This evening at 17.40 the duty Callout officer received a telephone call from NYPolice to report a missing walker in the Hawnby area.
The team was put on standby and Contact was made with the missing female from York. She had managed to find her way to a road and assured us that she was uninjured and warm but just lost.
With modern smartphone GPS technology the team has the capability (SARLOC) to send a message to a phone and receive back the GPS location coordinates of a missing person. We can then use this, usually on digital mapping to quickly find someone who may be in need of help, or simply advise someone otherwise ok, but lost, to get back on the right track. A brilliant MR tool where good phone signal strength allows its use and it can avoid calling out team members unnecessarily.
A Sarloc was sent to ascertain her location and she was then advised to walk on the road for 5 minutes. Another Sarloc was sent and the results were compared. The missing person was then assured she was walking in the correct direction and would reach her car in about 25 to 30 minutes. The missing person made it safe and well back to her car at approximately 18:30.
……..an excellent outcome and good use of current technology.
25 members were on standby for about 50 minutes.
Ps. This capability is no substitute for having a map and compass and knowing how to use them.
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 can be made at any time. Intakes for Operational Support members occur at various times of the year. There is one annual intake for Search and Rescue normally each September.
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Unfortunately due to the overnight rain with more forecast, today's event at Redcar Racing has been cancelled so we will not be there! Statement from the racecourse:
Unfortunately today’s Easter Monday race meeting has been abandoned.
We are bitterly disappointed that racing is not able to go ahead but there is little that can be done given the amount of recent rainfall this morning.
All pre-paid tickets will automatically be refunded, there is no need to contact the racecourse office.
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