by CBMRT_wp_admin | Sep 25, 2016 | Callouts 2016
CALLOUT: number 100 of 2016. On average, we get called out around 90 times in a calendar year. This evening we responded to our 100th call so far in 2016 which, with 3 months of the year left, illustrates how busy and demanding 2016 continues to be. Our ongoing thanks...
by CBMRT_wp_admin | Sep 24, 2016 | Callouts 2016
Central Beacons were called by colleagues in Gwent Police to search for 7 missing teenagers who had set out on a walk to Twmbarlwm above Risca. The missing teenagers were found shortly after the Team assembled at the foot of Twmbarlwm by members of Gwent police near...
by CBMRT_wp_admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Callouts 2016
Central Beacons were called this evening to assist South Wales Police Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf in the search for a vulnerable person in the Rhondda Valley. Just as we were finishing off our Thursday evening training the call came in for us to respond to a...
by CBMRT_wp_admin | Sep 19, 2016 | Callouts 2016
An interesting experience today – the activation of a personal distress/location beacon (PLB). Coastguard authorities had notified Dyfed Powys Police , who had been unable to contact the registered keeper so acting on the information received alerted the team as...
by CBMRT_wp_admin | Sep 18, 2016 | Callouts 2016
As we were journeying home this evening from today’s training and the first incident of the day ( see previous post), we were contacted by Dyfed Powys Police to search for and rescue a family lost in our waterfalls area. Initial info suggested they were near...
by CBMRT_wp_admin | Sep 18, 2016 | Callouts 2016
A busy day for us today. As we were ending our monthly full day out training we were called by Brecon Mountain Rescue Team to assist and evacuate a lady who had slipped and sustained a lower leg injury on the track below Corn Du. A quick response from us both provided...
