North Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team

Although we are coordinated by the emergency services, we are in fact a registered charity, and are 100% dependent on donations from the general public. It costs in excess of £18,000 per year to maintain the running of the Team, which calls for a significant amount of fundraising, time and effort from the members and supporters.

Formed in 1969, as the North Moor Section of the Dartmoor Rescue Group, North Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team is based in Okehampton and consists of around forty highly skilled volunteers from many walks of life. Each member brings their own attributes that help create this highly professional organisation.

The Team, who train weekly on a Tuesday night, and on occasional weekends, is activated when a 999 call is received by the Police or Ambulance Service. They contact our Search Managers, who then deploy the Team using SMS communication.