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Cornwood, Dartmoor

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team Member Dave and Search dog Griff were in Cornwall and were able to provide assistance to Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth Section in a search for a high-risk missing person.

Further information was received and the search was recommenced on Friday with DSRT Plymouth, DSRT Tavistock and 7 Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England dogs and handlers.

Unfortunately, the missing person was not found during the course of the search but was successfully located by police the next day safe and well…

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Todbrook Reservoir, Whaley Bridge

As the Todbrook Reservoir dam incident developed, water trained personnel were requested to be ready and stationed locally in case of a dam breach. Other team members took up station at control and at other advised locations.

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Todbrook Reservoir, Whaley Bridge

Team members were called along with other mountain rescue teams in the Peak District to assist the emergency services following heavy rainfall and a partial collapse of the dam wall at Todbrook Reservoir.

In a quickly developing incident, team members maintained a presence in Whaley Bridge for a number of days assisting the Police and Fire and Rescue Services with a number of deployments associated with the evacuation of …

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Navigators for search in Styal, Wilmslow

Two team members were deployed to act as navigators to help the Mountain Rescue Search dogs England (MRSDE) handlers searching for a missing boy from the Wilmslow area.

BMRT team members assisted MRSDE, Cheshire Search and Rescue, Kinder MRT, Police and police helicopter were in attendance.

The missing person turned up safe and well at around 1:30 pm.

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Roaches Gate

Another call out to the Roaches to assist

The team was called out to assist Staffordshire PoliceOfficialwmas and a Community First Responder with a fallen climber at the Roaches.

The climber had reportedly fallen about 10 metres and received what were initially thought to be serious injuries. As such the Midlands Air Ambulance was also requested to attend.

The casualty was assessed and treated before being placed on a mountain rescue stretcher. His injuries were found to be less serious than first thought but as a precaution and …

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