Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team

08/06/2026

A busy Sunday for some TWSMRT team members!

The day started with a meet and greet and some fundraising at Fox's Farm open day 🚜 Thank you for the invite!

On returning to our Durham base following the event, just having reversed the vehicle back into the garage, the team were called out to Hamsterley Forest - Forestry England to help treat and extract a mountain biker suffering multiple injuries 🤕

Working swiftly alongside the North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 🚑 and Great North Air Ambulance Service 🚁 , the casualty was transported to the helicopter and airlifted to hospital. We wish them a full and speedy recovery.

03/06/2026

It’s Volunteers’ Week 2026, a week to thank volunteers across the country for their invaluable efforts that benefit society 🙏

TWSMRT is an independent charity operating 24/7 365 days a year, and entirely voluntary run. All hill, canoe and support members give up their own time to provide specialist services across . This includes callouts, training, equipment maintenance and all the admin to operate the organisation!

👍 Give us a like, comment, share and follow to show your support, thank you!

🪙 If you wish to make a donation , these can be done through our JustGiving page:

https://www.justgiving.com/charity/twsmrt

01/06/2026

On Sunday morning TWSMRT were called out to the Bollihope area to a casualty who had fallen and sustained serious injuries 🤕

With the North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 🚑 and Great North Air Ambulance Service 🚁 also attending, most of our team members were stood down on route. Several local team members made it to the incident and assisted with medical interventions and incident site management.

We wish the casualty all the best and hope they make a full recovery.

30/05/2026

Thank you to everyone that came and said hello and/or donated to TWSMRT at the Darlington Borough Council Emergency Services Day 🚨

We had a great time chatting to everyone, demonstrating some of our kit 🛶🪢 , and explaining how we support communities across the whole of County Durham with our voluntary work.

If you didn't make it but still wanted to make a donation, you can do so easily using our JustGiving page, thank you 🙏

https://www.justgiving.com/charity/twsmrt

29/05/2026

Thursday evening callout to assist the North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust with an injured mountain biker 🚵 in Hamsterley Forest - Forestry England🌲

28/05/2026

Making use of the nice weather TWSMRT team members headed to Low Bollihope yesterday evening for a medical training session ⛑️

The session focussed on drowning, heat related conditions, and a relatively new analgesic (pain relief) to the team, Penthrox. The evening was rounded up with a mini exercise simulating a casualty with heat stroke 🥵

26/05/2026

TWSMRT were called out to Causey Arch yesterday evening to assist a man who was reported to have fallen down a set of stairs. With the assistance of team members, the man was walked out to the waiting ambulance 🚑

18/05/2026

18/05/2026

Second water training session of last week, this time at Low Force in Teesdale yesterday. Team members practiced defensive and aggressive swimming for self rescue, as well as throw lines, group wading techniques and a mini exercise.

Always a great day out but highlights how dangerous water can be without the right knowledge, skills and equipment. Stay safe this summer and follow the Water Safety Code:

🤔 STOP AND THINK
👥 STAY TOGETHER
🚨 CALL 999
🛟 FLOAT

15/05/2026

On Wednesday evening the majority of the team headed to the River Derwent for a water training exercise 🏞️

A mix of in water and bankside searches were carried out to find exercise casualties and, once found, casualties were treated and extracted ⛑️

We're out again this Sunday at another river location in County Durham, will you spot us?