2023 Incidents

List of incidents in 2023

total hours and numbers of incidents by type
Incident Type No Incidents Total Man Hours
Call Out 11 712
Stand By 3 120
Totals 14 832

BSARU Incidents 2023

list of incidents and man hours per incident"
Incident Type Date Incident Man Hours
CALL OUT 10/10/2023
The team was called to assist Scottish Borders Police with the recovery of a body from steep ground near Kelso.
Our sincere condolences to family and friends of the deceased.
10 hours
CALL OUT 23/09/2023

8:14 - The team was put on standby then called out to assist Police Scotland and our neighbouring team, Tweed Valley MRT with the search for a missing elderly man in the Hawick area.

Dog and drone teams also joined the search.

Once search areas had been completed, we were stood down for the day pending new information.

The man was located alive by members of TVMRT the following day, 

108 hours
CALL OUT 02/08/2023

02:56

Alongside Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team, SARDA Southern Scotland, Borders Water Rescue Team & Search & Rescue Aerial Association - Scotland, we were tasked with the search for a missing person in the Hawick area.
Sadly a body was found. Sincere condolences to family and friends of the deceased.
158 hours
CALL OUT 01/07/2023

22:21

Along with Borders Water Rescue Team , we were tasked with the search for a missing person whose car was located near St Boswells.
Sadly the body of a man was found.
Sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
39 hours
CALL OUT 24/06/2023
Midday
The team was called out to assist police in the search for a pensioner, missing from North Berwick.
Areas in and around the town were searched and we were stood down pending further investigation.
 
No further updates at present.
96 hours
CALL OUT 17/06/2023

The team was called out to search for a teenager, missing ovenight in the area north of Eyemouth. 

He was located and we were stood down en route.

8 hours
CALL OUT 14/06/2023
10:46
Following a standby for an unrelated incident on Tuesday, the team was called out on Wednesday to assist Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team in the search for a missing person near Innerleithen.
SARDA Southern Scotland handlers were also on standby to support later in the day when the temperature cooled enough for dogs to be deployed.
We were stood down after the missing person was confirmed to be outside the search area and was located safe and well by Police Scotland.
14 hours
STANDBY 13/06/2023

13:03

Team members were put on standby to assist TVMRT in the search for a missing person in Midlothian.

He was found safe and well.

104 hours
STANDBY 03/05/2023

BSARU was put on standby to assist NMRS and Northumbria Police with the search for a missing man in the Wooler area.

The man was located safe by Northumbrian search teams before we were fully called out.

4 hours
CALL OUT 02/03/2023

01:45

A callout in the early hours to assisst Scottish Borders Police with the search for a missing person who was located as the first team members were arriving on scene.

34 hours
CALL OUT 06/02/2023

A multi-agency callout to assist in the search for a missing child in Galashiels.

Thankfully the child was found by police and returned to her family.

154 hours
STANDBY 05/02/2023

STANDBY to assist with the search for a missing person in Gala

12 hours
CALL OUT 22/01/2023
06:06    SPINE RACE    Auchope Hut
We received an early morning call from the event safety team via #NMRS to evacuate two hypothermic participants from the Auchope Refuge Hut a few kms west of the summit of Cheviot.
Northumberland NPMRT sent team members in from Mounthooly to the north (one of the few places along the border where England is north of Scotland!) And our team vehicles made their way up Auchope Rig, getting within metres of the hut.
The casualties had been assessed by Spine Race medics and were able to walk to the waiting Landrover for onward transport to Kirk Yetholm.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-64371848 
69 hours
CALL OUT 02/01/2023

15:27 A quick callout this afternoon to assist a couple of walkers who'd got lost on rough ground.

We used PhoneFind to accurately locate them and sent a small group of nearby team members to ensure they returned to their vehicle safely.

22 hours

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