Incidents

We are tasked by the emergency services, including HM Coastguaard, Fire & Rescue, Police and the Ambulance Services. Our teams are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Below are the callouts that we have attended.

• Newnham 11-07-22

  At 11:40, SARA Sharpness crew were tasked to reports of a dog stuck in the mud near Newnham. One crew member responded from Gloucester direct to Newnham to make contact with the owner while a mud rescue team was dispatched.

  Using a rescue sled and with a flood rescue boat on scene if required, the team successfully extracted the exhausted pup from the mud and returned it to the bank for a good clean and well deserved rest.

  Remember, if you see anyone in difficulty in the river or surrounding mud and sand, dial 999 and ask for the coastguard. Thankfully the owner of this dog did just that!

  11th Jul 2022

  11th Jul 2022

• Sedbury 07/08-07-22

  Yesterday (Thursday) evening the SARA Beachey team was tasked by Gloucestershire Constabulary to assist them with a search for a vulnerable missing person in the Sedbury area, near Chepstow. The SARA Beachley land search team was called out, along with our Serve On K9 search dog partners, and SARA Lifeboat 3 was launched. Colleagues from SARA Tewkesbury and Newport Stations were placed on standby.

  Working with both Chepstow and Portishead Coastguard Rescue Teams, and both a police drone and the Coastguard helicopter, areas of interest were searched until 2am.

  The search was halted overnight pending further information, and this morning (Friday) SARA teams were warned off for a potential further deployment. However we are pleased to say that the missing person was located safe and well this afternoon in the local area.

  8th Jul 2022

  8th Jul 2022

• Warwick 07-07-22

  We were called out to Warwick this afternoon, requested by Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire and Warwickshire Search and Rescue to assist them in supporting Warwickshire Police with a search for a vulnerable missing person.

  Land and water search teams were deployed from our stations at SARA Wyre Forest, SARA Upton and SARA Tewkesbury, and joined the search effort. A team from SARA Sharpness was brought to readiness, and a number of other SAR teams also attended.

  We were delighted that the missing person was found alive and well that evening, and the teams were stood down around 7.30pm.

  7th Jul 2022

  7th Jul 2022

• Dudley 28-06-22

  The SARA Wyre Forest and Tewkesbury crews were tasked by West Midlands Police to search an area of interest in the Russell’s Hall area of Dudley as part of an ongoing investigation into a missing gentleman.

  We asked our colleagues from West Mercia Search & Rescue to assist.

  All crews stood down once the area was covered and as light was being lost with nothing found. The police investigation is still on going.

  28th Jun 2022

  28th Jun 2022

• Wye Valley 16-06-22

  Land Search Team members from SARA Beachley and Tewkesbury were called out this afternoon, to assist Longtown Mountain Rescue Team with a missing person search.

  After several hours searching the search was suspended and the teams stood down.

  16th Jun 2022

  16th Jun 2022

• Sandwell Valley 16-06-22

  The SARA Wyre Forest team were called out to the Sandwell Valley to continue the search from Tuesday, along with teams from WMSAR and Staffordshire SAR.

  They deployed at 5pm and were stood down at 10pm, with nothing having been found. The operation remains ongoing.

  16th Jun 2022

  16th Jun 2022

• Netherton and Sandwell Valley Park 14-06-22

  A double callout day for the SARA Wyre Forest crew , with Tewkesbury also placed on standby.

  Around 3:30pm, we were contacted by West Midlands Police to assist with a missing person in the Netherton area. Crew deployed alongside colleagues from West Mercia Search & Rescue and Staffordshire Search and Rescue Team. Shortly after arriving on scene, the missing gentleman was located by a police drone within the search area.

  As crew were standing down, we were then alerted to a second tasking in Sandwell Valley Park. All SAR assets moved across to this new location and deployed into search areas. Crews were stood down around 10pm with nothing found at this time and police investigation still on going.

  14th Jun 2022

  14th Jun 2022

• Birmingham 10-06-22

  At 2pm the SARA Wyre Forest crew were asked, by West Mercia Search & Rescue, to assist West Midlands Police with a missing person investigation in Birmingham. Crews quickly deployed from station, as they had just finished delivering a Young Citizens Water Safety session, and joined the search operation.

  All SAR teams were stood down about 8pm, with nothing having been found and pending further investigation.

  10th Jun 2022

  10th Jun 2022

• Brize Norton (Standby) 01-06-22

  Crew from SARA Tewkesbury and Cotswolds Stations were placed on standby, to assist Oxfordshire search and rescue with a search for high risk missing person in the Brize Norton area today. However, the person was found safe overnight, and the SARA volunteers were stood down just after 0800 this morning.

  Thanks to everyone who responded.

  1st Jun 2022

  1st Jun 2022

• Chippenham 30-05-22

  Search teams from our Beachley and Tewkesbury Stations were deployed around 1630 to support Wiltshire Search & Rescue with a search near Chippenham. They were stood down whilst en route as WilSAR had located the missing girl safe and well.

  30th May 2022

  30th May 2022