Avon & Somerset Search & Rescue

21 22/05/10 ASC Log No 904 Cheddar Gorge. The Chief Rescue Officer (CRO) was contacted by Avon FRS – alerting to an incident in Cheddar Gorge near Black Rock Quarry at 16:15. The ASC police control room was alerted, and the CRO attended the scene. A male was discovered at the base of the quarry. No further resources were required. The incident was stood down at 17:20.

20 ASC log 488. On 22/04 the Search team was called at 23:10 to RV at a school near Kelston in Bath. A 54 year old male was missing from RUH in Bath. The team searched the surrounding countryside, with the assistance of a police search dog and a police helicopter from Wiltshire. Nothing was found and the team was stood down at 03:30.

19 ASC Log No 503. The CRO was called by the Cheddar Caves office to inform of a male who was on the cliff with head injuries at 13:05. The CRO informed the police and SWAST and called the technical rescue team. On arrival at scene it was discovered that the male had been hit on the head by a stone fallen from above. The family of the male was removed to a safe place, and a RAF helicopter was requested. The RAF (rescue 169) removed the casualty to Frenchay hospital, Bristol. The police detained three youths who were alleged to have thrown the stones that hit the male. The team was stood down at 14:20.

18 ASC Log 628 Team members who were at the top of Clifton gorge, were approached by a member of the public at 14:30 who draw their attention to a young male who was in a dangerous location on top of the cliffs. Contact was made with the male and he was returned to a place of safety.

17 ASC log 542. A senior member of the team was asked by the police to liaise with the family of a recently deceased person. The meeting took place at the top of Clifton Gorge at 14:00.

16 ASC Log 876. The CRO was contacted by police control at 21:10, for tactical advice – regarding a developing situation on the Clifton Bridge. The incident was resolved before the team could be called out.

15 ASC police log not acquired. The CRO was contacted by the crew of Helimad 64 in a ‘heads up’ situation for a male who was reported to have fallen into a quarry at Weston Super Mare. Police and Park ranger were trying to access the scene to discover the extent of injuries. In the even there was no immediate requirement to call the team but the CRO remained as a adio relay between police and Helimed 64 crew.

14 ASC log 1608. The Technical Rescue team was called to Battery Point in Portishead; to assist the Coast Guard, FRS and RAF SAR helicopter remove a female from a dangerous location at 21:36. As sufficient resources were already deployed, the team was stood down at 21:53.

13 ASC Log 750. The Technical Rescue team was called to Cheddar Gorge at 17:38 to assist with the removal from the cliffs of a very young (kid) goat. The goat was successfully removed and the team stood down at 20:10.

12 ASC log 224. The technical rescue team was called by ASC control and Fire and rescue control at 08:25. Reports were coming in of a female on the Clifton Bridge in a dangerous location. A multi agency approach was taken to reducing the situation, and the female was removed to a place of safety. Stand down at 10:00.

11 ASC log no 862 The technical rescue and search teams were called to the top of Avon Gorge at 19:30. The car of a vulnerable missing female had been located near by. Searches of the area were organised by ASC, Avon Fire and Rescue and SAR team members. Technical team members searched the cliffs. The incident was resolved at 20:55 and the team was stood down at 22:40.

10 ASC log 486 The CRO was contacted initially by a curious source, but the call was confirmed by the police and fire control rooms at 12:20. A male climber was reported to have fallen from a route on Heart Leaf Bluff. A paramedic was in attendance, who thought the injuries were serious. The technical rescue team was called, together with a Coast Guard SAR helicopter. The D&S FRS attended along with the AFRS line rescue team from ‘Temple’. The casualty,was safely winched and flown direct to Frenchay Hospital by SAR helicopter. The incident was closed at 14:50. The team was stood down.

9 ASC Log No 680. The search team was called to Easton in Bristol, to search for a missing person at 17:10. The female was quickly located and the team was stood down at 17:37.

8 ASC Log No 358 The search team was called by the police at 13:03 to an incident in Frenchay Village. A male was missing from the local hospital, and was in a vulnerable condition. The male was located and the team was stood down at 17:21. As we were departing we were given the ‘heads up’ on another vulnerable person close by.

7 ASC Log No 982 The technical rescue team was called by police, fire and ambulance control, at 21:52, to help extricate a male who had fallen down a small cliff at the end of his garden into the stream below. The address was near Combe Dingle. The team was stood down at 22:21.

6 ASC log No.792. The CRO was alerted to an incident involving a woman who was in a vulnerable condition who was missing from Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The team was tasked to search and area around Blaise Castle and Lawrence Weston. The team was tasked at 18:35 and searched until 22:30 in deteriorating weather conditions. Nothing was found and the team was stood down.

5 ASC log no. 580 The CRO was alerted to a stranded motorist at the top of Dracott Sleights on Mendip at 16:00. The driver and vehicle were recovered using a local farmer’s tractor.

4 ASC log 217. This is an open log number issued by ‘Silver command’ to cover all 4×4 drivers in the team during the very bad wintery weather. The team vehicles SX and SV were responded several time under this log number. Assistance was given to both the police and ambulance services over the three days that this log number was in operation.

3 ASC log 498. The CRO was called, just before it started to snow, to an incident in Binegar (Gurney Slade), at 16:05. A depondent woman was missing from home and was known to be heading for Binegar. With the appalling weather it was important to find her quickly. By tracking footprints in the snow it was possible to locate her. She was safe and well in Binegar. Stand down at 16:53.

2 ASC 311. The CRO was alerted to a despondent person in the River Avon near Crews Hole Road in Bristol. The specialist Water Rescue team as called at 12:46. The female was quickly located, in the river and was brought ashore at the Ariel Rowing Club by AFRS in their boat. The team Doctor examined the patient and cleared her for transport by emergency ambulance to BRI. The team was stood down at 14:43.