Incidents

We are tasked by the emergency services, including HM Coastguaard, Fire & Rescue, Police and the Ambulance Services. Our teams are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Below are the callouts that we have attended.

• River Severn – Northington, Newnham 09-03-25

  Shortly before 0930, we received a request from Gloucestershire Constabulary to assist with the recovery of a body which had been located near the village of Northington in Gloucestershire.
  A team from SARA Sharpness worked closely with Police Officers, as well as our colleagues from HM Coastguard Chepstow to conduct a dignified recovery of the young man.

  Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends at this extremely difficult time.

  9th Mar 2025

  9th Mar 2025

• Chippenham 28-02 to 03-03-25

  Over the weekend we have been supporting our colleagues at Wiltshire Search and Rescue with a large search in the Chippenham area.

  We were first tasked just after 4pm on Friday, and deployed a boat & team from SARA Sharpness. On Saturday we again deployed a boat team from Sharpness, plus both land and water teams from SARA Beachley, Cotswolds, and Tewkesbury. Then on Sunday we deployed land and water teams from SARA Sharpness and Beachley Stations. A Sharpness boat team was deployed again on Monday.

  At this time the search remains ongoing. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the missing young man.

  3rd Mar 2025

  3rd Mar 2025

• River Severn Beachley 01-03-25

  We were called out during the morning to a report of a dolphin stranded at Aust, witnessed by someone passing over Prince of Wales Bridge heading east.

  SARA Lifeboat 3 was launched. The lifeboat deployed crew who searched the high ground while lifeboat did waterline. Whilst there we met two marine medics who had also ventured onto Aust rock to look for the dolphin. A couple of our Land search crew view from the bridge and reported, as did Chepstow Coastguard.

  No sign of a dolphin. The boat was tasked to investigate a floating object, which was some form of cupboard.

  False alarm, probably with good intentions

  1st Mar 2025

  1st Mar 2025

• Cinderford 18-02-25

  Our Land Search Team was called out early this morning. Around 2am, Gloucestershire Police asked us to support a search for a missing lady in the Cinderford area of the Forest of Dean. Search parties soon assembled and searched through the small hours.

  Sadly whilst the search was ongoing, a body was discovered by a member of the public. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the lady concerned.
  Many thanks to all who responded, which included our colleagues from Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group and Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue.

  18th Feb 2025

  18th Feb 2025

• River Usk, Newport 04-02-25

  We were tasked by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service this evening to support with a river search in Newport following reports that a person may have entered the water. SARA 14 conducted several searches and the police helicopter and HM Coastguard Chepstow also assisted.

  We were later stood down with nothing found.

  4th Feb 2025

  4th Feb 2025

• Gloucester (Quedgeley) 29-01-25

  The team was called out to the Gloucester area again today, in the area of Quedgeley. Shortly before noon, Gloucestershire Constabulary asked for our help in locating a high risk missing person.

  Search teams from our stations at Tewkesbury, Upton, Cotswolds, Sharpness and Beachley were en route, along with support from Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group and Wiltshire Search and Rescue, when the person was located safe and we were stood down.

  29th Jan 2025

  29th Jan 2025

• Gloucester 28-01-25

  SARA search teams were called out this afternoon. Shortly before 2pm Gloucestershire Constabulary asked us to support a search for a vulnerable missing elderly lady in the Gloucester area.
  Land search teams from our stations at Cotswolds, Beachley and Tewkesbury, and water search teams from SARA Upton and Sharpness were all en route, when the lady was found safe and well by police.

  28th Jan 2025

  28th Jan 2025

• Caldicot 23-01-25

  The SARA Land Search Team was called out this morning, with a good result! Around 7am were asked to support Longtown Mountain Rescue Team and Gwent Police with a search in the area close to Caldicot, for a man missing since the previous day.

  Team members from SARA Beachley were deployed with Longtown members, with a police helicopter and South Wales Fire Service personnel also involved in the search.
  Further SARA team members from other stations were also en route when the missing man was located safe during the morning, by a member of the public to whom one of the search party leaders had spoken during their first tasking.

  He was quickly attended to by a SARA medical team, who waited until an ambulance arrived.

  23rd Jan 2025

  23rd Jan 2025

• Rogerstone 20-01-25

  The. SARA Newport inland water rescue team were deployed this morning to assist Gwent Police with a water rescue near Rogerstone.

  Being just a few miles from their base, the first SARA team members arrived on scene in just 6 minutes. We were stood down shortly after arrival with the person involved reported safe back on land.

  20th Jan 2025

  20th Jan 2025

• Swindon 19-01-25

  At 2307hrs, we were requested by Wiltshire Search and Rescue to assist with a search for a High Risk Missing Person near Swindon.

  Our Gloucester based assets were deployed, however whilst en route, we received the positive news that the person in question was located alive outside of the search area by the Police.
  Our crews were stood down and returned to station.

  19th Jan 2025

  19th Jan 2025