Incidents

At 1500hrs, The team were asked to assist our neighbouring Northumberland Mountain Rescue Service with a carry out of a casualty who had taken ill in Thrunton Woods. 4 team members responded and were all home by 1900hrs. 

The team were called out at 1535hrs to assist a walker in the Lammermuirs who had become lost. We used SARLOC to estimate his position, and our team leader initially advised the walker by phone call as to how to get back to his car. Further monitoring of SARLOC locations revealed that he was going off track, and with darkness approaching and the walker's phone battery running low, 2 vehicles were deployed to the last known location to try to assist him. On arrival, we discovered that he had found his way to a nearby farm and asked for directions, and had then managed to walk back along the roads to his car. 

At 0531hrs, the team were called out alongside our colleagues from Northumberland National Park MRT and North of Tyne MRT. A competitor in the Spine Race could no longer continue with an injury sustained earlier in the race. Spine Race Safety Team requested Mountain Rescue help in transporting the casualty off the hills, and we were able to provide additional pain relief for the journey to Kirk Yetholm by Mountain Rescue vehicle. 8 team members responded.