Rescuers were called to assist emergency services with a gully ‘extraction’ after crash. It was one of a number of call-outs, the North East Wales Search and Rescue team were called to, in a matter of days.
The team said its members were called out twice a day on consecutive days this week to assist emergency service partners in highly challenging environments.
The incidents also required volunteers to negotiate steep woodlands and a quarry to rescue casualties in need of urgent care.
A Newsar statement released yesterday (Thursday) said: “It has been a busy few days for NEWSAR, with two callouts on each of a couple of days this week.” Sign up for the North Wales Live newsletter sent twice daily to your inbox
“All callouts involved assisting Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (WAST) with the extraction of patients from challenging locations, with WAST providing the primary patient care at each incident.
“The first task involved supporting a medical incident and extracting a casualty from a steep wooded area, followed by a second extraction from a quarry. NEWSAR then assisted North Wales Police and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service / Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru with a rope-system extraction from a gully at a road traffic collision.
Newsar rescuers were called to help(Image: Newsar)
“The final callout involved helping to access and extract a casualty with a lower leg injury in difficult terrain.
“NEWSAR is a completely voluntary team, and we are proud to support our emergency service partners.
“Our team of volunteers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days responding to those in need throughout Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham & parts of Conwy & Powys.”
Members of the public who wish to support the ongoing work of the rescue team can make a donation by visiting www.newsar.org/donate.
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