The Team was established in 1965 (and so we celebrate our 60th Anniversary in 2025). We have around 45 to 50 Search and Rescue members (including probationers) who are on call 24-hours a day every day of the year. We are all volunteers; we have no paid staff and our services are offered free to anyone who needs them. We are reliant on the generosity of local people and groups plus other organisations to cover the £42,000 on average it costs to run the Team every year.
In addition to the Search and Rescue members we aim to have around 10 to 12 Support members who help with fundraising activities, acting as injured or missing people, maintaining the vehicles and equipment and a multitude of other jobs. If you would like to make a donation, or raise funds to help us, please check out our fundraising page here.
TUESDAY 18th AUGUST (1230hrs) The team were requested to provide assistance to North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to deal with a juvenile who had fallen from a tree and landed a few metres down an embankment at the top of Newton Woods, Roseberry Topping. The team deployed both Land Rovers ,with one coming in via Aireyholme Farm and the other…
Applications can be made to join the team in a support role (Operational Support) or as a hill going (Search and Rescue) member.
Applications for either role are advertised when recruitment is required.
Generally, there is an annual intake for Search and Rescue members with the process starting in Feb/March leading to starting as a Prospective member in September.
Intake for Operational Support members occurs less frequently. This process usually starts in Feb/March leading to Probationary member status around June.
Search & Rescue Support Team
CALL OUT 37/2026
TUESDAY 18th AUGUST (1230hrs)
The team were requested to provide assistance to North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to deal with a juvenile who had fallen from a tree and landed a few metres down an embankment at the top of Newton Woods, Roseberry Topping. The team deployed both Land Rovers ,with one coming in via Aireyholme Farm and the other shuttling personnel to the top of Roseberry Lane from the base.
The person was medically assessed by NEAS and Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) personnel who were both on scene. The person had upper body injuries. To extract the person back up onto the path, a rope system was set up to allow the person to walk up on a casualty harness with assistance from a team member on a sit harness. But due to the anxious state of the patient, plan B , use of the mountain rescue stretcher with a back up rope was executed. Once on the path , the person was carried in the stretcher , approximately 400m, down to the waiting ambulance at the top of Roseberry Lane for forward transfer to hospital.
We wish the person a speedy recovery and best wishes
Thanks once again to Mark and family for access via Aireyholme Farm and for the tea and biscuits provided to the person acting as control at the farm.
16 team members were involved for approximately 3 hours
Well done. I hope the IP gets well and does some find raising for your to repay
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Beth Felgate
Well done!!
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