A busy summer period has continued for Northumberland’s mountain rescue teams during the last week.

Volunteers from Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were called out to three incidents over a four-day period.

On Wednesday June 9, teams were called to the Rowlands Gill area to help find a high-risk missing person.

The missing person was located and assessed by a team doctor before being transferred to an ambulance and taken to a hospital for further treatment. After 9 hours of involvement, the mountain rescue teams were able to stand down.

Barry Kemp, deputy team leader for North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team, said: “We drew up search plans and deployed our team members in the late afternoon on Wednesday, our Mountain Rescue Search Dogs were also deployed to good effect.”

A day later, the Courant reported that Mountain Rescue teams assisted a student who had injured their leg at Hadrian’s Wall.

Iain Nixon, Team Leader from Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team, said: “We quickly called out both teams and local team members arrived at the scene within an hour.

“The walking group leader had one an excellent job in caring for the casualty and provided us with an accurate grid reference, which massively helped our planning.”

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Finally, teams were called out to Kielder on Saturday June 12 to assist a casualty in Kielder Forest. However, before they arrived they were stood down as a community paramedic had managed to access the casualty and transfer them to an ambulance.

Iain continued: “A swift response in an area that is becoming a bit of a hotspot for us.

“I think what these three incidents highlight is the adaptability that our team members display and our ability to respond to a variety of incidents.

“However, there is no denying that we are in the middle of a very busy period; we’ve had 16 incidents recently and have deployed a team for 10 of those.”