Avon & Somerset Search & Rescue

03 ASC Log no. 583 The team were called to assist the police in Bath searching for a vulnerable missing male, the team was put on standby at 19:50 and called out at 20:07 but then stood down at 20:26 as the missing person had been found.

02 ASC Log no. 937 Avon & Somerset Police contacted ASSAR to help in the search for a vulnerable missing female in the Wedmore area. The team were put on standby at 00:40, then called out at 01:06. Specialist search teams were on the ground until being stood down at 05:46.

ASSAR was asked to carry on the search and the team was put on standby at 09:51 and called out at 09:59. The female was found on a lane in the area by police and the team stood down at 10:37.

Callout 01: ASC log no. 0587 The team were called to assist the ambulance service with moving an injured forester down a steep path in poor weather conditions on the Mendip Hills. The team was put on standby at 14:54, called out at 15:12 and stood down at 17:00.

22 ASSAR was called to Henstridge to assist in the search for a vulnerable missing person. No find was made and the team was stood down. The callout lasted 6hr 47 mins.

21 The team was called to Peasedown St. John to assist in the search for a young vulnerable missing person. The missing person was located and the team stood down. The callout lasted 3hrs 3mins.

20 ASSAR was called to assist in the search for a vulnerable missing person near Cromhall. The callout lasted 4hr 54mins.

19 ASSAR was called to the Avon Gorge to assist other emergency services with a potentially vulnerable person. The team was stood down en route. The callout lasted 29mins.

18 ASSAR was called to Goblin Combe, North Somerset to assist an injured climber. The callout lasted 29mins.

17 ASSAR was called by the police to assist in searching for a missing person in Worlebury Woods, Weston-super-Mare. The missing person was located outside our search area and the team was stood down. The callout lasted 6hr 8mins.

16 ASSAR was called out to Cheddar Gorge to assist the ambulance service. The callout lasted 1hr 28mins.

15 The team were called out to help find a missing person in the Ebbor Gorge area of the Mendip Hills. The missing person was located deceased. The callout, spread over two days lasted 15hrs and 1 min.

14 The team were called out to Cheddar Gorge to assist the ambulance service. The callout lasted 2hrs 50mins.

13 The team were called out to the Portishead area. The missing person was found deceased and recovered to the roadside by the team.

12 ASSAR was put on standby for 2omins and then stood down.

ASSAR was called to Cheddar Gorge to assist a casualty off steep ground. The callout lasted 24mins.

ASSAR was called to Cheddar Gorge to assist the ambulance service with a stretcher carry on steep ground. The callout lasted 1hr 26mins

ASSARs technical rescue team was called out to Cheddar Gorge, the callout lasted 2hr 21mins

08 The Great Western Ambulance Service requested support with moving a casualty with a broken leg in Ebbor Gorge to a waiting ambulance, the team’s technical element was put on standby at 14:45 then called out at 14:55 with the confirmed location. On arrival the casualty was being just about to be loaded into the ambulance. The team was stood down at 15:42.

07 ASC log no. 571 The police contacted the team with an early request to help with a search for a vulnerable elderly person in Bath. The team was put on standby at 18:48. The police’s initial search plan proved effective and the missing person was located resulting in the team being stood down at 19:43.

06 ASC Log no 0665 The team’s technical rescue element was put on standby at 16:39 following initial report of an elderly male fallen down a cliff and was unconscious. As other emergency services arrived on scene the casualty was found to be in a more accessible place and was able to moved easily. The team was stood down at 16:52.