A brief summary of the day from WE69 who acted as Bronze control on the day.

Five Members participated;
WE62 WE21 WE09 WE21 WE69
One member stayed over on Friday night and one on Saturday.
Location: Okehampton Military Camp, Dartmoor.
Members were on site at 0645 with a briefing at 0730.

Scenario: Sixty four people had been out on a trek. Eight went missing and two female marshalls, sent to find them also were lost.

W4x4R had to ferry casualties to selected sites, unknown to S&R teams.
Then the searchers were also ferried around the camp to look for the casualties.

Deployed - casualties from 0845 to 0915, Searchers from 0930 until 1030.

Thereafter, during the day, various people were moved from site to site, including control staff to set up radio links. Retrieval of searchers and casualties took place between 15.00 and 16.30. Endex 17.00

About 150 people took part including teams from around the country and TAG Police teams. Also RAF Chivenor and Police Middlemoor helicopters. S&R dogs were also used. Weather was typical - wet and closed in. The helicopters were grounded at times.
WE 69 was partnered with a DRG member for communication purposes. occasionally , when appropriate, making some journeys to carry or retrieve folk.
W4x4R were thanked for their assistance at the end of a day that was both enjoyable and interesting.