We were called out at 0830 by Gloucestershire Constabulary, who had received reports of cries for help from the area of the Wye above Chepstow Castle.  Land and rope teams from SARA stations at Tewkesbury and Cotswolds, as well as Beachley were tasked to search the steep woodlands on both sides of the Wye Valley north of Chepstow, in conjunction with officers from both Gloucestershire and Gwent Police Forces.

As a precaution we launched Beachley’s SARA Lifeboat 7.  A visiting member of SARA Wyre Forest, who had come down to join a planned rope rescue training session, was also co-opted to join the search.

After several hours of searching the origin of the shouts was located, but no one was in danger; it was a false alarm with good intentions.

Many thanks to all who responded, some of whom then went straight on to enjoy an afternoon of rope rescue training at Livox Quarry!

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The SARA Land Search Team was called out around 9pm, to support Gloucestershire Constabulary in the search for a high risk missing person in the Cirencester area.

Team members from SARA Stations at Beachley, Cotswolds, Tewkesbury and Wyre Forest all responded, along with colleagues from Wiltshire Search and Rescue.  The first search parties had been deployed when the missing person was found safe.

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The SARA Land Search Team was called out again early this afternoon, to support Gloucestershire Police in looking for a missing young person in the Cotswolds.  Team members from SARA Beachley, Cotswolds and Tewkesbury assembled, and commenced a series of searches.

Thankfully, once again, during this time the missing person was found safe, and the search teams were stood down before dusk

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The SARA Lifeboats were called out by the Coastguard around midday for a search on the River Severn. SARA Lifeboat 4 from SARA Sharpness, and SARA Lifeboat 7 from SARA Beachley, were both launched. They were stood down shortly afterwards when the search was called off.

The SARA Land Search Team was called out around 7pm, to support Gloucestershire Constabulary with a search in the Brownshill area of Stroud.  Team members from our stations at Cotswolds, Tewkesbury, Wyre Forest and Beachley attended, along with colleagues from Gloucestershire fire and rescue service.

Thankfully before long the missing person was found safe, and the teams were stood down.  Many thanks to all who responded.

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We were contacted by Gloucestershire Constabulary at around 0430, to support them with the search for a vulnerable missing person in the Dursley area.    Accordingly, land search team members from our stations at Tewkesbury, Cotswolds, Beachley and Wyre Forest assembled from first light and commenced a search.

Thankfully, during the morning the missing person was located safe by police officers, and was assessed by a SARA medic (one of our RRMTs) before being returned home safely.

We would like to thank the Leaf & Ground, Dursley for their hospitality during this search activity.  We are grateful for the use of their site.

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We were called by Gloucestershire Constabulary, for a search at Horsley, near Stroud, at about 1930 on Saturday (19 Sept) and conducted a small number of land searches between around 2100 and midnight.

We recommenced the search again on Sunday (20 Sept) morning, with a water search team and a specialist rope team for an area of very steep ground, as well as land search teams.   We also requested colleagues from Wiltshire Search and Rescue to join us.  Whilst the first set of searches were ongoing, the missing person was found by members of the public in an area we had yet to look at. A small team, including the SARA MO, was despatched to the site to assess and extract the person.

SWAST HART met the team during the extraction and the patient was handed over to NHS care.  Great to see the multi-discipline working in action.

Many thanks to the The Hog at Horsley and Horsley Community Shop, and the Horsley community as a whole, for their support, and team members from SARA Tewkesbury, Cotswolds and Beachley for responding.

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