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Call-Outs 2005

This year's calls have been recorded in accordance with MRC requirements, logging each incident where MR resources have been used, even if only to talk to disoriented groups on mobile phones to get them back onto the right track (a method of sorting a problem far superior to dragging our members away from wives, husbands, lovers or even bosses!). Minor incidents, such as calls where we provide only advice, or where we assist members of the public that we happen to come across are not recorded.

The number of team members involved from each team from South Wales is recorded along with the time, the following abbreviations are used;

BMRT - Brecon Mountain Rescue Team
SARDA - Search and Rescue Dog Association
C/Beacons - Central Beacons
W/Beacons - Western Beacons
LMRT - Longtown Mountain Rescue Team
NEWSAR - North East Wales Search and Rescue

Click the team badge next to the incident summary to link to the relevant BBC website page.

N°.
Date
Location
Summary
Duration
1 1 January Kerry 17.30 Search for missing 13 year old girl. Call passed to NEWSAR  
2

2 January

Clun Gwyn 12.30 Area call. Weather cold dry and sunny. Evacuation of 75 year old male fallen 30 ft to river. Leg and spinal injuries. Helivac by Sea King. Brecon 21 members; CB; WB. 2 ½ hours
3

2 January

Herberts Quarry,
Brynamman
15:05 Area call while still on incident 3. 19 year old male fallen down waterfall, rib and leg injuries. Helivac by same Sea King. Brecon 21 members; CB; WB. 3 hours.  
4

30 January

Llandeilo 13.30. Weather dry and cold. Red alert to search for missing depressed 58 year old male. Found dead in river. Brecon 14 members ; CB; WB5 hours.  
5

12 February

Cwmgwdi 18.00 Weather very wet and windy. Red alert to search for overdue walker. Walked off safe as team was being called out.    
6

24 February

Storey Arms 12.00 Weather very cold with snow showers and lying snow. Red alert to search for two persons who had set off at 7.30 to climb Corn Du and become disorientated in whiteout. Located safe in Cwm Crew. 4 hours. Brecon 16 members; CB; WB
7 11 March Penderyn 14.55 Weather very cold and dry. Area call for fallen male walker by waterfall. Helivac. Brecon 9 members; CB; WB. 3 hours  
8 23 March Whitesands Bay, St. David's 26yr orld male missing from home in Raglan. Car found in Whitesands. Search of coastline by mountain rescue, coast guard, RAF Sea King, police helicopter and search dogs. Nothing found. Police enquires ongoing. Brecon 10, CB 4, WB 5.
10hrs
9  2 April Pont-ar-Daf 67 year old male with bi-lateral knee pain on main trail to Pen-y-fan unable to walk off. Evacuated to car park Brecon 17, CB 14, LMRT 1.  
10 14 April Storey Arms 17 year old female suffer ankle injuy on slopes below Corn Du. Treated by members of BMRT and evacuated by air ambulance to Prince Charles Hospital. Brecon 14, CB 10, WB 4, LMRT 1.  
11 23 April Resolven mountain biker had accident on a forest trail. evacuated by ambulance. Teams stood down en route.    
12 23 April Black Mountains Male with head injuries and hand fracture. Evacuated to Nevill Hall. Brecon 9  
13 30 April Cwm Du  53 year old male, who had suffered from a minor stoke 9 weeks previously, collapsed on Pen Allt Mawr. Evacuated by teams to Nevill Hall Hospital. Brecon 17, CB 8, LMRT 7, WB 5  
14  1 May  Long Mynd 2 teenaged boys from an outdoor education centre become separated from group while walking. Missing overnight on Long Mynd. Located by helicopter while team en route. Brecon 17, LMRT 17  
15  2 May Ystradfellte 30 year old women wearing flip-flops broke her lower right leg while walking in the waterfalls area. Located by BMRT and evacuated by RAF Sea King Brecon 13, CB 14, WB 11  
16 5 May Mynydd Illtyd Libanus 52yr old French woman thrown from and then kicked by her horse while out pony treking. Dislocation of left shoulder and treated for spinal injuries. Evacuated to air ambulance. Brecon 12, CB 6, LMRT 1  
17 6 May Ebbw Vale 1940. Weather dry. Area call. 14 year old motorbiker fell off and fractured leg. Evacuated by helicopter. . 2 hours Brecon 9, CB 6  
18 15 May Blorenge, Abergavenny 1406. Weather hot and sunny. Area call. 40 year old male hang glider "fell" and broke leg. Evacuated by helicopter. 2 hours. Brecon 5, LMRT 15, CB 4, WB stood down en route  
19 15 May Abersychan 1910. Weather warm. Area call. Male overturned four by four vehicle and was thrown out. Evacuated by helicopter with spinal injuries. 2 hours. Brecon 9.  
20 1 June Llyn y Fan Fach Call from police to assist 5 cold & ill prepared and equiped walkers from the water keeper's shelter by Landrover. Escorted off the hill. 2hours Brecon 11  
21 2 June Corn Du 16yr old member of walking group injured his lower left leg on Crybin. The group carried him to the main tourist path were they were met by MR teams and assisted to Pont ar Daf. Brecon14, CB 12, WB 1  
22 6 June Dinas Rock, Pontneddfechan Area call at 1am to assist an ambulance crew in the the Sychryd Gorge after 2 men camping in the area got into trouble and one suffered head, back and leg injuries from a fall.    
23 11 June Brechfa Common Llyswen

