THURSDAY 15TH APRIL 2021 Cleveland MRT members have today been deployed outside of our area in support of colleagues from the neighbouring Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team in a search for a person missing since the previous evening. A total of five MRTs from the north-east plus RAF Leeming MRT have been involved in the search (including…

TUESDAY 13TH APRIL 2021 We were called at 1920 hours by North Yorkshire Police to assist with the recovery of a body found near Lordstones. The person was on very steep ground and a technical extraction was needed to bring the body up to a footpath. The person was then carried to our Rescue Land Rover and taken to Lordstones…

FRIDAY 9TH APRIL 2021 We received a request from North Yorkshire Police to help in a search for a vulnerable high risk female in the area of Sandsend. The Coastguard (HMCG) was already deployed on the search. As we were already engaged on an earlier search for a man at Saltburn we initially asked Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team…

SATURDAY 10TH APRIL 2021 Another call-out - the second of the day and our fourth in less than 24-hours! We were contacted shortly before 1600 hours by the North Yorkshire Police with a report that a male walker had sustained a serious leg injury after falling on the Cleveland Way, roughly midway between Lordstones and Wain Stones. An off-duty doctor…

SATURDAY 10TH APRIL 2021 After a surprisingly quiet period for the Team since the lockdown was eased at the end of March, this Saturday morning saw the third call-out of the weekend so far - in fact, our third within the space of approximately 14-hours! We were contacted shortly before 1000 hours by the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) with…

9TH APRIL 2021 We were contacted during the evening by Cleveland Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable gentleman from Marske who was missing and was possibly in the Saltburn area. Team members were contacted and sent, together with our Incident Control vehicle and two Land Rovers, to an RV-point in Saltburn. Upon arrival we were deployed into…

SUNDAY 21ST MARCH 2021 We were contacted by the North East Ambulance Service in the afternoon to assist their ambulance crews who were attending a report of an injured motorcyclist in Eston Hills. Police, Fire and Air Ambulance units were also en route to the scene. Team members were alerted and two double-crewed Land Rover ambulances were dispatched. Another Team…

SATURDAY 20TH MARCH 2021 At 0539 hours we were contacted by Cleveland Police with a request to help in a search for a vulnerable missing person. Team members were called out from home and requested to report to an RV-point in the Middlesbrough area for deployment. Shortly after the first Team members arrived on scene, together with our two Land…

SUNDAY 7TH MARCH 2021 We were contacted by Cleveland Police during the afternoon with a request to assist them in searching for a man who was missing in their area. A number of Team members reported to our Base and after being briefed were allocated to search parties covering areas between Guisborough and Great Ayton. During the evening one of…

TUESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2021 At around 1800 hours we were contacted about two women who had walked up towards the summit of Roseberry Topping but felt unsafe descending in the high winds that were prevalent throughout the day. Our Call-out Officer was able to contact the women by phone in order to reassure them and to confirm their location which…