from Eyemouth and St. Abbs and Rescue 131 to search for a missing person in the Eyemouth area. Despite two days of extensive searching nothing was found.

108
man
hours

04:
09/02/09

Team called out to assist Ambulance Service with the recovery of an injured person who had been sledging in the Lammermuirs. RAF Rescue 131 was having difficulty with low cloud but eventually managed to get through and team were stood down en-route.

6
man
hours

03:
05/02/09

Call to BSARU to assist police in Kelso with transport problems caused by the heavy but localised (Kelso, Coldstream, Jedburgh) snowfall.

8
man
hours

02:
01/02/09

Callout to the Leadburn area to assist Tweed Valley MRT with the search for a missing care home resident. Teams were also joined by RAF Rescue 131 helicopter, Moffat MRT and SARDA search dogs. Police eventually managed to trace missing person safe and well to a location in Edinburgh

60
man
hours

01:
21/01/09
&
22/01/09

Callout to assist Tweed Valley MRT in the Fauldhouse area of West Lothian. Team members were joined on the second day by RAF Leuchars MRT and Strathclyde Police MRT and a body was discovered around noon. Fatality.

70
man
hours

2009 Summary
Total Callouts in 2009:	23
Total Standbys in 2009:	3
Total Man Hours in 2009:	1203

Callouts in 2009