68 year old local man with diabeties collapsed while out walking. High bracken made it difficult for police & paramedics to locatethe missing person. Mountain rescue and police helecopter called to assist. Located by X-Ray 99 while teams assembling.

Brecon 9, CB11  
24 16 June Llyn y Fan Fach 1330. Red alert to search for missing walker stood down after 10 mins when he turned up safe    
25 26 June Clyn Gwyn

1840. Area call to woman with ankle injury.

1 ½ hrs  
26 2 July Churckstoke

1610. Area call to recover a fallen walker on a steep slope.

2 hrs  
27 5 July Trecastle Road , Carmarthen Fans 1540. Very wet. Area call to search for 6 overdue walkers who were suffering from cold and disorientated. 1 hour http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4686325.stm
28 6 July Pont ar Daf / Cwmcynwyn 1711. Weather very hot. Area call to evacuate crashed glider pilot on Bryn Teg. Helivac 1 ½ hrs  
29 10 July Kilgetty nr Tenby 0900. Weather very hot. Red alert to assist Bridgend team with a search for male 81 years old missing overnight. Found by police helicopter within search area. 8 hours. Brecon 19, WB 6  
30 11 July Blorenge 1210. Weather very hot. Area call to assist male 44 with chest pains. Helivac. 2 hours. Brecon 10, CB 10, Longtown 7, WB 5  
31 11 July Tonypandy 1330. While finalising above incident further call to assist 71 year old male who had fallen and injured knee. Helivac. 3 ½ hours. Brecon 12, CB 10, WB 5, Longtown 1  
32 12 July Scwd yr Eira 1920. Very hot. Area call to recover male age 15 with leg injuries. Helivac. 3 hours  
33 15 July Ystradgynlais 10.25 Search for missing 14 yr old girl missing from home. Found by Police & MR teams 2 ½ hrs http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4686325.stm
34 17 July Hundred House Two people reported overdue. Team called out to search. Turned up safe having spent the night on the hill. 1½ hours. Brecon 12  
35 14 Aug Ystradfellte Reservoir Party of 13 from Swansea out hill walking. 60yr old male collapsed and died despite extensive resuscitation attempts by group members. Ambulance crew and mountain rescue teams called to assist and evacuate from the scene.

2hours.
Brecon 14, CB 10, WB 6

 
36 15 Aug Aberglais Call from police to support fire and ambulance crews with rescue of 65 yr old local woman from 'Blue Pools' area. Stood down on route (evacuated by fire service)  
37 16 Aug Sugar Loaf Party of 5 hill walking when a member fell and sustained head injuries. evacuated to Nevill Hall Hospital. Brecon 14, Longtown 12.  
38 21 Aug Aber campsite 1500. Area call on warm day to French girl age 18 with painful knees on the Bryn. Missing boyfriend turned up at Pencelli campsite. 3 hours. Brecon 13, CB 21, WB 5, Longtown  
39 28 Aug Presteigne

0030. Fine and cold. Call from police re 19 yr old man missing from campsite.

Turned up as details being passed.  
40 29 Aug Commin Coch nr Builth Wells

0330. Cool. Red alert to search for 16 year old girl missing from home after an argument when she came home drunk. Search overnight by police dogs. Found by police dogs lying in bracken near home. All South Wales teams and SARDA attended.

