Avon & Somerset Search & Rescue

31 ASC Log No? Avon FRS control called the CRO at 16:37 to report a male reported to in difficulty on the cliffs below Circular Road, Avon Gorge, Bristol. The call was confirmed by ambulance control (EOC) and the police. The Bristol based CRO was dispatched to the scene, and confirmed that the male was a rock climber who was resting on a ledge. No further action was required.

30 ASC Log No 1161. The CRO was called by ambulance control (EOC Avon), requesting assistance with a patient carryout from Troopers Hill, St George in Bristol at 18:33. The air ambulance (Helimed 64) was in attendance but was unable to access the patient because of difficult terrain. The incident was resolved, and the team stood down at 19:28

29 ASC Log No 967. The CRO received a call in the first instance from the Avon FRS at 16:34. The police control room was informed and the Technical Rescue team was called to a despondent male acting suspiciously on the parapet of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The incident was successfully resolved and the police stood the team down at 17:43. The AFRS passed the incident ‘stop’ at 18:00.

28  ASC Log No 779. The CRO was contacted by the duty PolSA to discuss an incident concerning a vulnerable missing male in the Leigh Woods area at 15:20. The search team was put on standby.  Because of the close proximity of many quarries and rock faces, the search team was called out with assistance from the Technical rescue team at 15:54.  Searching continued in the Leigh Woods and Ashton Court area until 22:30.  Nothing was found.

27 ASC Log No? The CRO was called by police control at 12:13 and asked to speak to the duty PolSA. The incident concerned a missing vulnerable male in the Farmbough/Paulton area of Somerset. The search team was put on standby. Following further discussions with the PolSA the and CID the male was located and the services of the team was not required. Stand down was at 13:38.

26 ASC Log 545. The CRO was contacted by ambulance control (EOC) at 11:20 requesting assistance with a job in Avon Gorge. The CRO contacted the police and alerted the teachnical rescue team that were exercising on the cliffs nearby. The police and ambulance described what may have been reported as a body on the cliffs at Black Rock Quarry off the Portway.  The incident was resolved and the team was stood down by phone, at 12:10.

ASC Log N/A The AFRS control room notified the CRO at 11:13  that their line rescue team was mobilising to a trapped dog in Chew Magna. No action was taken on behalf of the team.

25 ASC Log No’s 959 and 964. The AFRS control room alerted the CRO at 17:30 of an incident occurring on the circular road at Avon Gorge, Sea Walls. At 17:35 the police called the team to a despondent male acting suspiciously at the top of the cliffs. The technical rescue team was called-out. The incident was resolved, and the team was stood down at 17:53.

24 ASC Log No 1102. The team was put on standby at 11:50 by the police control room. The incident was to search for a missing vulnerable male in Bishop Sutton. The search team was called out at 12:53. The team searched land around Bishop Sutton and the water margins of Chew Valley Lake. The incident was resolved and the team was stood down at 17:18

23 26 & 27/05/10 ASC Log No 372. The police PolSA called the CRO at 18:00 to notify the team of a missing 62 year old female in the South Bristol area.. The Search team was put on standby and called out at 19:21.

The full team was called out at 19:39. A search was organised in the Bishopsworth and Withywood area of Bristol, extending out to Dundry Hill. The search was suspended at about midnight. It was resumed next morning with new evidence and the casualty was found at 17:15 on 27/05/10. The team was stood down after the casualty was transferred to hospital by ambulance.

22 ASC Log No 776. The police control room put the technical rescue team on standby at 16:02. A male was missing in the Clifton Downs/Gorge area of Bristol. The team was called out at 17:25, as the male had been located on a precarious part of the cliff. The male was returned to a safe place and returned to police custody. The team was stood down at 17:45.

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.