7 hours. Brecon 18, CB 9, WB 3, Longtown 3, SARDA 1.  
41 4 Sept Rhossili Bay 0040. Call to back up Bridgend at first light in search for male misper. Misper found dead    
42 4 Sept Llyn Brianne

2030. Team alerted while police investigating. Stood down as misper turned up safe while team was assembling..

   
43 6 Sept Bronant, Tregaron 0310. Red alert to search for misper near Tregaron. Stood down as person found while team assembling .    
44 16 Sept Torpantau, Talybont 16.30 Call to assist ambulance paramedics in the location and evacuation of a 65yr old male with chest pains. Evacuated to Morriston Hospital by air ambulance. Brecon 12, CB14,
Longtown 1
2hrs
 
45 18 Sept Llangadog Search for 78 yr old male with dementia who had gone missing from the family home. Police & locals had initiated preliminary search but called MR due to large search area. Missing person found near river, disorientated and having suffered a large number of superficial injuries to head & hands.

Brecon 20, WB 22, CB 16, SARDA 4
5hrs

 
46 25 Sept Talybont - Waun Rhyd

A group of 3 walkers requested MR assistance when one of their group collapsed with fatigue and leg cramps on the second day of a walk. A hill party located and treated the individual who was later able to walk off the hill to a waiting ambulance.

Brecon 15, CB 12
2.5hrs

 
47 8 Oct Tregynon, Newtown Search missing 78 yr old male suffering from dementia who was last seen walking his dogs at home. Located in area of woodland to rear of home suffering from hypothermia, but in good spirits. Brecon 10, Longtown 13
5hrs 45mins
 
48 9 Oct The Gap (Crybin / Fan y Big) Party of 5 very wet teenage girls suffering from effects of cold evacuated from 'The Gap' by Land Rover. Taken to Brecon War Memorial Hospital Brecon 3
2hrs
 
49 10 Oct Lampeter Missing 13yr old boy. Turned up up safe while team was assembling    
50 22 Oct Grwyne Fawr Search for 54 yr old despondent male from Gloucestershire who had rolled his 4x4 while driving along a forestry track. Located by MR personnel in team Land Rover. Vehicle secured by winch and casualty evacuated to Nevill Hall Hospital with suspected spinal injuries. Brecon 16,
CB 9,
Longtown 11.
5.5hrs
 
51 25 Oct Gospel Pass

Team called 19.45. Weather; Strong wind , heavy rain cold. Party of nine 15yr old’s on a D of E assessment became lost. Located ok evacuated by RAF helicopter.

Brecon 18. Longtown 19 Duration 3h 30 mins. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4377018.stm
52 3 Nov Porth, Rhondda Called to assist Fire & Ambulance services in the rescue of a 14 yr old boy who had fallen 30 ft while playing in a disused quarry above Porth. Treated for spinal injuies & evacuated by Sea King to Princess of Wales Hospital

Brecon 6,
CB 11, WB 5
1hr

 
53 5 Nov Cwm Twrch,
Ystrad Owen
Search for group of four walkers who had become separated for the rest of their group (13 in total). A 14yr old male injured his ankle and was unable to continue their walk off the hill and eventually lost consciousness. Evacuated to Banstable Hospital by Sea King, who had also assisted in the search.

Brecon 13,
WB 7, CB 13
4hrs

 
54 12 Nov Pembroke Dock Continuation of search initiated by WBSART fo missing 61 yr old despondent female. Nothing found - police enquires ongoing
The missing woman's body was found in January 2006 in the St Patricks Hill area of Pembroke Dock.

Brecon 3
WB 12 CB 6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4444794.stm

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